This document discusses key aspects of Catholic doctrine and catechesis. It addresses the situation of religious ignorance and confusion among some Filipino Catholics. It emphasizes presenting doctrine in a way that is Christocentric, Trinitarian, and shows the inner coherence and relevance of truths. Catechesis should integrate doctrine, morality, worship and present the Gospel message as liberating and salvation. It discusses teaching doctrine, morality and worship in a way that relates to Filipino experiences and values and helps close the gap between faith and life. The overall goal of catechesis is to form mature disciples where Christ is the center of one's identity and life.

1. Chapter 5 Basic content of
Church’s Catechesis

2. Objective
faith
Early
Christian
Believer’s
acts of
faith
Believer’s 1977
synod
John 14:6 LG 31, 34-
35
Doctrine
Creed
Kerygma
Didache
(teaching)
Believing(i
ndicative
Head
Conviction
Knowledge
of Word of
God
Truth Prophet
Morals
Command
ment
Virtues
Diakonia
(service)
Doing
(imperativ
e)
Hands
Commitme
nt values,
Virtue
Witness
Profession
of Faith
Way King
Worship
Sacrament
s
Prayer
Koinonia/
Communit
y
Leiturgia/
Liturgy
Trusting
(Vocative)
Heart
Prayer of
faith
Memory
Celebratio
n
Life Priest

3. *Norms in
Presenting
the Gospel
Message

4. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

5. *Centered on the person of Jesus Christ
1. The task of catechesis is to promote a
personal relationship with Jesus
2. Christ is the center of Salvation History and
ultimate meaning of all human history
3. the Gospel message is the living Word of God
4. Central catechesis are the four Gospels.

6. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

7. Only by
professing faith in
God, Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit,
can Jesus be
center of
catechesis.

8. *
1. The internal structure of catechetical
presentation must always be through Christ
to the father in the Holy Spirit.
2. Following Jesus own pedagogy in revealing
the Father as acting as Son, and the Holy
Spirit by his salvific works

9. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

10. 3. A message
proclaiming salvation
The “Good News of Salvation” is a saving
message.
1. Father is revealed who is among us
2. God offers His gift of Integral Salvation

11. *3. Proclaiming the justice of God, call to
conversion, formation of authentic Christian Values.
*4. Kingdom is inaugurated in the person of Jesus
Christ.

12. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

13. 1.Integral Human Development
2.Moral Education/preferential option
for the Poor

14. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

15. *Church Ministry of the Word
*Christian Community Received it, celebrates it,
lives it, and communicates it in many ways.

16. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

17. *Based on Biblical Narrative
*Presenting the “Deeds and Words”
*Explaining the Creed
*Connection of the Sacraments within the History of Salvation
*“Deeds and Words” connection to signs of the times

18. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

19. *Christ’s incarnation is the original “inculturation”
*Our Model of inculturation.
*Same thing with the inculturation of Jesus, Gospel
Message also penetrates even in different Culture of
people.

20. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

21. Catechesis, then. Working from this identity of
human experience between Jesus and his
disciples aims at leading Christians to follow
Christ.

22. *Doctrinal themes illumine the basic experience and
values of all human persons.
*Moral catechesis presents the authentic “Good Life”
*Liturgical catechesis.

23. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

24. *Integral
presentation
characterized
by an organic
hierarchically
ordered
presentation

25. 1.Christocentric
2.Trinitarian Christo-
centricity
3.A message proclaiming
salvation
4.A message of Liberation
5.Ecclesial Nature of the
Gospel Message
6. The Historical Character
of the Mystery of Salvation
7. Enculturation of the
Gospel Message
8. A message Meaningful
for the Human Person
9.Integrity of the Gospel
10.Comprehensive and
hierarchical Message

26. The whole message is organized around the
mystery of the Holy Trinity from Christocentric
Perspective, to which all other truths are
connected in varying degrees.

