An
Introduction to The Acts of the Apostles
(Lesson
5 – June 13, 2024) Chs.: 8- 11
About
the Eating of Meat Sacrificed to Idols
Introduction
(1) Acts
10:11-15: The Vision of Peter: “Do not call anything impure
that God has made clean” = 10:28
(2) Acts
15:29 “..abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood,
from the meat of strangled animals”
(3) Old
Testament (Deuteronomy 14: (1,2) 3-14): “Do not eat any detestable
thing……..”
(Leviticus 11 ch.) Clean and Unclean
Food
(Leviticus 11:13) The precise
identification of some of the birds, insects, and animals in this chapter is uncertain.
(4)
St Paul (1 Cor:8:4) “So
about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: …..”
(8:9-11) “But make sure that this
liberty of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak….”
(5)
Jesus
(Mk 7:18): “Do you not realize that everything that goes
into a person from outside cannot defile…..”
A.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 582 (Part I, Section II, Chapter I): “Going even further,
Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing
its pedagogical meaning through a divine interpretation: “Whatever goes into a
man from outside cannot defile him. . . (Thus he declared all foods
clean.). . . What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from
within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts. . .” In
presenting with divine authority, the definitive interpretation of the Law,
Jesus found himself confronted by certain teachers of the Law who did not
accept his interpretation of the Law, guaranteed though it was by the divine
signs that accompanied it”.
B. ENCYCLICAL
LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON
HOME: Second Chapter: 69: “Together with our obligation to use
the earth’s goods responsibly, we are called to recognize that other living
beings have a value of their own in God’s eyes: “by their mere existence they
bless him and give him glory”, and indeed, “the Lord rejoices in all his works”
(Ps 104:31). By virtue of our unique dignity and our gift of intelligence, we
are called to respect creation and its inherent laws, for “the Lord by wisdom
founded the earth” (Prov 3:19). In our time, the Church does not simply
state that other creatures are completely subordinated to the good of human
beings as if they have no worth in themselves and can be treated as we wish.
The German bishops have taught that, where other creatures are concerned, “we
can speak of the priority of being over that of being useful”. The Catechism
clearly and forcefully criticizes a distorted anthropocentrism: “Each creature
possesses its own particular goodness and perfection… Each of the various
creatures, willed in its own being, reflects in its own way a ray of God’s
infinite wisdom and goodness. Man must therefore respect the particular
goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use of things.
A BRIEF REVIEW
1. Simon
the Magician after being baptized, became devoted to Philip (Acts 813) saw the
power of the Holy spirit in laying of the hands by the apostles (Acts 8:17) and
wanted to offer money for? 8:19…
2. Repenting
for his sin asked for prayer …..8:24….
3. Who
were baptized by Philip seen in the chapter 8 of the Acts???
4. An
Ethiopian eunuch said to Philip (Act 8:31)…
5. Where
Saul heard the voice of the Lord, “Saul, Saul why are you persecuting me” (Acts
9:3)?
6. Who
Baptized Saul? (Acts 9:18). How many days Saul remained blind? (9: 9)
significantly….
7. Who
changed name of Saul to Paul (Acts 13:9), and the meaning of name Paul?
8. Who
helped Paul to meet apostles? (Acts 9: 27). The meaning of Barnabas?
9. A
paralyzed Aeneas was healed by (Acts 9:34) “Get up and make your bed” is
similar to Jn 5:8?
10. “Tabitha,
rise up” (Acts 9:40) is similar to Mk 5:41?
11. Read
Acts 11: 17-18 “God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles
too”
12. What
was the prediction of Agabus? (Acts 28)
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