CHAPTER 1.

THE BIBLE
Dear instructor, the teaching of this chapter will be based on the important points below.
And to make your lesson lively, we ask you to have a Bible as material.
didactic and if possible, the children too
I. THE DEFINITION: The Bible is a collection (book containing) of promises of
commandments and divine acts gathered and classified by believing men it is
also called "holy scriptures"
II. PARTIES AND CONTENTS: The Bible is divided into two main parts
A) The Old Testament: which includes the writings concerning the history of the
the creation, the evolution, and the history of the people of Israel and the poetic books and
prophecies written before the birth of Jesus Christ
The Old Testament consists of the following books:
The Pentateuch or the Books of the Law: from Genesis to Deuteronomy
books of Moses
The 12 historical books: from Joshua to Esther
The 5 poetic books: from Job to the Song of Songs
The 17 Prophetic Books from Isaiah to Malachi (presented in their order)
magnitudes
The apocryphal or deuterocanonical books: Judith, the wisdom of
Salomon, Tobit, Sirach, Baruch, Maccabees I and II, and addition to Esther,
story of Suzanne and Daniel, beautiful and dragon, the prayer of Azarias, the
song of the three young men and the prayer of Manasseh.
B) The New Testament: Which includes the traditional writings recounting the
mission and the activity of Jesus and the apostles as well as the epistles to
community of the primitive church and the apocalypse of John

The New Testament consists of the following books

The 5 historical books; The Gospel according to Matthew to the Acts of
apostles
The 21 didactic books: From Paul's letter to the Romans to the letter of
Jude. Even if the style of the Epistle to the Hebrews resembles that
adopted by the apostle Paul, let us avoid the mistake of attributing this epistle
to the Apostle Paul. The styles are linked to the time of the writing of this
epistle style also adopted by the apostles
The prophetic book: the apocalypse of John or revelation.

N.B: all the books constituting 'the Bible', known to Jesus and the
the first apostles were put in the form currently known around
90-100 AD, during a Jewish synod (council) in Jamnia. The elder
The testament was written for over a thousand years and the new
testament in the span of 50 years But, the new testament has been
written around the 70s After Christ and the oldest written of the
 The New Testament is the first epistle to the Thessalonians by Paul.
and the Old Testament around the years 90-100 AD.
The Epistle to the Romans takes the 1erposition because it is the longest and most important (see
our family n°3/2009P.26
III. USE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE: certainly, the Bible is not just a narrative
complete and without gaps of the divine Acts, but out of love for God, he preserved
the essence to the intention of its people over the past times. These writings
bear witness to the coming (birth) and mission of Jesus (John 5:39), and
constitute the foundation of the teaching provided within the NEO church
APOSTOLIC. It must hold a prominent place in the life of the Christian.
Néo-Apostolic and to read it profitably, it is advisable to ask to be enlightened.
by God
When it comes to its interpretation, only the Apostle Patriarch and the Apostles in communion
with him, they who have received the ministry of the Holy Spirit, are able to interpret
(Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, 1 Corinthians 2:10, John 16:13)
Each book of the Bible is composed of chapters and verses to facilitate the
search. ( Dear instructor, please train the children to search for the chapters and
verses and the reading of the Bible according to divine inspiration and giving them
homework on the research of certain important biblical passages.

Example:
the longest verse in the Bible (John 11:35)
the shortest psalm
the hymn to the glory of Christ (Philippians 2:6-11)
 CHAPTER 2. THE CREATION
Dear instructor, please note that this lesson is lengthy but contains a great deal of knowledge about
Divine health plan for humanity. Therefore, be alive in your presentations and never limit yourself.
to tell the biblical story very simply

