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Big Ideas for Catechism: Difference between revisions

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* Christ = "Messiah" = "the Anointed One" = "mission"
* Christ = "Messiah" = "the Anointed One" = "mission"
* Jesus is fully God and fully man ("the God-man" = "the hypostatic union")
* Jesus is fully God and fully man ("the God-man" = "the hypostatic union")
* Christ is "the Word" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/1?1 Jn 1:1])


=== 2. The Trinity ===
=== 2. The Trinity ===


* one God, three persons
* one God, three persons:
** the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
** the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
* one God, three natures:
** also: the ''Creator'', the ''Savior'' and the ''Sanctifier''
** the ''Creator'', the ''Savior'' and the ''Sanctifier''
* one being, one nature, one eternal existence


=== 3. Sin ===
=== 3. Sin ===
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** separation from God
** separation from God
*** hell = eternal separation from God
*** hell = eternal separation from God
* origin of sin in "free will"
** robots can't sin because they have no free will
** free will requires choice
** God wants us to choose him over sin
* "concupiscence" = our tendency towards sin
* "concupiscence" = our tendency towards sin
* the “three-fold sins” ''lust of the flesh'', ''lust of the eyes'', ''pride of life''  
* the “three-fold sins” ''lust of the flesh'', ''lust of the eyes'', ''pride of life''