Chapter

  1 Appeal |          My child, listen to Jesus Christ, the only Catechist, by
  2 Appeal |           My child, be always with Christ, and may He be always with
  3 Fwd    |         cross ourselves and pray, "Christ, Who is the true light,
  4 Fwd1991|        your thirst with it. Follow Christ on earth and to eternity.
  5 Fwd1991|             God be with you.~Jesus Christ the only Catechist~ ~
  6 Intro  |   Communion, the Body and Blood of Christ, since they were not baptized
  7 Intro  |            of the Mystical Body of Christ. This class or group of
  8 Intro  |            of the Mystical Body of Christ, did not know his religion.
  9 Intro  |          had to be taught faith in Christ and the moral principles
 10 Intro  |         the need to teach faith in Christ, to teach the moral principles
 11 Intro  |            bear plentiful fruit. O Christ, Who are the Truth, the
 12 1      |         the real Body and Blood of Christ but symbolizes the Body
 13 1      |   symbolizes the Body and Blood of Christ even though Christ Himself
 14 1      |        Blood of Christ even though Christ Himself said, "This is my
 15 1      |       start from zero."~Lord Jesus Christ, Who became man and revealed
 16 2      |      Revealed and taught to man by Christ, Who was Perfect God, but
 17 2      |           Only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to become man and to teach
 18 2      |        pedagogical preparation for Christ and is perfected only by
 19 2      |      Bridegroom. The Bridegroom is Christ and Christianity. Judaism
 20 2      |            not the sun. The sun is Christ. Christianity is the light
 21 2      |         down their inspired words. Christ Himself never wrote anything
 22 2      |          people could be guided to Christ and to salvation.~The New
 23 2      |            with the incarnation of Christ and was signed and sealed
 24 2      |  Christianity draws the truth from Christ, Who is Himself the truth
 25 2      |            must remain united with Christ, for He is the Vine and
 26 2      |             When he is united with Christ, the Christian draws sap
 27 2      |            life from the Vine.~Our Christ, Who are the Truth, the
 28 4      |            God, and our God, Jesus Christ. But we shall speak about
 29 5      |      Trinity more explicitly. When Christ was baptized in the Jordan
 30 5      |    appearance of the Holy Trinity. Christ was being baptized. The
 31 5      |         And after His Resurrection Christ said to His Disciples, "
 32 5      |            Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and
 33 6      |           Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." When His Disciples asked
 34 6      |           When His Disciples asked Christ Himself to teach them how
 35 6      |             This does not apply to Christ. He is not the Son of God "
 36 6      |             In many instances when Christ speaks about God as Father,
 37 6      |           others, God called Jesus Christ "His beloved Son in Whom
 38 6      |          nature. Only our Saviour, Christ, is Your Son by nature.
 39 6      |            Grace and the Father of Christ by nature. Give us Your
 40 6      |             Save us, through Jesus Christ, our Deliverer and Saviour.~~~~~~~~~~~~
 41 7      |         Son, that is to say, Jesus Christ, is God. With a profound
 42 7      |             and in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of
 43 7      |            Trinity, the Son, Jesus Christ. Elsewhere, St. Paul calls
 44 7      |          Elsewhere, St. Paul calls Christ Lord and God, Great God,
 45 7      |            first St. Thomas, after Christ's Resurrection, had called
 46 7      |           Resurrection, had called Christ, "My Lord and my God."~In
 47 7      |         attributes are ascribed to Christ that are also ascribed to
 48 7      |      Perfect God as is the Father. Christ Himself teaches that "All
 49 7      |           who deny the divinity of Christ insist that they are supported
 50 7      |        John, at the Lord's Supper, Christ says, "My Father is greater
 51 7      |       heretics it means that since Christ regards the Father as greater
 52 7      |            God. But these words of Christ refer to His human nature
 53 7      |           divine nature. As a man, Christ cannot really be equal to
 54 7      |      meaning of the above words of Christ, "My Father is greater than
 55 7      |  deceptions is the discussion that Christ had with the wealthy young
 56 7      |            Him "Good Teacher," and Christ replied, "Why do you call
 57 7      |           how could the Son, Jesus Christ, be God since when the wealthy
 58 7      |          Why? Most simply, because Christ knows that the young man
 59 7      |            saying." Here once more Christ regards Himself as human
 60 7      |            Holy Spirit.~Lord Jesus Christ, You were and are True God,
 61 8      |        passages bear witness. When Christ was resurrected, He said
 62 9      |          Trinity is always united. Christ in His high priestly prayer
 63 9      |            clearly in the words of Christ, when He said, "He that
 64 9      |           and the Protestants say. Christ has told us this: "The Spirit
 65 9      |        contrary to the teaching of Christ and the decision of the
 66 9      |          flock under One Shepherd, Christ. Have us be one as You are,
 67 11     |            this that through Jesus Christ "were all things created
 68 11     |          the night of the birth of Christ, "Suddenly there was with
 69 11     | opportunity to be saved by sending Christ to save mankind, He did
 70 11     |           about demoniacs, and how Christ drove out horrible demons.