27. *Basic three fold
pattern of Christian
Faith

28. *

29. Situationer
Doctrine in Catechesis
Integration of Doctrine in the CFC
Basic aspects of Doctrine

30. *Situationer
*Ignorance of the doctrine of the Faith
*Doctrine(creed): impersonal, abstract,
irrelevant and dead formula.
*Difficulties to present the creed as living,
saving, liberating truth.
*Lacking catechesis: result to --- religious
ignorance, vulnerable to the influences of
aggressive fundamentalists and evangelical
groups

31. *Situationer
*Certain confusion in moving from the simple, definite
memorized catechism answers of the past. To the more
descriptive, less clearly defined, life-experience
centered, post Vatican II catechesis.
*“minimum learning competencies”
*Folk Catholicism

32. Situationer
Doctrine in Catechesis
Integration of Doctrine in the CFC
Basic aspects of Doctrine

33. *Doctrine in
Catechesis
*Christian Faith and Catechesis ---
doing good and memorizing dogmas

34. *Doctrine in
Catechesis
Communicate
Christ’s Message
Unifying
Filipino
Catholics
Relating to non-
Catholics and even to
non Christian filipino
Understanding
/interrelating
the mysteries
of faith

35. *Doctrine serves more
immediate personal
needs
Our self-identity
Guiding our
own
religiosity/
avoiding
fanaticism
Follow St. peter’s
admonition
Interpret our
own daily life
experiences

36. Situationer
Doctrine in Catechesis
Integration of Doctrine in the CFC
Basic aspects of Doctrine
Summary

37. *Integration of
Doctrine in the CFC
Christ is our very
life, of our self-
identity as his
disciples.
Inner organic unity coherence among truths
of the Faith
Making “alive”
• Direct their affective religiosity
• use of imagination creatively
• “come alive” when related with
Filipino values
• Inculturating the Filipino values
to the doctrine of faith
“who we are

38. Situationer
Doctrine in Catechesis
Integration of Doctrine in the CFC
Basic aspects of Doctrine

39. *
Doctrine’s inner unity and coherence
Doctrinal development
Doctrinal Hierarchy
Doctrinal relevance to Filipino Catholics
fundamental experiences

40. *
*263. To understand any particular
doctrine means to see its
connections with others truths of the
Faith, to get sense of their inner
unity and how they form the
foundation for the ordinary teaching
of the Church’s Magisterium

41. *
*Seeing the connections, the
implications and consequences of
Christ’s becoming man in relation to
our creation.

42. *
Goal: maturity of faith in a systematic and
holistic way, by inter-relating the fundamental
mysteries of our faith.

43. *
*Doctrine: not all the same
*“there exist an order or hierarchy of truths

44. *Basic aspects of
Doctrine: Certain
Hierarchy
*Development of doctrine is “timeless”
*They are truths whose expression has been
hammered out over centuries

45. *
266. Priorities of Church
Renewal:
1. Empowerment of laity for social
transformation
2. Family evangelization
3. Ecumenism
4. Inter-religious dialogue
5. Formation for mission

46. *
*Inculturation

47. *

48. Catholic

49. *Situationer
*Morality in Christian
Life
*Morality in CFC
*Emphasis in
Contemporary Catholic
Morality
*Intimacy of Trinitarian
Love

50. *Situationer
The Gap that exist between faith as
communicated, and everyday life
Consumerism/
materialismPractical atheism

54. *
*281. Philippine
context: Problem
Separating morality and faith
282. One sided catechesis
Moral catechesis that ignores sin and
temptation almost completely while uniquely
on God’s love and human values

55. *Situationer
*Morality in Christian
Life
*Morality in CFC
*Emphasis in
Contemporary Catholic
Morality
*Intimacy of Trinitarian
Love

56. *
*288. Integrating approach to Catholic
Morality is developed by combining the
“Traditional moral catechesis” with the
more recent “experiential, personalist
approach.”
*This achieve balance between the two.

57. *
*Integrating approach to
Catholic Morality
1. The ground level of
fundamental transcendent
human values
2. The level of precepts
and commandments which
protect foster these
values.
3. The level of conscience
applying universal moral norms
to individual acts.

58. *Morality in CFC
*290. The basic realities of moral life
are best understood by grasping their
essential inter-relations.

