PHASE IV—The Council of Trent and Beyond

JOURNAL QUESTION: What is one thing that you would like to change about the Catholic Church? This could be a belief, religious practice or anything that you can think of. Or…what would you change about your OWN RELIGION/CHURCH? Why?

SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS In the 13th century the Church officially declared there were SEVEN Sacraments The first emergence of the belief that the Sacraments caused God’s grace to be present Specific guidelines were set out for performing each of the Sacraments

DANGERS during the High Middle Ages Overemphasis on the “correct form” of the sacraments People put their faith in the performance and lost the true meaning It ignored the disposition of the person receiving the sacrament Sacramental practice led towards a “magical” form of thinking

PHASE II-PHASE III 395 A.D. 900-1000 A.D. 1274 A.D. Sacraments are simply “signs of sacred things.” 1274 A.D. There are seven and ONLY seven sacraments in the Catholic Church. 900-1000 A.D. Marriage & Confirmation become “sacraments.”

RETURN OF THE REVOLUTION By: The O.C. Supertones

There ain’t no stopping us now I’d like to say that from the outset Not up in this business just to get what we can get But bet that We gonna bring it to you loud and clear How loud I gotta say it ’fore you people start to hear I can name our problems

But I know a solution Bring back the revolution But I know a solution Bring back the revolution. The revolution comes and we all stand as on Rises from the darkness and shines like the sun As the sun gets higher, our church catches fire Down from our pride and up from the mire. It’s a dream that I’ve had and I hope it comes true I forgot to say the revolution starts with you. See wisdom and knowledge is one thing that we lack

You’ve been a Christian how long and you’re still on Similac So I call on Martin Luther and all the reformation back Then the common people couldn’t read God’s revelation You had to be a monk or a priest or read Latin That was all before the revolution happened But the fire cooled down ever since that generation We put down the Bible and pick up the Play Station

And we can’t defend our faith ’cause we don’t even know it We say we love his word but pick a funny way to show it. The world walks by and we don’t have a thing to say I call ’em as I see ’em And that’s what I see today

CHORUS The revolution returns The Reformation lives on The Great Awakening is now Sleepers open your eyes A war is on, our rally cry is no compromise No compromise, yeah, no compromise A war is on, our battle cry is no compromise So throw your fist up and pray the revolution rise A war is on, our rally cry is no compromise

Our hearts have grown so cold And we’ve such numb souls But shirts and bumper stickers Man we got ’em by the truckload Is true religion what you have around your wrist What does the scripture say of this

They honor me with words But their hearts are far away I call ’em like I see ’em And that’s what I see today So I call on John Edwards Who preached us all awake We try to be emotional but here is our mistake

As a church we lack repentance and we lack true affection Not only in our minds but our hearts need correction And man that’s true religion, resignation and contrition To love each other so much that we’d die before division

CHORUS The revolution returns The Reformation lives on The Great Awakening is now Sleepers open your eyes A war is on, our rally cry is no compromise No compromise, yeah, no compromise A war is on, our battle cry is no compromise So throw your fist up and pray the revolution rise A war is on, our rally cry is no compromise

So what about you Will you join us Will you admit that the waters around us have grown You better start swimming or you’ll sink like a stone Do you stand with us or do we stand alone It’s time that we stand up, enlist for the war I’ve tasted battle and now I want more

I’ve known the truth and been cut to the core But I’m back in the game to even the score And I mean to go out with both my guns blazing Amazed at a God who’s so truly amazing To triumph in battle as the spirit enables Can’t turn back the clock but we can turn the tables

The Reformation From 1123-1517 there were 9 official gatherings of the Church to deal with clerical abuses (church problems) Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a very devout Augustinian monk His 95 Theses that he posted in 1517 unofficially began The Reformation

The Council of Trent (1545-63) Over half of all the teachings from this Council focused on sacraments It declared that there are officially 7 Sacraments of the Catholic Church It took a Scholastic view of the sacraments (vs. a Magical View) It made the celebration of the sacraments Uniform, with their own Rites books