Understanding the Mystery of the Church
NATURE OF THE CHURCH
AS A MYSTERY
WHAT IS A MYSTERY?
Recall an experience in your life which you consider as a mysterious incident – mysterious in the sense that up to now you still marvel at how and why it had happened to you. ASIDE FROM YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCE OF MYSTERY IN
YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, ARE THERE
THINGS IN YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH
WHICH YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND?
HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED
THE MESSAGE OF GOD IN THE
SCRIPTURE AS A “MYSTERY?”
THE CHURCH IS A MYSTERY
THE CHURCH IS A MYSTERY
Words of Pope Paul VI given at the opening of the
Vatican II in 1963, “a reality imbued with the hidden presence of God.
It is a mystery because her salvific richness cannot be exhausted, there is always more to learn; a reality we can never fully grasp and never able to fully understand due to the limitation of our human intelligence (CFC 1356).
Divine Origin: IMMUTABLE, INDEFECTIBLE,
PERRENIAL
MYSTERY: something so full of reality that there is always more to know and understand
:Greek word
“mysterion”,
Latin word
“mysterium”,
Filipino word
“hiwaga”
The Greek word mysterion is sacramentum in
Latin
it means a sacred sign or symbol, familiar theological word of mystery is
SACRAMENT
the word mysterion is connected with several concealed or secret things in the New
Testament.
For example, the will of God, purpose
MYSTERY
HIDDEN AND UNKNOWN
REALITY
POINTS TO A TRANSCENDENT REALITY
DIVINE REALITY
OBJECT OF FAITH
WHAT MAKES THE CHURCH A
MYSTERY?
CHURCH AS MYSTERY
VATICAN II
TRANSCENDENT AND DIVINE REALITY
VISIBLY PRESENT AMONG MEN
The Church is a mystery because of her relationship with the Triune
God.
The Church is a Mystery of Communion
(CFC 1362)
“One bread, One Body”
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY
Foley)
(John
One bread, one body
One Lord of all
One cup of blessing which we bless
And we, though many throughout the earth
We are one body in this one Lord
Gentile or Jew
Servant or free
Woman or man
No more
WHAT MAKES THE CHURCH A
MYSTERY?
1.
AS A MYSTERY
WHAT IS A MYSTERY?
Recall an experience in your life which you consider as a mysterious incident – mysterious in the sense that up to now you still marvel at how and why it had happened to you. ASIDE FROM YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCE OF MYSTERY IN
YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, ARE THERE
THINGS IN YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH
WHICH YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND?
HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED
THE MESSAGE OF GOD IN THE
SCRIPTURE AS A “MYSTERY?”
THE CHURCH IS A MYSTERY
THE CHURCH IS A MYSTERY
Words of Pope Paul VI given at the opening of the
Vatican II in 1963, “a reality imbued with the hidden presence of God.
It is a mystery because her salvific richness cannot be exhausted, there is always more to learn; a reality we can never fully grasp and never able to fully understand due to the limitation of our human intelligence (CFC 1356).
Divine Origin: IMMUTABLE, INDEFECTIBLE,
PERRENIAL
MYSTERY: something so full of reality that there is always more to know and understand
:Greek word
“mysterion”,
Latin word
“mysterium”,
Filipino word
“hiwaga”
The Greek word mysterion is sacramentum in
Latin
it means a sacred sign or symbol, familiar theological word of mystery is
SACRAMENT
the word mysterion is connected with several concealed or secret things in the New
Testament.
For example, the will of God, purpose
MYSTERY
HIDDEN AND UNKNOWN
REALITY
POINTS TO A TRANSCENDENT REALITY
DIVINE REALITY
OBJECT OF FAITH
WHAT MAKES THE CHURCH A
MYSTERY?
CHURCH AS MYSTERY
VATICAN II
TRANSCENDENT AND DIVINE REALITY
VISIBLY PRESENT AMONG MEN
The Church is a mystery because of her relationship with the Triune
God.
The Church is a Mystery of Communion
(CFC 1362)
“One bread, One Body”
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY
Foley)
(John
One bread, one body
One Lord of all
One cup of blessing which we bless
And we, though many throughout the earth
We are one body in this one Lord
Gentile or Jew
Servant or free
Woman or man
No more
WHAT MAKES THE CHURCH A
MYSTERY?
1.