Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 2 1st Ed. > Unit 2
Session 7: Jesus Gave His Apostles the Power to Forgive Sins
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
God entered into a covenant with David that would be fulfilled by Jesus in the New Covenant.
All of Scripture is inspired by God. Just as the Spirit of God was present at the beginning of Creation and within Adam, so too is it present in the Scriptures.
Every covenant includes a mediator, a promise, a sign, and a progression.
God chose a people, the people of Israel descended from Abraham, to reveal Himself to and task with sharing His love and plan of salvation with the entire world.
God worked many signs and wonders through Moses to prove to the Egyptians and the Israelites that He is the one true God.
God called Moses and gave him the mission of freeing the Israelites from slavery, even though Moses was imperfect.
The sacrificial lamb was a sign of the Passover that saved the Israelites from the Angel of Death.
Without faithful leadership and faith in God the people of God continually fall into temptation, sin, and idol worship, and chaos reigns.
On Pentecost, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, who were filled with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The Incarnation is a dogma of the Church that says that the Son of God assumed a human nature in the Person of Jesus Christ.
We study the history of the Church so that we can learn about our identity as Christians, why we are who we are, and to inform our future, built upon the successes, wisdom, and traditions of the past.
Saints Peter, Paul, Stephen, and more bore a bold witness for Christ in this era.
Jesus promises us that the forces of evil led by Satan and his demons will not be victorious against the Church.
God intentionally and deliberately created each one of us.