Theology 3 and 4 (STCQC)

Grade 12
Course Outline of Topics

First Semester – Understanding the Mystery, Second Semester – Church and Community:
Nature and Identity of the Church Responding to the Call in Participating in the Mission

I. Introduction Lessons I. Revisiting the Identity of the Church

A. Koinonia (2017 as the Year of the Parish) A. The Year of the Parish
B. STCQC Vision-Mission B. The Nature and Marks of the Church
C. General Theme C. STCQC Vision-Mission
D. 3 Great Women D. Requirements
E. Review of the Methodology (See-Judge-Act) II. The Communion of the Saints: Actualizing the Identity
F. Requirements of the Church - SWUOL
II. The Mystery of the Church A. The Different Parts of the Church
A. What’s in A Word: Church (Etymological 1. The Church Triumphant
Underpinings) - SWUOL 2. The Suffering Church
1. The Hebrew qahal 3. The Pilgrim Church
2. The Greek koinonia-ekklesia III. Christian Vocation: A Way of Life (Spirtuality)
3. The kirche-Church A. Vocation
4. The Filipino Simbahan-Sambayanan B. Christian Vocation: Universal Call to Holiness
B. The Foundational Experience: Jesus - DC Synthesis: The Call to Holiness
1. The Life and Ministry of Jesus IV. The Different Vocations of the Pilgrim Church
2. The Paschal Ministry 1. The Magisterium
3. The Resurrection Experience a. The Pope and the College of Bishops
C. The Pentecost: The Empowerment of the b. The Priesthood
Church 2. Special Calling
III. The Pilgrimage of the Church: Historical Survey - a. Religious Institutes
DC b. Societies of Apostolic Life
Prologue: The Stages of the Formation of the 3. Lay Faithful
Church by Karl Rahner V. Towards a Missionary Attitude and Participation – DC
A. The First Age: The Beginnings (optional)
Excursus: Mary, the Model Disciple A. Vatican II (Ad Gentes)
B. The Second Age: The Roman Christian Empire B. PCP II (BEC’s)
C. The Third Age: The Western Expansion Excursus: The Church of the Poor by Bishop
D. The Fourth Age: The Christendom Labayen and the Infanta model
E. The Fifth Age: Reformation, Counter- VI. The ICM Spirituality: Theresians called to the World
Reformation and the Enlightenment Excursus: STCQC Vision-Mission
Excursus: St. Teresa of Avila Synthesis: Fostering a Communion of Communities
F. The Sixth Age: Becoming a World Church
(Vatican I and Vatican II)
Excursus: Mother Marie Louise de Meester
and the ICM
Synthesis: Our Vision of the Church

IV. Nature of the Church (Lumen Gentium) - SWUOL

A. The Church as Mystery
B. The Church as Sacrament
Excursus: The Seven Sacraments
C. The Church as the People of God
D. The Church as the Body of Christ
Excursus: The Holy Eucharist
E. The Church as Communion
V. To be a Church in the Modern World: Catholic
Social Teachings – DC and Other Sources
(optional)
A. The Church in the World: Gaudium et Spes
B. CST and Its Principles
C. On the Care for the Common Home:
Laudato Si (2015)
D. The Christian Family in the Modern Age:
Amoris Laetitia (2016)
VI. Fostering Communion through A Dialogue of
Life: Ecumenism and Inter-Faith Dialogue – DC
 and Other Sources (optional)
A. Vatican II
1. Decree on Ecumenism (URI)
2. Declaration on Non-Christian Religions
(NA)
B. Other Documents
1. Ut Unum Sint
2. FABC 81
VII. Marks of the Church - SWUOL
A. The Church as One
B. The Church as Holy
C. The Church as Catholic
D. The Church as Apostolic
Synthesis: The Parish and BEC’s as Models of the
Church as Communion of Communities – (Other
Sources)
Excursus: STCQC Vision-Mission

Sources:

Main Texts:
Stay with Us, O Lord! Our Holy Catholic Church (Phoenix-Grade 12) - SWUOL
Discipleship in Community: A Workbook in Theology 3 – DC

Church Documents:
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)
Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC)
Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines
Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)
Compendium of the Social Doctrines of the Church
Laudato Si
Amoris Laetitia
FABC 81
Laborem Exercens
Justicia del Mundo

Theology Texts:
Catholicism (Richard McBrien)
The Church (Richard McBrien)
Theology for Teachers
Doing Ecclesiology
The Creed
Becoming a Leaven in Society
Church: The Human Story of God
A Journey to the Kingdom in the Spirit
A Concise History of the Catholic Church
Doing Theology

Pastoral Texts:
Bishop Labayen books
Basic Ecclesial Communities (Msgr. Gabriel)
Basic Ecclessial Classroom
3 Great Women:
Mary, A Resource
Kathleen Coyle books
St. Teresa of Avila Autobiography
The Spirit of Our Mother Foundress