I. ESSENCE OF GOD AND HIS WORKS: The living God in whom we believe is one.
to be spiritual, eternal and infinite, perfect, completely independent, which forms in
at the same time a Trinity. He is the creator of the earthly and heavenly worlds.
our faith in him is based on the reception of his wonderful creation, on these
manifestations and especially on our personal experiences in the field
of faith (please tell the children to also test GOD so that their
personal experiences also increase)
Our God manifests as a divine Trinity:
God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God existed before the beginning, Jesus was
begotten by God but never created and the Holy Spirit is the active force of God.
Give the children all the knowledge received from the apostolate on the divine Trinity
In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the earth, the Visible world (everything that we
we perceive with our five senses) and the invisible world (spiritual beings and the
spiritual domains) (Gen. 1:1). All creation was accomplished in 6 days and
man, the crown of creation was created on the 6theday (the most noble creature of
God), and the 7e On the day God rested (Explanations for children, the details about the
Creation see Gen. 1:1 to 2:7). Angels, for their part, are created spiritual beings.
for the service of God and men (Ps. 91:11-12, Heb. 1:14), sometimes visible (Gen.
19:1, Luke 1:28, Acts 10:30, Acts 12:5-...). There are also the angels of the Son of
the man Jesus, the ministers of God

II. WAYS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD IN THE OLD ALLIANCE: The

The first humans were called Adam and Eve; they lived in the garden.
From Eden, they were blessed and God gave them the task under the following terms
Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it...
(Gen. 1:28). In this garden, God caused trees of every kind to grow.
in the middle of the garden two trees: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and
the tree of life. To let them free to obey him, God gave them the
You may eat (the fruits) from all the trees of the garden;
but you will not eat (those) from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
bad, for the day you eat it, you will certainly die
 Misled by the devil disguised as a serpent, the first humans are
fallen into the sin of 'DISOBEDIENCE' towards God. (Explain)
the story, see Gen. 2:8 to 3:24).
From where this fall into sin led to the separation from God, this
the 'spiritual death' separation occurred immediately and is manifested by
fear and worry. Adam and Eve were no longer in communion with God,
they left the Garden of Eden and the path to the Tree of Life was guarded by a
archangel. Physical death only occurred later, but the goodness of God
Being great, God made the promise to the first parents to send His Son.
to triumph over death (Gen. 3:15).

Adam knew Eve, and they had sons and daughters, but the Bible only mentions
three: CAIN (Cultivator), ABEL (Elevator) and SETH (Explain the story of
Cain and Abel to the children, see Gen. 4) The descendants of this 1ercouple from
multiplied upon the earth and the wickedness of men will not cease to
to grow, but few led a pleasant life to God, we
we can mention :

ENOCH: lived a pious life in the fear of God. That is why God
he was taken from the Earth at the age of 365 years without having to know death
(Gen. 5:21-24). Through his life and his ascension, ENOCH has given us a
indication regarding the souls that, in accordance with the divine promise, must
to be transformed and the removal on the day of the Lord (1 Cor. 15:51-52, 1 Thess.
4:16-17.
NOAH: Humans no longer wanted to be guided by the Spirit of God. On
God's injunction, NOAH built an ark in which he was preserved from the
deluge, as well as his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives.
last, and all species of animals. He entered the ark 7 days
before the flood (a week). The flood was both the just consequence
the behavior of the contemporaries of Noah and also an act of Divine love
who wanted to protect humanity from an even greater depravity. From
our time, the Patriarch Apostle urges us to never be like the
people in the time of Noah, who ate, drank, married, and were given in marriage,
all of this was not a bad thing; but the greatest sin of these people is that they do not
doubted nothing. The indifference towards the word of God through its
servants are a great army that kills more than any army in the world and it
it should be avoided. In our time, the Ark of Noah is the symbol of the work of
redemption of Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Matt. 24:38-39, Heb.
11:7). (Explain the rest of the story, see Gen. 7 to 8). The descendants of
Noah cared less about the will of God, among them a man of the 9e
Generation after Sem led a pious life and believed in the eternal: This is ABRAM.
P.S.: Speak about the tower of Babel (Babel = confusion) whose concern for these people was to
make a name (Gen. 11:1-9) (see Review 10 of 1997).

