Friday, January 22, 2010

Creed and Apostolic are relevant?

The Roman Catholic Lectionary continues the texts from Samuel and Mark. The remarkable relationship between Saul and David continues to unfold. Mark details the anointing of the “Twelve”. The “Twelve” certainly figure large in the history of the Church. Twelve was the number of the tribes of Israel. The presentation of the “one holy catholic and apostolic Church” (Nicene Creed; translation by the ecumenical English Language Liturgical Commission (ELLC)) in the Catholicism 201 course ties the “apostolic” nature of the Church to the relationship to the Twelve. The Presence and revelation of the Divine are contained in the Tradition of the Church. The struggle of people with the Divine relationship is recorded in tradition, liturgy, prayer and observance. The “Twelve” are the anointed for their time and for all time.

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