 71 12     |          in the New Testament that Christ said, "My Father is working
 72 12     |       great value, so much so that Christ tells us, "What profit is
 73 12     |     receives the Body and Blood of Christ at the time of Holy Communion.
 74 12     |            at the Second Coming of Christ and the Resurrection of
 75 13     |           Only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us. To set us
 76 14     |     regraft the tree. This is what Christ came for and achieved for
 77 15     |        your head. Who is he? Jesus Christ, the second person of the
 78 15     |            was our custodian until Christ came" (Galatians, 3:24).
 79 15     |     salvation of man through Jesus Christ is a basic doctrine of our
 80 15     |                  in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of
 81 15     |       mankind. And that was and is Christ. Others ask whether an angel
 82 15     |         why man had to be saved by Christ. He had to stretch out His
 83 15     |            the Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ, becomes the saviour of
 84 15     |          one must think that Jesus Christ, the second person of the
 85 15     |        Your love You consented for Christ to be born. To become man.
 86 15     |            salvation through Jesus Christ, the Saviour and Redeemer.
 87 16     |         had educated man to accept Christ; when there was one empire
 88 16     |          give birth to a son. Then Christ was conceived, 1991 years
 89 16     |      divisions -- before and after Christ. The counting of time started
 90 16     |  explanation for these happenings. Christ is a God-man. He is perfect
 91 16     |        Herod died. And this is how Christ was born.~However, why was
 92 16     |          as man in baptism puts on Christ. As Christ descended, man
 93 16     |         baptism puts on Christ. As Christ descended, man ascended.
 94 16     |    knowledge of the truth." You, O Christ, "on Your shoulders carried
 95 17     |            united in the person of Christ and became the divine and
 96 17     |          world and of humanity. In Christ the God-man, two natures
 97 17     |            unchanged by the other. Christ, the Son of God, is also
 98 17     |          its infallibility to call Christ "Perfect God and perfect
 99 17     |            pertains to the God-man Christ. The Theotokion of the stichera
100 17     |           about the human birth of Christ, that "He never underwent
101 17     |      nature upon Your shoulders, O Christ, through Your Ascension
102 17     |         divine and human nature of Christ, in order to understand
103 17     |          God has taught.~Incarnate Christ, we thank You that You accepted
104 18     |         Divine And Human Nature of Christ ~The Holy Scriptures speak
105 18     |      divine nature and divinity of Christ in many places, but we will
106 18     |       doubt, "My Lord and my God!" Christ is Lord and God. St. John
107 18     |           preached the divinity of Christ. St. Eirinaeos, emphasizing
108 18     |        Father almighty, and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, incarnate
109 18     |            to God (i.e., united in Christ), he would not have been
110 18     |     teaching about the divinity of Christ -- His divine nature --
111 18     |         bit at the human nature of Christ. We must first emphasize
112 18     |      without sin" (Hebrews, 4:15). Christ Himself calls Himself "the
113 18     |         Paul tells us further that Christ assumed flesh and blood
114 18     |         their teachings agree that Christ "became man in nature and
115 18     |          about the human nature of Christ and His condescending to
116 18     |         created as sinless beings. Christ has no connection with sin,
117 18     |         united in the same person, Christ. He is "dual in nature,
118 18     |           In this way, united with Christ we become divine in the
119 19     |               The Three Offices of Christ~Original sin brought a general
120 19     |        condemned to eternal death.~Christ had to save mankind from
121 19     |    presents these three offices of Christ briefly when he states that,
122 19     |     Corinthians, 1:30).~Therefore, Christ has three offices: the Prophetic (
123 19     |            the Prophetic office of Christ when he says, "The Spirit
124 19     |         see again" (Isaiah, 61:1). Christ Himself preached "as One
125 19     |        This High Priest was and is Christ, the Only-begotten Son of
126 19     |   righteousness" (I Peter, 2:24). "Christ appeared as a High Priest
127 19     |          Only-begotten Son of God, Christ is truly a King with authority, "
128 19     |          and as Triumphant Victor, Christ descended to Hades. He destroyed