III. THE PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL (2000 years B.C.)

A.ABRAM(=Exalted Father) (1erPatriarch

He was born of father Terach with his brothers Nachor and Haran, the father of
Lot, the nephew of ABRAM. ABRAHAM and Nahor took wives.
respectfully SARAÏ (=High Mother) and MILCA. ABRAM took LOT and
SARAÏ To go from Charan to Chaldea and then to the land of Canaan where they
they lived. God blessed Abram and gave him a new name
ABRAHAM (=Father of a multitude of nations) following his
obedience to God "having accepted to leave the parental home, some
friends and his homeland (Gen. 12:13), he was even willing to sacrifice his son
ISAAC (GEN.22) ». his wife SARAÏ also received a new name from
SARAH (=Mother of a multitude) at the blessing of ABRAHAM.
God made a covenant with him and promised him that all the nations
the earth would be blessed in him (Gen. 18:18). God gave him a son
ISAAC at the age of 100 years. The blessing of God rested upon ISAAC.
after the death of Abraham, (Explain the brief story, see Gen. 11:10 to
25 ; 11).

B.ISAAC(=laugh, a name given by God himself)(2 ePatriarch) :From

Rebecca, Isaac had two sons: Esau and Jacob, with Esau the elder having scorned
the right of primogeniture, it was Jacob who received the paternal blessing
Explain the story of Isaac, from the marriage proposal to Rebecca.
Eliezer, from the meeting of Isaac and Rebecca at the well of LAKAÏ Roy where they have
lived ISAAC and Rebecca, who was also barren for 20 years for
give birth to Esau and Jacob, twin brothers afterwards,
paternal blessing of Jacob and flight from his brother Esau). (Gen.
17 to 26.
C.JACOB OR ISRAEL (3EPATRIARCH: During the flight from his brother
who hated Uncle Laban) God manifested Himself miraculously to Jacob
in a dream, he saw a ladder whose top touched the sky and on
the one the angels of God ascended and descended, above
held the Lord, saying: "I am the eternal, the God of Abraham, your
father… (Gen. 28:13-14). This city was called Luz and Jacob gave it
name of Bethel in this place. Jacob had as wife Leah and Rachel (whom he
loved a lot), daughter of his uncle Laban (Possible marriage according to their
customs) that gave her twelve children (including others from the
Servants Bila and Zilpa). On his way back from Haran to Canaan,
he reconciled with his brother Esau and fought until dawn with a
man in whom he knew the Lord. Jacob said to him: "I will not let you go
 point to go that you have not blessed me" and the Lord gave him a name
new "ISRAEL" = the one who wrestled with God and with men, and
who won. (Gen. 32:24-32). His eleven children sold their brother
Joseph as a slave to the Midianite (Ishmaelite) merchants who
they took him to Egypt. During their stay in the land of Canaan, the
famine drove them to go seek food in Egypt where they
met their brother Joseph, who thanks to the fear of God at
several times, he arrived at honors in Egypt. (Gen. 25 to 33)
D.JOSEPH:(4 e patriarch): sold by his brothers who hated him after
the love that his father bore towards him and his younger brother Benjamin,
children of Rachel, the Islamists who bought her sold her to
Potiphar, chief of the guards and officer of Pharaoh. The Lord was with him.
and prosperity accompanied him due to the fear of God that he manifested
multiple times (once at Potiphar's where he was tempted by her
woman), he later became the steward of Potiphar's house. He
a serious problem arose following the attempt of the woman to
Potiphar who cost him prison, but the hand of the eternal was always
about him and he obtained command over all the land of Egypt afterwards
to explain Pharaoh's dreams. His rank allowed him to summon
his father Israel and all his family from Canaan to Egypt, passing through
Beersheba where Jacob offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac who
he has a Vision and says 'I am God... (Gen. 46:3-4). They dwelt in the
land of Goshen in Egypt. Due to the fear of God, Joseph becomes
a wide source of blessing from our young age

IV. PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT (From 1680 BC to 1250 BC): The people
Israel became a numerous and powerful people during the 450 years of its
stay in Egypt, to such an extent that after the death of Joseph and the pharaoh
In 1700, this people was mistreated but God remembered them to save from the
Egyptian tyranny under the leadership of Moses (see Ex. 1 to 4).

