Licensed to Holy Family High School for the 2016–17 school year. Jesus and the CHURCH Jesus and the CHURCH One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic ave maria press notre dame, indiana Th e Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found that this catechetical high school text, copyright 2014, is in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and that it fulfi lls the requirements of Core Course IV of the Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age. Nhil Obstat: Reverend Monsignor Michael Heintz, PhD Censor Librorum Imprimatur: Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend Given at Fort Wayne, Indiana on 17 September 2013. Th e Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are offi cial declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat or Imprimatur agree with its contents, opinions, or statements expressed. Author Consultant: Richard Gaillardetz, PhD Th e Joseph McCarthy Professor of Catholic Systematic Th eology Boston College Catechetical Consultant: Michael Horan, PhD Professor, Department of Th eological Studies Director, Th eological Studies Graduate Program Loyola Marymount University Pedagogical Consultant: Michael J. Boyle, PhD Assistant Director, Center for Catholic School Eff ectiveness Assistant Professor-Research and Psychology in the Schools Loyola University, Chicago Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC, and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced without permission in writing from the copyright owner. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission. ____________________________________ © 2015 by Ave Maria Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews, without written permission from Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, 1-800-282-1865. Founded in 1865, Ave Maria Press is a ministry of the United States Province of Holy Cross. Engaging Minds, Hearts, and Hands for Faith® is a trademark of Ave Maria Press, Inc. www.avemariapress.com Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-59471-212-8 E-book: ISBN-13 978-1-59471-538-9 Project Editor: Michael Amodei, Executive Editor, Adolescent Catechesis. Cover images © W.P. Wittman Photography / superstock.com / NET Ministries, Inc. Cover and text design by Andy Wagoner. Printed and bound in the United States of America. MINDS, ENGAGING HE ARTS, HANDS AND FAITH FOR An education that is complete is the one in which hands and heart are engaged as much as the mind. We want to let our students try their learning in the world and so make prayers of their education. Bl. Basil Moreau Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross In this text you will: learn the four characteristics or marks of the Church—one, holy, catholic, apostolic—and how they are linked together. realize that only through Faith can we recognize that the Church possesses these marks as gifts of God. be encouraged to draw on the marks of the Church to help fulfi ll the Church’s mission of witnessing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. S Chapter 1: Why We Need the Church 1 Chapter 2: The Church Is One 45 T Chapter 3: The Church Is Holy 95 NChapter 4: The Church Is Catholic 145 Chapter 5: The Church Is Apostolic 181 Chapter 6: The Church in the World 219 E Appendix: Catholic Handbook for Faith 254 The Nicene Creed 254 The Apostles’ Creed 254 T A Timeline of Church History 255 The Sacraments: Witness through 267 N Words and Deeds Epilogue: Why You Need the Church 275 Glossary 276 OSubject Index 281 Primary Source Index 299 Scripture Index 301 C Catechism of the Catholic 304 Church Index Licensed to Holy Family High School for the 2016–17 school year. WHY WE NEED E H T CHURCH Licensed to Holy Family High School for the 2016–17 school year.
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