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Episode 12: Catholic
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Kyle and Deacon Conque talk this week about the meaning of the term 'Catholic' and why it's so important to our mission at John Paul the Great Academy. We use this term often as a community; it's familiar to anyone whose been around. Join us as we get behind the veil of familiarity and ask: What do we mean by Catholic?
Show Notes and Outline of Topics
Quote from Pope St. John Paul the Great, Dominum et Vivificantem. βThe Church, therefore, instructed by the words of Christ, and drawing on the experience of Pentecost and her own apostolic history, has proclaimed since the earliest centuries her faith in the Holy Spirit, as the giver of life, the one in whom the inscrutable Triune God communicates himself to human beings, constituting in them the source of eternal life."
1. Reflecting on the Word 'Catholic'
π from the Greek: Universal; uni-verse, one verse
π objective reality of the Church
π universal as a fullness
π membership in the Church as invitation to be more converted by fullness, by the Universal reality of Christ's Church
π Baptism: entered into a fullness to love God above all and to share that fullness by loving neighbor as self
π To be Catholic is to be missionary
2. Catholicism and the Eternal Logos
π the Trinitarian meaning of "Catholic"
π the classical mindset unlocks the deep meaning of Catholic
π the Incarnation, the fullness of time, and the Classical world
π the Eternal Logos, Greek term from classical worldview baptized by the Gospel to reveal Christ
π the Church is not Judaism 2.0, something that is both the fulfillment of Judaism and something completely new
3. Catholic as an Adjective Should Describe Someone Fully Alive!
π dominant binding force of our community at JPG is a desire to live more and more Catholic lives
π the primary image of docility for us is the Blessed Mother in her great Fiat
π a secondary image of docility for us is the sensus fidelium
π receptivity to Tradition
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