Moses (=Drawn from the waters): after killing an Egyptian and fleeing to
land of Midian, God manifested Himself to Moses on Mount Horeb
and he gave Donna the mission, to be the assistant of Aaron his brother, of
to lead his people through great wonders and miracles until the
Mount Nebo, he died before the entry of the people of Israel into the land.
from Canaan (promised land):
- Talking about the 10 plagues on Egypt during Passover (see Ex. 7 to 13)
- Talking about the sort of Egypt at the crossing of the Red Sea: to the
Red sea, God performed a miracle to make it cross.
people thanks to the staff of Moses, to the cloud and to the wind that has
blown on the sea, for us, children of God of the end times,
on our journey of faith, we also have two allies
 OUR FAITH AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. Our faith must be
alive and must rely on the strength of the Holy Spirit.
- Talking about the Red Sea at Sinai (Ex. 15 to 20): song of Moses,
the waters of Mara, murmurs of the Israelites in the desert of
sin, the scales and the manna, the sabbath, Mount Sinai, the 10
commandments of God and the Jewish faith (consisting of 6000 laws
some even transgressed the 10 commandments,
This shows that the people of Israel had the love of the law.) (See
books of Leviticus, Deuteronomy.
- Talk about the water of Meribah: Moses struck it only once on the
rock of Mount Horeb, no sins, Moses obeyed this
order of God, under the gaze of the elders (Ex.17:1-7)
- Talking about the water of Mériba: Moses struck it twice on the
rock instead of speaking to the Rock, Moses desecrated the
holiness of God, a sin (Numbers 20:1-13)
- Talk about the death of Moses on Mount Nebo and God buried him.
himself in the valley of the land of Moab (Deut. 34)
- Talk about the death of Aaron on Mount Hor (Num.
20:28

V. PEOPLE OF ISRAEL UNDER THE JUDGES (From 1200 to 1025 BC)

F.JOSUE: Led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan after a
long struggle against the 7 peoples who had settled there in their absence
The Israelites (Canaanites, Amorites, Jebusites, were led
successively by judges and by kings
Les autres juges en Israël : othniel, Ehud, Schamagues, Débora, Thola,
Jair, Jephthah, Gideon, Samson, Eli, and Samuel (the last two were
also sacrificers in Israel) (see the book of Judges). Given that the people
Israel desired to be led by a king like the nations.
environment, God will instruct Samuel to anoint Saul, son of Kish, as
1theking of Israel (see 1 Sam 9).

VI. ISRAEL UNDER THE KINGS (From 1000 to 586 BC)

- Saul, the first king, anointed by Samuel under God's command (1 Sam.)
9 to 30
- David, second king, son of Jesse of Bethlehem, won the
victory over the Philistines, snatches the city of Jerusalem from the
jebusians and made it the capital. Great room and author of
Psalms (see 1 Sam. 16 to 31 and 2 Sam. 1 to 24).
 - Salomon, 3eKing, son of David, pious and wise, beats the
Magnificent temple of Jerusalem, it lasted forty years of reign.
Author of proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and songs of songs
(see 1 Kings 1 to 11)
- Roboam, 4eRoi, son of Solomon, did not want to follow the
Council of adults of Israel to follow That of bad friends
to make the people of God suffer. God tore his kingdom apart.
two kingdoms, hence the schism of the kingdom of Israel:
- The kingdom of Israel in the north consisted of 10 tribes with
Jeroboam as king and built altars in Bethel and in
the city of Dan for idolatry (Solomon's service) (origin of
Samaritan people (until 722 BC).
- The Kingdom of Judah in the south consisted of two tribes: Judah and
of Benjamin, with Rehoboam as king for 17 years (People
Jew (until 586 BC)
VII. SCHISM (931 to 586 BC): (see 2 Chronicles 10 to 36, Ezra, Nehemiah)
Tobit and Daniel

