1	IN FOCUS For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths (2Tim 4:3-4) It is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost (Mt 18:14) Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope (1Pe 3:15)
2	Getting the Kingdom Right Rev 20:4-6
3	Jesus is the Reason for the Season Galatians 4:4-5 Luke 1:30-33 Isaiah 9:5-6 Mark 1:15
4	Life in the Kingdom of David
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7	List O’Popes Peter Linus Cletus Clement Evaristus Alexander I Sixtus I Telesphorus Hyginus Pius I Anicetus Soter Eleutherius Victor Zephyrinus Calixtus Urban I Pontian Anterus Fabian Cornelius Lucius I Stephen I Sixtus II Denis Felix I Eutychian Caius Marcellinus Marcellus I Eusebius Miltiades Sylvester I Mark Julius I Liberius Damasus Siricus Anastasius I Innocent I Zosimas Boniface I Celestine I Sixtus III Leo I Hilary Simplicius Felix III Gelasius I Anastasius II Symmachus Hormidas John I Felix IV Boniface II John II Agapitus Silverius Vigilius Pelagius I John III Benedict I Pelagius II Gregory I Sabinian Boniface III Boniface IV Deusdedit I Boniface V Honorius I Severinus John IV Theodore I Martin I Eugene I Vitalian Deusdedit II Donus Agatho Leo II Benedict II John V Conon Sergius I John VI John VII Sisinnus Constantine Gregory II Gregory III Zachary Stephen II Paul I Stephen III Adrian I Leo III Stephen IV Pascal I Eugene II Valentine Gregory IV Sergius II Leo IV Benedict III Nicholas I Adrian II John VIII Marinus I Adrian III Stephen V Formosus Boniface VI Stephen VI Romanus Theodore II John IX Benedict IV Leo V Sergius III Anastasius III Lando John X Leo VI Stephen VII John XI Leo VII Stephen VIII Marinus II Agapitus II John XII Leo VIII Benedict V John XIII Benedict VI Benedict VII John XIV John XV Gregory V Silvester II John XVII John XVIII Sergius IV Benedict VIII John XIX Benedict IX Silvester III Benedict IX Gregory VI Clement II Benedict IX Damasus II Leo IX Victor II Stephen IX Nicholas II Alexander II Gregory VII Victor III Urban II Paschal II Gelasius II Calixtus II Honorius II Innocent II Celestine II Lucius II Eugene III Anastasius IV Adrian IV Alexander III Lucius III Urban III Gregory VIII Clement III Celestine III Innocent III Honorius III Gregory IX Celestine IV Innocent IV Alexander IV Urban IV Clement IV Gregory X Innocent V Adrian V John XXI Nicholas III Martin IV Honorius IV Nicholas IV Celestine V Boniface VIII Benedict XI Clement V John XXII Benedict XII Clement VI Innocent VI Urban V Gregory XI Urban VI Boniface IX Innocent VII Gregory XII Martin V Eugene IV Nicholas V Calixtus III Pius II Paul II Sixtus IV Innocent VIII Alexander VI Pius III Julius II Leo X Adrian VI Clement VII Paul III Jules III Marcellus II Paul IV Pius IV Pius V Gregory XIII Sixtus V Urban VII Gregory XIV Innocent IX Clement VIII Leo XI Paul V Gregory XV Urban VIII Innocent X Alexander VII Clement IX Clement X Innocent XI Alexander VIII Innocent XII Clement XI Innocent XIII Benedict XIII Clement XII Benedict XIV Clement XIII Clement XIV Pius VI Pius VII Leo XII Pius VIII Gregory XIV Pius IX Leo XIII Pius X Benedict XV Pius XI Pius XII John XXIII Paul VI JohnPaul I JohnPaul II Benedict XVI
8	Life in the Kingdom of David
9	Why the Papacy? “You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all the house.” Matthew 5:15
10	Rebellion Against the King Numbers 16 1Kings 12-13 Mt 26: 14-15
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13	What about the People of Israel? Jeremiah 31:31-33 Ezekiel 37:24-28 Romans 11:25-26
14	Mei You Jiao? It is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost (Mt 18:14) God wills everyone to be saved and come to knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4) The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (2 Pet 3:9-10)
15	Great, so…WHY BE CATHOLIC?? (Wo’men chi Jidu)
16	Wages for works?
17	Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been solidly set on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined. Jesus, the Christ (as reported by Saint Matthew Mt 7:24-27)
18	What kind of builder was Jesus?
19	Do you believe Jesus’ promises? Mt 28:20 Jn 14:26 Jn 16:13
20	Who do you say that he is? (Hint: Mt 16:16)
21	References New American Bible Catholic Study Edition with Oxford Commentary Catechism of the Catholic Church “Beginning Apologetics Vol 1” Burnham and Fr. Chacon “Pope Fiction” Patrick Madrid “Introduction to Christianity” by Mary Jo Weaver “Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma” by Ludwig Ott Faith of the Early Fathers by William Jurgens vol 1-3 “The Cleaving of Christendom” by Warren Carroll