Episode 6-A Body Both Suffering & Glorious: The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church

I. The Mystery of the Church

   A. Can you define "Church" in a single sentence?

   B. The Church is no a human invention; in Christ, "like a sacrament"

   C. The Church is a Body, a living organism

II. Ekklesia

   A. God created the world for communion with him (CCC 760)

   B. Sin scatters; God gathers

   C. The Church takes Christ's life to the nations

III. Four Marks of the Church

   A. One

   B. Holy

   C. Catholic

   D. Apostolic

For Greater Glory

For Greater Glory

Episode 5-The Indispensable Men: Peter, Paul and the Missionary Adventure

I. Unique and United

   A. Principal archetypes for disciples of Chirst

   B. Peter - kingly, leadership, governing

   C. Paul - prophetic, missionary, teacher

   D. United in apostleship and devotino to the Lord

II. Peter of Capharnaum

   A. A fisherman and businessman, married, middle-class

   B. Blustery, direct, stron-willed, but loyal

   C. Name appears 191 in the NT

   D. Transfiguration and Transformation

   E. The Call and the Confession

   F. Peter: Apostle and Witness

III. Paul of Tarsus

   A. Devout Jew with perfect resume

   B. Youth and education

   C. Conversion and Mission

   D. Paul's Theology of Resurrection

   E. Participation in Christ