Cause: At the death of King Solomon whose heart was turned to the gods of his
multiple women, his son Rehoboam taking power and wanted to follow the
advice from his bad friends asking him to make the game harder
people of God, this is how God tore his kingdom to give 10
tribes to Jeroboam, servant of his father, who was fleeing from his father in
Egypt and left only two tribes to it. Each of these kingdoms had 19 kings.
but there were more idolatries in Israel especially with ACHAB and JEZABEL,
pagan woman, in Judah (see 1 Kings 12 to 22 and 2 Kings). The worship of Baal
became the religion of the court for Israel. Thus God raised up
prophets for his people to turn their gaze back to him, their disobedience
he brought into slavery in different countries, the desecrated temple and
Jerusalem destroyed. Thus, Israel fell under the domination of:
- Assyrian Era: 750-612: Israelites under Assyrians
- Babylonian era: 612-538: Israelites under Babylonians:
exile and captivity in Babylon
- Persian Era: 538:333: Israelites under the Persians
(Reconstruction of the temple with Ezra and Jerusalem with)
Nehemiah.
- Hellenistic period: 333-64: Revolt of Judas Maccabeus
- Roman Era: 64 BC to ..........: Israelites under the
Romans: Birth of Jesus Christ;
VIII. PERIOD OF THE PROPHETS RAISED BY GOD

- Israel knew: ELIE, ELISHA, JONAH, AMOS, HOSEA, TOBIT,

………………as prophets
 - Juda knew: ISAIAH, MICAH, JEREMIAH, JOEL, AGGEUS,
ZACHARIAH,……… as a prophet
In the time of the prophet Jeremiah, God promised to restore his covenant with Judah and Israel.
The last of the prophets was Malachi who lived 450 years B.C.
CHAPTER 3: JESUS CHRIST AND HIS MISSION
After the prophets, before the birth of Jesus Christ, divine service was formalistic, one
he limited himself to commenting on the law, so much so that there was love for the law, and one did not respect
than appearances during this celebration. From the various interpretations of the scriptures,
they were seeking religious shares:

Pharisees: sought to strictly apply the law while giving the impression of piety
particular and wanted to do it well in public
Sadducees: did not adhere to this part that a person of easy living, they rejected the doctrine
of the resurrection, and of a future judgment

Essenes: a peaceful order, people who led a withdrawn life, focused on observing
the law with scrupulously exactitude, rarely in public.
Meanwhile, Israel was under the rule of the Roman Emperor Augustus, who ...
governed through princes and governors, then Jean-Baptiste was born from
Zacharias and Elizabeth. (Talking about the birth of John the Baptist and the visit of Mary to...
Élisabeth.
JOHN THE BAPTIST: Precursor of Jesus, promised by God and announced by the prophets since
ancient times (Isaiah, cf. Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi, cf. Malachi 3:1). He preached repentance
and announced the coming of the Messiah (Savior) (Luke 3:3-18) and the people recognized him as great
prophet. Many received his word and were baptized by him (Luke 3:3-18). The
the Pharisees, the doctors of the law, and the leaders of the people, for their part, believed less in
less and treated him as they had treated the other prophets of God (Matt. 14:1-12).
He baptized our Lord Jesus at the Jordan for the fulfillment of the word of God, did the
witness of the baptism of the Holy Spirit of Jesus by his Father and said to the others: 'Here is the Lamb
of God who takes away the sins of the world...>>, but later he even doubted Jesus. Jesus
who had designated him as the greatest man who was never born, treated him afterwards as
... among those who are born of Women, there is none greater...
(Matt. 11:11). He was killed, beheaded, by Herod at the request of Herodias (the wife of
Philippe, brother of Herod, whom he wanted to take but John the Baptist refused him.
JESUS CHRIST
Birth and youth of Jesus: Christ (=anointed), Only Begotten Son of God, the promised Savior (cf
John 1:18, 3:16-18); is from the Father, a word emanating from the Spirit, who took on flesh to
to accomplish, as an element of the divine Trinity, God's plans through men (cf. John
Born in Bethlehem (=House of Bread) in Judea during the reign of the emperor
Augustus, as announced by the prophet Micah (Micah 5:1). At three months, King Herod
informed by the magi from the east, attempted to kill him by having all male children perish.
two years later, but Joseph Avertt was asked by the angel of God, in a dream, to leave
Bethlehem to stay in Egypt until the death of King Herod (Matt. 2:13-14). They
returned to Israel to live in Nazareth (=Benjamin green) in Galilee.
During his youth, Jesus loved the house of God (Luke 2:41-49), obeyed Mary and
Joseph (Luke 2:51). He grew in wisdom, in stature, and in favor before God and before men.
men (Luke 2:40-52). Before his public ministry, he was baptized at 30 years old by John the Baptist.
and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit from his father (Matt. 3:13-15) this baptism of John the Baptist,
for Jesus, was nothing but the fulfillment of all that is right (Matt. 3:13-15). Like
Son of man, for in him was found the divine nature and the human nature and he had to be the
model and precursor of all men following the same path as them, that's why
he also received the baptism of the spirit. After his water baptism, he was led by the spirit into the
desert where he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, tempted 3 times by the devil but he did not
do not succumb (Mat. 4:1-11). (Speak about the three temptations of Jesus in the Desert).

