SIMBAHAYAN: PARADIGMS ON COMMUNION

SIMBAHAYAN SA MAYNILA PARADIGMS
THE TRIUNE STRUCTURE
OF COMMUNION

Catholic teaching accepts the natural truth that the family is the basic human society. On top of its natural dignity, the family has been raised by Jesus Christ -- by virtue of the Sacrament of Matrimony -- to the nature of a "Domestic Church".
The wider community of believers more commonly known as "the Church" is best understood in turn to be the "Family of God", a communion of persons with God as Father, we as children (through, with and in Jesus Christ His Son), and with a divinely appointed mother, Mary the mother of Jesus.
The following paradigm illustrates the historical flow of communion from the Divine Trinity to the Christian Family. What is true of God is true for the family and for the Church: Out of the love between two persons, there is the third. The paradigm has biblical foundations. You will find that the terms "family" and "Church" are interchangeable through the word "household". The icons shown here are meant to provoke and facilitate deeper reflection. Simbahayan welcomes your insights and suggestions on how to improve this paradigm.

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jn 1:1
... to behold my glory which thou has given me in thy love before the foundation of the world. Jn 17:24

C R E A T I O N

* In his image ... male and female he created them. Be fruitful and multiply. Gn 1:27~
* They are no longer two, but one flesh. Mt 19:6
* Noah ... for the saving of his household ... Hb 11:7

THE INCARNATION AND THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH IN THE ERA OF
R E D E M P T I O N

* Our Father ... Mt 6:9
* ... my brother and sister and mother. Mt 12:50, Mk 3:35
* Behold your mother! Jn 19:27
* ... household of faith. Ga 6:10
* ... household of of God. Ep 2:19, 1Tm 3:15, 1Pt 4:17

E V A N G E L I Z A T I O N

* Bring Simon, called Peter, and he will declare you a message by which you shall be saved, you and all your household. Acts 11:13-14
* ... she was baptized, with her household, ... Acts 16:15
* Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household! ... and he was baptized at once, with all his family.
Acts 16:31-33
* Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians, hearing Paul believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8
* I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else. 1Cor 1:16
* The household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Saints. 1Cor 16:15
* If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God’s Church? 1Tim 3:5
* ... the household of Onesiphorus ... 2Tim 1:16

The Domestic Church is Trinitarian
and, like the Church, is patterned
after the Holy Family.

P A R O U S I A

The structure of communio is fundamentally triune.
For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
[ Paul to the Ephesians 3:14-15 ]

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