Please copy!

1. Please copy! • Professor: Raoul R. Roncal • http://sites.google.com/site/raoulroncaltheology121 • Website: Google Group • http://groups.google.com/group/ateneo-theology-121-raoul-roncal • Join the Group • Include a picture..please..please.. • Books to Buy • Bible, New American Bible or English Standard Version (Available in National Bookstore)

2. Name: Raoul Roncal • President of Christ’s Youth in Action (CYA) • Lay brother, Servants of the Word • Academic background • Electronics Communication Engineering, Don Bosco Technical College, Mandaluyong. • MA Theological Studies, Loyola School of Theology

3. Grades • Class Standing 15% • Two Reflection Papers 5% • Group Project 10% • Two Long Exams (Written/ Orals) 40% • Final Oral/ Written Exam 30% __________ • TOTAL= 100%

4. Attendance and Punctuality • Maximum number of cuts: 6 • Tardiness (15 minutes): 12 times

5. Special Requests • Let us respect each other!! • One Mouth Rule

6. Volunteers • Pick up of remote control, cable and speakers ( Faura/ Escaler). • Seat plan with pictures

7. Overview of the Course

8. Outline of the next two lectures • What is doing Catholic Theology all about? • Does your understanding of yourself and of God correspond to reality? • Are you willing to verify your perceptions through a reality check? • How we see, perceive, and understand our faith in God is one thing; however how we actually live it is another. • Why is there a need for Faith? • Can you be happy without God? • What will it take in us to answer the question? • Faith in Human Relations and Faith in God • Faith in human relations • Dynamics of Faith in Human Relations • What happens? Catechism for Filipino Catholics 119-122 • Scriptural Example: Mathew 19:16-22 • Comparison between Faith in Human Relationships and Faith in God • The same structure holds for both human faith and divine faith • Faith in God is surely not the same as faith in another • Social Science analysis (Scientific Method) is not adequate to understand faith • What is Faith? • Faith refers to the object of our faith and the act of believing (i.e. as objective and subjective). • “Faith is about what is beyond the horizon”(McCabe) • Class Dialogue: Faith and Reason • Faith and Reason: • Reasons to believe • Personal choice • Objective Truth • Scientific Method and Understanding Love

9. The Truth that We will Confront!!

10. Overview of the Course : The Bridge Diagram Faith MAN GOD SIN

11. Course Outline: Introduction to Catholic Theology Understanding our Faith: Theology What we Believe (have Faith) in: Revelation Passing on the Faith: Scripture and Tradition Jesus Christ: Focal Point of Our Christian Faith Jesus Christ and the Gospels Jesus Christ in the Councils: Conciliar Christology Faith: Our Response (Note: Outlines of each section will be uploaded, as we reach them, in the my website)

12. What is Doing Catholic Theology All About?

13. In the face of the gap between Christian faith and everyday life, Theology, faith seeking understanding, aims to move the believer from an unexamined faith to a more mature understanding that includes critical reasoning, integration, inculturation, and community building. (Thesis statement to be covered)

14. Course Objectives • To educate sophomore students to theologize within the Catholic Tradition on the college level by; • Exercising them in the skills of proper interpretation of Scripture and Church Teachings, focused on Jesus Christ in the Philippine Asian context; • Toward developing an authentic Filipino living faith response to basic human questions in terms of Catholic truths, moral ideals and sacramental worship

15. REACTION??? • Boring!!!!! • INTERESTING?? • LIFE CHANGING!!

16. What is Doing Catholic Theology All About? It involves serious thinking. Mind God Hands Heart It involves your understanding of yourself and God. It involves looking at how we live our lives.

17. Subsequent Theology Courses • Th 131 Marriage, Family Life, and Human Sexuality in a Catholic Perspective • Th 141 A Theology of Catholic Social Vision • Th 151 The Catholic Commitment of Today’s Filipino: A Synthesis

18. Why is there a need for Faith?

19. The Greatest Deception The greatest deception, and the deepest Source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God,Of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility. John Paul II, WYD 2003

20. Form Discussion Groups • Assign a temporary/permanent leader • Assign a note taker,via lap-top if possible (to be uploaded in the pages section of the google-group) • Decide a 1 hour meeting during the week to meet with your professor outside of class time.

21. The Greatest Deception The greatest deception, and the deepest Source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God,Of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility. John Paul II, WYD 2003

22. The Greatest Deception The greatest deception, and the deepest Source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God,Of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility. John Paul II, WYD 2003

23. The Greatest Deception The greatest deception, and the deepest Source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God,Of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility. John Paul II, WYD 2003

24. What do you think?(break into Groups) • Can you be happy without God?

25. What will it take for us to answer the question? Mind Hands Heart

26. Overview of the Course : The Bridge Diagram Faith MAN GOD SIN

27. Assignments • Xerox the following: (Third Floor Rizal library) • Yes or No: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity by Peter Kreeft pp 1-56 • 20 Compelling Evidences that God Exists by Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman Jr., pp 1-71 • Read the following for next 2 Lectures: • Happiness by William J. ( Found in the raoulroncaltheology121/documents) • Faith in Human Relationhips and Faith in God excerpts from the CFC 119-123 ( Found in the raoulroncaltheology121/documents) • Yes or No: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity by Peter Kreeft, Dialog One, pp. 1-8

28. The End