1. Chapter 5 Religion 6

2. Activity Chapter 5 “ Have you ever tried to picture God? Great artists such as Michaelangelo pictured God as an older man with white hair and a beard. Does that sound like your picture of God, or is yours different?”

3. God in Art Left: "Creation of Adam", Michaelangelo 1511 Right: "Pieta with God the Father and the Dove of Holy Spirit", Jean Malouel, 1400-1410

4. God in Art Left: "Last Judgement" Rubens, 1617 Right: God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing, with a triangular halo representing the Trinity, Girolamo dai Libri c. 1555

5. God in Art Left: “Last Judgment” Titian, 1516-1518 Right: “God the Father on a throne, with Virgin Mary and Jesus,” oil and gold on oak panel 15th Century

6. Class work  Read p. 54-55  Define all terms in italics  Answer the questions on the worksheet

7. Terms  Transcendence:  Holy:  Holiness

8. Worksheet p.54-55 Worksheet

9. Drill #2  Explain  “Our holiness is never our own, God alone is holy.”

10. Transcendence  God’s transcendence: God surpassing his own creation  Holy: the word the biblical writers used to describe God’s transcendence  Holiness: God’s otherness (transcendence) and his perfection

11. Session 2  Terms Terms  Worksheet p. 56-57 Worksheet p. 56-57 Worksheet p. 56-57

12. Angels

13. Immanence  Immanence: God’s closeness to us –Prophets used human images to show God’s closeness to us  Angel: messenger of God

14. Homework  Read p.58-59  Fill in the worksheet of terms/events/people worksheet

15. Terms/People  Blessed Trinity  Triune  Arius  Emperor Constatine  Council of Nicaea

16. Holy Trinity  We (Catholics) believe in the Holy Trinity-a triune God.  God is three persons and one person at the same time  the three persons are distinct from one another and equal to one another

17. Class work  With a partner- read Nicene Creed p.186 Nicene Creed Nicene Creed –Underline specific examples (words, lines etc.) that directly reference the Holy Trinity –Why do you think this prayer is said each day at Mass?

18. Nicene Creed  Important Lines  We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and Son.  With the Father and Son he is worshipped and glorified ...begotten*, not made, one in Being with the Father.  We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father... *begotten: to cause to exist or occur

19. Understanding the Holy Trinity  First attempt  3 rd Century  Arius (priest) tried to explain the Trinity  Arius stated that God could not create the material world directly because God is transcendent.  God would have had to create through someone else (the Son). Therefore, Arius believed that the Son was created and not transcendent, so the Son could not be God.  Which we know now to be untrue- according the Trinity (Son=God)

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21. Homework  Read pg.60-61 60-61  Complete worksheet

22. Answers to Testing 1, 2, 3... 1.Images of the transcendent God used by Isaiah: God seated on a high and lofty throne; worshipped by six-winged seraphim; smoke 2.Angels are like human beings in that they, too, are created. They are different from us because they were created without material parts=spirits.

23. Testing 1, 2,3... (cont) 3. The three persons of the Trinity are equally God, yet distinct from one another: Father, Son, HS are all God; but the Father is not the Son or HS, the Son is not the Father or HS and the HS is not the father or son.

24. Testing 1, 2,3 (cont) 4. Arius stated that God could not create the material world directly because God is transcendent. - God would have had to create through someone else (the Son). - Therefore, Arius believed that the Son was created and not transcendent, so the Son could not be God. - Which we know now to be untrue- according the Trinity (Son=God)

25. Testing 1,2,3 (cont) 5. Our belief in the Trinity sets us apart form all other religions. God has revealed himself to us as three Persons in one God. The three Persons have a relationship among themselves where they create, redeem and sanctify.

26. Chapter 5 test  Format: –Multiple Choice –True/False –Terms (fill in the blank) –Short answers  What to study? –All terms, events, people –Reading worksheets ( 4 total) –Notes/powerpoint

27. Study  Key ideas –Transcendence, immanence, holiness –Blessed Trinity  Nicene creed (you don’t need to memorize it, but should know why it is important) –Creator, redeemer, sanctifier –Angel feast days –# of books in the Bible (total and OT/NT) –What do we mean by: “our holiness is never our own, God alone is holy.” –Answers to Testing 1, 2, 3…