Grade 12 Lesson 2
Grade 12 Lesson 2: The Living Church
Learning Outcomes
Church
- G12.LO8 - Defend the existence and function of your Church.
- G12.LO9 - Explain how Church is the place where Sacraments are fulfilled.
- G12.LO10 - Explain how the Church is not a secular institution, but based on the model of communion and love. The Church is essential for the spiritual growth of every Christian.
- G12.LO11 -Dissect the quote, "Wherever the Church is, there is also the Spirit of God, and wherever the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and the fullness of grace." (St. Ireneaus)
Textbook Lesson
Expanding Thoughts on Lesson
- The Church
- The Parish Community: Our Life in Christ, Fr. Thomas Hopko [Hopko, F. T. H. (2002, July 21). The Orthodox Parish in North America. Orthodox Church in America]
Lesson Resources
- Worksheet
- The Parish Community: Our Life in Christ" worksheet, Fr. Thomas Hopko
Connecting Materials
- "Each social unit - the family, the school, the workshop, the parish, the Church universal - is to be made an ikon of the Triunity. Because we know that God is three in one, each of us is committed to living sacrificially in and for the other; each is committed to to irrevocably to a life of practical service, of active compassion." (Bishop Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Way)