59. Ch. 13 Moral Agent Ch.14 Context Ch. 15 Moral norms
Person Faith and Morality Moral vision
Freedom Kingdom; Church Norms: Scripture/Tradition
Conscience Sin Moral Decision

60. Moral Attitudes Christian Spiritual Senses Images of God
Trust Radical dependence As Creator
Reasoning and will
strengthened
Gratitude As Provident
Self-criticism and
amendment
Repentance As judge
Accountability Obligation/duty As orderer and sustainer
Ordering acts to moral
ends
Direction and Purpose As final end

61. *Situationer
*Morality in Christian
Life
*Morality in CFC
*Emphasis in
Contemporary Catholic
Morality
*Intimacy of Trinitarian
Love

62. *
Helps us to integrate rules with
values, prescription with vision,
individual free choices, with
out fundamental commitments
Exercise major role in learning,
deepening, and exercising our
conscience in applying moral norms
to our concrete acts
Personal moral
vision that
provides the
orientation to all
our moral acts.
Forming images and
symbols that inspire
and motivate our
moral judgments and
evaluation
Learn from practical imagining,
to discern what is the
appropriate Christian course of
action in a given situation

63. *
1.Why should
we do
good?
2. What should
we do good?
3. How?

64. *Situationer
*Morality in Christian
Life
*Morality in CFC
*Emphasis in
Contemporary Catholic
Morality
*Intimacy of Trinitarian
Love

65. *
*“Love one another, as I have loved you” Jn 15:12
*The meaning of love for St. John is, “Not our love for God, but
God’s love for us when He sent His Son to be the sacrifice that
takes our sins away.
*We are created in his image and likeness.

66. *

67. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

68. *
*Filipinos are characterized by their religiosity
*Worship: parishes and dioceses, the Eucharist is
celebrated in the vernacular.
*School prayers, Bible Study Groups
*Devotions, Processions
*Problem: Severe Gap with their Worship and
Practical Life

69. *Good
Liturgical/sacram
ental Catechism
can Help Filipino
Catholics to:
Understand
what they are
doing and what
is really taking
place in the
Liturgy
Assume the proper
attitudes that should
underlie their actions
and gestures in the
Liturgy
Strive to live
according to
what they
believe and
celebrate

70. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

71. *Worship in Catholic
faith
*307. “The Liturgy is the summit…”
*308. Catechesis needs to introduced and
develop authentic Catholic Worship.
*This is necessary to help the Filipino Catholics
to participate more fully, more personally.

72. *Worship in Catholic
faith
*309. Filipino Catholics feel the need for a more
active, more affective worship.
*Too Formal and Priest-centered.
*“Empty routine rituals”
*Abuses: unbalanced emotionalism (Sects like
pentecostals)

73. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

74. *Integrations in
Worship
*310. Common Ground for Catechesis on
worship: Schools, Parishes.
*7 Sacraments, Sacramentals, and liturgical
seasons.
311. Challenges: Catholic Worship must always
be linked with moral responsibilities.

75. * Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
The
Spirit
Gives
life by:
Corporating us to the Church
Vivifying our
Sacramental
life
Prepare us
now (grace)
For life
everlasting
(glory)

76. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

77. *
*312. This grace in Christ has its sources in his
Paschal Mystery.
*Pierced His side: water and blood flows, water-
Spirit and Baptism, Blood-Eucharist

78. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

79. *Descriptive Definition
of Ritual
Sacraments
*315. Rituals: Encounter
with the Risen Christ

80. *To avoid
misunders
tanding
with the
new
definition
:
First, the insistence on the need of faith in no
way detracts from the objective power of
sacraments
Second, defining sacraments as symbolic acts
means they are more real
“continued in, by and for the Church
Fourth, the role of Christ is his Paschal Mystery and
the empowerment by the Holy Spirit add essential
elements of an adequate understanding of sacrament

81. Situationer
Worship in Catholic faith
Integrations in Worship
Christ our Life: Worship in Spirit
Descriptive Definition
of Ritual Sacraments
Worship and Values

82. *Worship and Values
*319. Regular Sacramental life------Holistic
Change