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Religious Education Curriculum DirectoryCDi The New Testament is composed of theGospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistlesor Letters, and Revelation (Apocalypse)The unity of the Old Testament and the New Testament(124-125, 128-130, 140)The Gospelsa The Gospels occupy the central place in Scrip-ture (125, 139)i They proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ,the Word of God, the definitive Revelation ofGodii The Gospels contain a record of the life ofJesus Christ and of his teachings and redeemingworkiii The Gospels lead us to accept Jesus Christ infaith and apply his teachings to our livesb Three stages in the formation of the Gospels(126)c The Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, andLukei Approximate dates for each Gospelii What is known about each of these threeevangelistsiii The churches for whom Matthew, Mark, andLuke wroteiv The contents of the Synoptic Gospels (512-667)• Infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke• The Baptism of Jesus• The Temptations of Jesus• Sermon on the Mount in Matthew; Sermonon the Plain in Luke• Jesus’ teaching, including the parables• The miracles• Last Supper, the Passion, Death, Resurrection,Ascension (1329, 1337, 1366, 1323, 1412,1521-1522, 1532, 1708, 1992, 2020)d The Gospel of Johni Approximate date of the Gospel and churchesfor which John wroteii What is known about Johniii The content of the Gospel of John• The Prologue (241, 291)• John uses Christ’s dialogues and personaltestimony and is more mystical (547-550)• John treats miracles as signs of Christ’sglory and divinity (cf. Jn 1:14)• The Bread of Life discourse (Jn 6)• Christ’s Last Supper discourse and priestlyprayer• The Passion, Death, Resurrection1.3. CREATIONCreation is presented as the first and universal revelation of God’s love. Creation is the action of theTrinity, the first step towards the covenant relationship God seeks with all of humanity. Pupils aretaught that each human person is created in the image of God and called by grace to a covenant relationshipwith God and responsibility for stewardship of God’s creation. The Father, through theSon, in the power of the Holy Spirit constantly draws each of us to this mystery, seeking a free andpersonal response. Pupils come to realise that human nature is challenged in the struggle to chooseGod alone above all other temptations.1.3.1. The Creation of the World and our FirstParents (54, 279-282)A Revelation as found in the book of Genesis.a Understanding literary forms in Scripture(289)b Genesis 1–11 conveys religious truth ratherthan science (283-289)c The book reveals truth about which scienceand history can only speculated Scripture’s use of figurative and symbolic lan-guage in Genesis 1–11 (362, 375, 390, 396)B The Trinitarian God is the Creator of all; all creationreflects the glory of God (290-295, 301)CDGod created all that is, seen and unseena Unseen or invisible world: angels (325-336)b Seen or visible world (349-357)Human beings as the summit of creationa Created in the image and likeness of God (356-359, 1700-1706)i God made them male and female (369-373,1605, 1702, 2331)ii Dignity of both men and women: similaritiesand differences (2333-2336)iii Contributions to the world and to the Church(2346-2347)b Human persons are a body-soul unity; this re-16
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales — Department of Catholic Education and Formationflects the physical and spiritual realities in theworld (356-368)God’s plan: original holiness and original jus-tice (374-379)c1.3.2. The fall from grace: Original Sin (Gen 3;Rom 5:12; 55, 309-314, 385-390, 1707)A The full meaning of the doctrine of Original Sin isrevealed only in the light of the Death and Resurrectionof Jesus. It is essential to belief in the mysteryof Christ. The whole of human history ismarked by the sin of the first parents (1708)B The fall of the angels (391-395)CThe rebellion of Adam and Eve and its consequencesa The rebellion of Adam and Eve was a sin ofdisobedience toward God, a rejection of a Godcentredlife and the choice of a self-centred life(396-398)b The consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin: lossof paradise, original grace, original holiness,and original justice (399-401)c Original Sin and its consequences for all: suf-fering, death, a tendency toward sin, need forsalvation (402-409)1.4. THE TRINITYThe God whom pupils come to know is One as well as Three: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. To havefaith in God means to acknowledge God’s greatness and majesty. It includes trust in God in all thecircumstances of our lives. An understanding of faith in the Trinity, reveals God who is actively presentin pupils lives. God is the source of all life and reaches out to us in blessing. As Son, God is theWord through whom all things are made and through whom all of us are invited into a full communionof life. As Spirit, God leads the world, the Church and humanity into truth. Faith in the Trinityreveals to our pupils a communion in love and truth as the pattern for life; the highest aim andgoal of human life.1.4.1. The Revelation of Jesus about God (65-67,cf. Jn 14:9)A God is Trinity: one in three Divine Persons (234)a This is the central mystery of our faith (235-237)b The Divine Persons are distinct from one an-other (254)c The Divine Persons are relative to one another;each is God whole and entire; all three personsshare the same attributes, i.e., all-loving, eternal,etc. (255-256)d Each Divine Person shows forth what is properto him, especially in the Incarnation and thegift of the Holy Spirit (258, 267)B God is the Father: Jesus Christ’s Father and our Fathera Jesus teaches us that God is loving, caring,healing, forgiving, true, justb God the Father’s love is faithful and eternal1.4.2. The Trinity: (238-248, 253-256)A The First Person of the Trinity: God the Father(238-242)a God the Father is the source of all that is, visi-ble and invisibleb God is Father in relation to the Son from alleternity (240)c God is Father to all those baptized as hisadopted sons and daughters through and inthe Son (232-233, 249)d God the Father of mercy also cares for the un-baptized (1257, 1260-1261)B The Second Person of the Trinity: God the Son(461, 422)C The Third Person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit,the Lord and giver of life (243-248)D The development of Trinitarian theology in theearly councils of the Church (245-248)a The struggles of the Church to maintain apos-tolic faith in light of Christological controversiesand heresies (249-252)b Creeds and teaching articulated to combatGnosticism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism(464-469)17
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