Introducing Christian Doctrine

Introduction

This book report Introducing the Christian Doctrine ' will

help us know and learn about the nature of God , His Creation

Man , and the life of Jesus Christ and his Church . The doctrines

teach us about the Almighty God and his work . It helps us know

about the Life of Man- To know and Love God . It deals with the

final end of man , beatitudes and the ways of reaching it

Part One : The Doing of Theology

Modern theology is characterized by an acute awareness of

the historicity of the interpreter

and an equal passion to relate to

what contemporary people bring to the text . It is as if the

awareness of our time-bound condition has made us determined to

conform theology to our situation rather than to protect it from

possible corruption . I see the current tendency to relate theology to

struggles of the present day , while commendable if it were to

represent a desire to apply the Scriptures , to be a recipe for

Scripture-twisting on a grand scale . The desire to be relevant has

overcome the desire to be faithful to God 's Word with the result

that a great accommodation is taking place . The concern of the

doctrine and its teaching must be directed to love that never ends

Whether something is proposed for belief , for hope or for action

the love of our lord must always be made accessible , so that

anyone can see that all the works of perfect Christian virtue will

spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at

love

Part Two The Revelation

God revealed himself and given himself to man . He

provided the definitive superabundant answer to the question that

man asks himself about the meaning of his life . He revealed to man

by communicating his own mystery in words and deeds . Beyond

the witness God created the things manifested himself to our

ancestors , spoke to them and promised them salvation (cf .Gen3 :15 .Everlasting covenant with Noah and all the

living beings (cf . Gen 9 :16 ) the forces will remains till the world

lasts . God made a Covenant with Abraham and his

descendants . He formed his people and revealed his law to Moses

He prepared them to accept the salvation destined to all humanity

through his covenant . God fully revealed himself by sending his

own son to establish his covenant . The son spread his Father 's

word that there will be no further Revelation after him

Part Three Nature of God

Hear , O Israel , the Lord our God is one Lord ( Dt 6 :4

Mk 12 :29 ) The supreme being must be unique , without equal

If God is not one , he is not God (Tertullian , Adv . Maec , 1 , 3 ,5

PL 2 ,274 .Faith in God leads us to turn to him alone as our first

origin and our ultimate goal , and neither to prefer anything to him

nor to substitute anything for him . Even when He reveals himself

God remains a mystery beyond words ' If you...