From the Rector, First Sunday of Advent, 11/28/21
Theological Legacy of the Catholic Epistles
By Dr. Brant Pitre
Lesson 12
1. Letter of James
a. The Immutability of God (James 1:17)
b. Doctrine of Justification (James 2:14-26)
c. Sins that Cry out to Heaven: injustice to the wage-earner (James 5:4)
d. Anointing of the Sick and Confession of Sins (James 5:13-18)
2. 1 Peter
a. Common Priesthood of All Believers (1 Pet 2:4-10)
b. Ecclesiology: Church as the “People of God” (1 Pet 2:9-10)
c. Jesus’ Descent into Hades (1 Pet 3:18-22; 4:6)
3. 2 Peter
a. Divinization/Deification (2 Pet 1:4)
b. Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture (2 Pet 1:18-21)
c. The Final Judgment and Parousia (2 Pet 3:1-10)
d. The New Heavens and New Earth (2 Pet 3:11-13)
4. 1 John
a. The Triple Concupiscence (1 John 2:15-17)
b. The Antichrist (1 John 1:18-25; 4:1-5)
c. The Beatific Vision (1 John 2:2)
d. God is love (1 John 4:8)
e. Mortal vs. Venial Sin (1 John 5:16-17)
f. Original Sin (1 John 5:19)
5. Jude
a. The Deposit of Faith (Jude 2)
b. Reality and Eternity of Hell (Jude 7)
