The Fuse 10/12 & The EDGE 11/12 Teaching

I. Jenga Tower Analogy   

A. Our Catholic Faith is like your Jenga Tower; tall, solid, strong, made up of the whole of Christ's teaching (Revelation) and guided by the Holy Spirit.

B. Public Revelation ended with the death of the last apostle; John

C. Heresy - The willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized

member of the Church.

D. What happened when individual blocks were taken out of the tower base? It weakens the tower which eventually falls over.

II. "The Protestant Reformation"

A. Renaissance, "rebirth" 1400-1500AD. Cultural transformation in art, education, politics, and return to Greek philosophy and Greek architecture

B. 1455 Printing Press, Gutenberg Bible, Education flourished, not only for clergy, but for lay people too

C. Reform was necessary in the Church; Extravagance and Indulgences

D. Martin Luther 1517-Lutherans, 1530 John Calvin-Calvinists (Reformed), King Henry VIII 1533, 1530s Anabapists

III. Divorce

A. Divorce - total separation, disunion, dissolving a marriage

B. Does a divorce solve all the problems between two people? No.

C. What problems arise because of divorce? sadness, loneliness, guilt, anger, guilt, anxiety, shame, lack of trust, disappointment, hopelessness

D. The Protestant Reformation was like a "divorce" in the Catholic Church

IV. Protestants

A. Protestant = one who protests

B. A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches

C. Not in "full communion" with Catholics due to some key differences, i.e. the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, Marian Theology, Communion of Saints, Sacraments, etc.