129 19     | sanctifying, and redeeming work of Christ.~Saviour of the world, God-man
130 19     |      Saviour of the world, God-man Christ, we acknowledge that You
131 20     |            grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the
132 21     |           initiative and effort of Christ is not enough. Man must
133 21     |          33:11). At the same time, Christ says that "if any man would
134 21     |            with the incarnation of Christ, His crucifixion, His descent
135 21     |        accomplishes his salvation. Christ himself said that "apart
136 21     |            redemptive work of Your Christ. That is our wish. Help
137 22     |          is offered to man through Christ and results from His incarnation,
138 22     |       Grace of that one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for many" (Romans,
139 22     |           cannot attain salvation. Christ Himself says that, "No one
140 22     |            rise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light"(Ephesians,
141 22     |         God through our Lord Jesus Christ"(Romans, 5:1).~All of these
142 22     |       Incarnation and Sacrifice of Christ "we have entered into communion
143 23     |            is the mystical body of Christ. In other words, Christ
144 23     |            Christ. In other words, Christ is the head and the members
145 23     |    hierarchy exists in the Church: Christ; the Bishop, who is the
146 23     |           is the representative of Christ on earth; the Priest; the
147 23     |       Church, the mystical body of Christ. "Christ is the head of
148 23     |          mystical body of Christ. "Christ is the head of the Church,
149 23     |          that "you are the body of Christ, and individually members
150 23     |       though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members
151 23     |      Church is comprised solely of Christ and those who live on earth.
152 23     |           kingdom of God on earth. Christ Himself told us this: "Repent,
153 23     |            of the mystical body of Christ? The Church Fathers say
154 23     |            of the mystical body of Christ cannot have a spiritual
155 23     |      cannot have a spiritual life. Christ said this: "I am the vine;
156 23     |          from the mystical body of Christ -- he dries up spiritually.~
157 23     |           he dries up spiritually.~Christ Himself established the
158 23     |     disciples all of the Truth, as Christ had promised. "The Comforter,
159 23     |             16:13). The Church has Christ as its foundation. St. Paul
160 23     |         the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the
161 23     |         because one is her head -- Christ. There are not many heads.
162 23     |               the mystical body of Christ. Everyone must have the
163 23     |         The Church is Holy because Christ, the head, is holy and without
164 23     |           is holy and without sin. Christ Himself sanctifies her.
165 23     |            is what St. Paul says: "Christ loved the Church and gave
166 23     |           the fullness of faith in Christ and in the Triune God, the
167 23     |           first representatives of Christ on earth were the Apostles.
168 23     |        Apostolic, the true body of Christ, the treasury of divine
169 23     |            ark of man's salvation.~Christ, You Who are the founder
170 24     |           salvation of man through Christ. These things that we have
171 24     |           to the woman.~Lord Jesus Christ, You became man, were crucified,
172 25     |      Baptism. It is sent from God. Christ Himself commanded it when
173 25     |          15-16).~In these words of Christ we see firstly that He established
174 25     |        even though He was sinless, Christ was baptized. He was baptized
175 25     |         The command and example of Christ were applied by the Apostles,
176 25     |       immersions in water, just as Christ ordained, "In the name of
177 25     |      immersion, plunging in water. Christ said "baptized" not "sprinkled."~
178 25     |       Church, the mystical body of Christ. He puts on Christ. "Those
179 25     |         body of Christ. He puts on Christ. "Those who are baptized
180 25     |          Those who are baptized in Christ, put on Christ." After baptism,
181 25     |         baptized in Christ, put on Christ." After baptism, or rather
182 25     |            have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into
183 25     |     baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead
184 25     |      righteousness -- the light of Christ. He is illumined. He becomes
185 25     |            reborn through baptism.~Christ, You are the true light
186 26     |               the mystical body of Christ. He begins the new life.
