1. APOSTOLIC:FOUNDED ON THE APOSTLES
CHAPTER 1
APOSTOLIC:FOUNDED ON THE APOSTLES

2. PETER & THE EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS APOSTOLIC BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES
EARLY CHRISTIANS DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE COMMUNAL LIFE, TO THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD, AND TO PRAYER

3. JESUS’ EARLY FOLLOWERS WERE JEWISH
THE BELIEVED THAT ONLY JEWISH PEOPLE COULD TAKE PART IN GOD’S SALVATION
IT WAS AGAINST JEWISH LAW FOR A JEW TO ENTER THE HOUSE OF A GENTILE

4. PETER IS GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
PETER REALIZED THAT CHRIST WANTED HIM TO TEACH ALL PEOPLE!
PETER ENTERS THE HOME OF CORNELIUS, A GENTILE, AND TAUGHT HIM AND HIS SERVANTS ABOUT JESUS’ MINISTRY, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION. PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS COULD RECEIVE FORGIVENESS FOR THEIR SINS.

5. MAGISTERIUM
PETER & THE APOSTLES WERE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO TEACH THE WORD OF GOD FROM JESUS.
THIS AUTHORITY HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO THE POPE AND BISHOPS
THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE THE CHURCH BY INSTRUCTING THE CHURCH AND LEADING ITS MEMBERS TOWARD HOLINESS
THE POPE & BISHOP FORM THE MAGISTERIUM, THE TEACHING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH.

6. INFALLIBILITY
AS THE POPE & BISHOPS TEACH, THEY ARE GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHENTHE MAGISTERUIM OFFICIALYY PROCLAIMS A TEACHING ON MORALITY OR FAITH, SUCH A TEACHING IS INFALLIBLE
WE THE FAITHFUL TRUST THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH AND FOLLOW IT

7. TRINITARIAN
THE CHURCH IS TRINITARIAN BECAUSE WE LIVE IN UNITY AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

8. A CHURCH COMMUNITY IS BORN
PETER & THE APOSTLES TAUGHT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT HOW JESUS CHRIST HAS DIED TO REDEEM SINS SO THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE MIGHT BE SAVED
THE DISCIPLES REMEMBERED JESUS’ DEATH AND RESURRECTION AND CELEBRATED HIS PRESENCE WITH THEM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD.
THESE MEALS WERE JOYOUS AND FILLED WITH LOVE.
AGAPE MEALS –LOVE FEASTS

9. PETER IS CHOSEN
JESUS GAVE PETER,THE FIRST POPE, SYMBOLIC KEYES TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
AS THE SUCCESSORS TO ST. PETER, POPES CONTINUE TO USE THIS SYMBOL TO SIGNIFY THEIR AUTHORITY.

10. PETER IS CHOSEN
JESUS PRAYED FOR PETER’S FAITH TO BE STRONG BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD FACE CHALLENGES AND HARDSHIPS
PETER GUIDED THE EARLY CHURCH WISELY AND WELL

11. WE BELIEVE
THE CHURCH, LED BY THE POPE AND THE BISHOPS, CONTINUES THE MISSION OF THE APOSTLES

12. OUR CHURCH TEACHES
“WE TRUST THE TEACHINGS OF THE POPE AND BISHOP ARE GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SOME OF THESE TEACHING GO AGAINST MODERN CULTURAL TENDS, BE WE TRUST THAT, BY FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST AND THE SAINTS, WE WILL FIND SALVATION.

13. PETER’S MESSAGE CONTINUES
IT IS THE GOOD NEWS THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY SON, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. GOD ANOINTED JESUS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE POWER TO HEAL. GOD WAS WITH HIM WHEREVER HE WENT. JESUS WAS PUT TO DEATH, BUT GOD RAISED HIM ON THE THIRD DAY. APPEARING TO THE APOSTLES, JESUS COMMISSIONED THEM TO PREACH AND TEACH THE GOSPEL AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

14. THE APOSTLES’ CREED
ACCORDING TO TRADITION IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLES ON PENTECOST SUNDAY
IT IS THE TRUE SUMMARY OF THE APOSTLES’ FAITH
IT HAS BEEN TAUGHT FOR ALMOST 2,000 YEARS
WHEN WE PRAY THE CREED WE ARE UNITED WITH GOD, THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AS WELL AS THE WHOLE CHURCH.
IT IS A PRAYER OF OUR BELIEFS