The Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of Sins

All About My Catholic Faith

This is step 13: The Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of Sins. We know that Jesus picked twelve apostles from among his disciples. He told them to go into the whole world to spread the good news of what he'd been teaching them. He also picked Peter to be their leader. This made the apostles the first bishops of the Church and it made Peter the first pope of the Church. We learned in our last lesson that in order for the Church to be the one true church that Jesus started, it must actually have four distinct marks. The marks needed for the one true church are: to be one; to be holy; to be catholic; and to be apostolic. There's only one church today that has all four of those marks. Many people don't really understand or don't really know the one church that has all of those marks is the Catholic Church. Today's lesson is about the Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of Sins. In our past lessons, we have talked a bit about the Apostles Creed and how that fits into our faith today. In this section of the Apostles Creed, we say, “I believe in the Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of sins.” Let's learn: why we believe in the communion of saints; what is the communion of saints; and how and why are we forgiven of our sins. Here are some questions for you to think about during this lesson. What did the early Christians do with the possessions that they owned? Why did they do this? Why do we usually receive Holy Communion together at Mass? Bible readings in this lesson: Acts of the Apostles Chapter 2: 42-45. 1st Corinthians, chapter 12: 12-26 1st Corinthians, chapter 10: 16-17 More questions for this lesson: Christ gave the apostles the power to forgive sins. Is this true? Is it true that the priests today no longer have that power? Is the communion of saints only for those in heaven? What authority did God give to the Church to do with sins? What did the early followers of the Church do with their earthly and spiritual goods? Listen in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-my-catholic-faith/id1439464358?mt=2&app=podcast Listen in Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDA2ZGI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Listen in Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1439464358/all-about-my-catholic-faith Listen in Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/all-about-my-catholic-faith-2 https://www.allaboutmycatholicfaith.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allaboutmycatholicfaith/support