187 26     |         establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us;
188 26     |           us to remain faithful to Christ by putting in our hearts
189 26     |            of the mystical body of Christ, Who with the sacrament
190 27     |  sacraments. It was established by Christ Himself: "When it was evening,"
191 27     |         the forgiveness of sins.»" Christ added, "Do this in remembrance
192 27     |           26).~From these words of Christ we see that the Holy Eucharist
193 27     |        truly the body and blood of Christ. It is not a symbol. It
194 27     |        body and truly the blood of Christ. Christ did not say that "
195 27     |         truly the blood of Christ. Christ did not say that "this symbolizes
196 27     |        truly the body and blood of Christ. How does this happen? How
197 27     |          the precious Body of Your Christ, and that which is in this
198 27     |         the precious Blood of Your Christ."~Therefore, from the above
199 27     |            from the above words of Christ we see that this sacrament
200 27     |       sacrament was established by Christ "for the forgiveness of
201 27     |              the Body and Blood of Christ, for the forgiveness of
202 27     |             Even from the words of Christ it appears that this sacrament
203 27     |      statements, the very words of Christ reveal that this sacrament
204 27     |       repeated "in remembrance" of Christ, of His incarnation, sacrifice
205 27     |          places in Holy Scripture, Christ has assured us that His
206 27     |              the body and blood of Christ -- without Holy Eucharist.
207 27     |            without Holy Eucharist. Christ makes this very clear. He
208 27     |         into the body and blood of Christ. God created, out of nothing,
209 27     |        makes the body and blood of Christ.~O God, how much amazement
210 28     |         Repentance and Confession ~Christ established the sacrament
211 28     |            20:22-24).~The words of Christ are very clear. They leave
212 28     |            they are instruments of Christ. It is Christ Who forgives
213 28     |       instruments of Christ. It is Christ Who forgives the sins of
214 28     |         man. The contemporaries of Christ -- Pharisees, Sadducees,
215 28     |         and others -- doubted that Christ could forgive sins, or that
216 28     |          healing of the paralytic. Christ said to the paralytic: "
217 28     |         proof to those who opposed Christ that He indeed had authority
218 28     |           to the representative of Christ, the Bishop or the Priest --
219 28     |          God can forgive and save.~Christ, You Who were crucified
220 29     |         God. It was established by Christ with the calling of His
221 29     |            is only one archpriest, Christ. The priesthood of Christ
222 29     |          Christ. The priesthood of Christ is, as it were, made present
223 29     |            bishop derives his from Christ.~Priesthood does not exist
224 29     |     Apostles, and as a result from Christ, is not a true and genuine
225 29     |            receives the offices of Christ: prophetic, royal, and priestly.
226 29     |     originate from the Priesthood.~Christ, great Archpriest, sacrifice
227 30     |        sacrament was reaffirmed by Christ by His presence at the wedding
228 30     |          Pharisees who tested Him. Christ said to them: "Have you
229 30     |            6). With these words of Christ two things are reaffirmed.
230 30     |           unity of the bridegroom, Christ, with the bride, the Church,
231 30     |           saying that it refers to Christ and the church"(Ephesians
232 30     |       According to the teaching of Christ, the sacrament of matrimony
233 30     |          granted. Let us listen to Christ: "But I say to you that
234 30     |          in the sacrament, just as Christ, the Bridegroom, is with
235 31     |     begotten Son -- our Lord Jesus Christ -- to heal every illness
236 32     |          is afraid of the unknown. Christ who "has become the first
237 32     |           not have enough faith in Christ, b) they do not live a holy,
238 32     |        unrepentance and disbelief.~Christ, Who became man for us,
239 33     |            at the second Coming of Christ, having a foretaste of paradise
240 33     |            at the Second Coming of Christ, all people will be presented
241 33     |       before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may receive
242 33     |       their faith and their works. Christ will then separate the just
243 33     |           and the Second Coming of Christ. We will write about this
244 34     |         until the Second Coming of Christ and the final judgement.
245 34     |           will be presented before Christ as a full person, with a
246 34     |            of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we
247 34     |        before the Second Coming of Christ and final judgement. "All
248 35     |     separated from the goats. Then Christ will say to the just, who
249 35     |             These are the words of Christ. Those who believe and teach
250 35     |           do not present things as Christ, "Who is the truth and the
251 35     |          with the Second Coming of Christ and the final judgement
252 35     |        Your teaching, the truth as Christ, Your only begotten Son,