PUBLIC MINISTRY OF JESUS: TEACHING AND ACTIVITIES OF JESUS

He began teaching at the age of 30 in Galilee.ertask for
the fulfillment of his mission was the choice of his disciples who later became apostles
(=ambassadors) (Mat. 4:18-22, Luke 5:1-11). His activity lasted 3 years among the
living and spent three days among the dead to also cast the plan of divine salvation in
the beyond, he called to the ministry of apostles: Simon, Peter and Andrew, his brother James,
sons of Zebedee, and John, his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew,
publican; Jacques, son of Alphaeus, called Lebbée; Thaddeus; Simon the Canaanite, and
Judas Iscariot (Matt. 10:2-4).
In 'his doctrine', whose great preaching was the Sermon on the Mount (Mat.
5-7), he announced the gospel, the good news of grace, love and
reconciliation manifested in him. He revealed the plan of divine salvation and the mystery of the
kingdom of God that are contained therein. His public activity was characterized by
the authority in his preaching and performs many signs and miracles for
testify to his divine mission and attest to the father's love for humans
to show the power he had over the sea, the wind, the destructive spirits, the
disease,... (Matt. 4:23-24, John 11:40). The Jews seeing these wonders welcomed him
upon his entry into Jerusalem as an all-powerful King who delivered them from the
Roman domination, which had power over illness, the wind...; unfortunately
his kingdom was not of this world. He who had brought the law of love was
haï, fought and hated by the leaders of the people, the law doctors and the priests.
When according to God's designs, the time had come, betrayed by Judas Iscariot, he
consent to his sacrifice and his death, then rose from the dead 3 days later, met
the eleven in Galilee to give them all the power and the mission order: 'go,
make disciples of all nations"... (Matt. 28:19-20). He will remain among the
He sat for 40 days and entrusted other particular powers to the Patriarchate ministry.
(John 21)
 CHAPTER IV. THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE APOSTLES AND THE PRIMITIVE APOSTOLIC CHURCH
God is Trinity. He acts as Father, Son, and Spirit. At the time of creation, He acted as Father.
but when it came to salvation and redemption for fallen humanity, he came
in Sons to save us. Thus, the milestones of the work of complete deliverance from
the soul was established. After his work on earth and on the other side Jesus the word
the creator was to return to the heavens with his father.
Given the danger that the world posed and poses to the chosen ones, Jesus promised his apostles the
venue of the Holy Spirit. The latter is the component of divinity and has the role of
to console, to strengthen, to teach, to remind, to enlighten, to probe, to raise...
On the day of his descent (50eday after Passover) the day of Pentecost (=Jewish holiday
called the harvest festival), he descended upon the apostles of Jesus gathered under the
Solomon's veranda. According to Jesus' recommendation: "...do not leave Jerusalem.
until the power of the Holy Spirit has come upon you…
of Jesus: "I am going to the Father (...) I will not leave you orphans (...) I will ask the
father and he will send you the Holy Spirit" the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and
on the disciples. (Acts 2:4)

1. DEFINITION: The Holy Spirit is the divine force promised by Christ and
sent by the father, the source of all Life

2. EFFECTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: By receiving the Holy Spirit, man receives
the right to be called a child of God receives the guarantee of glory
eternal, the seal of divine filiation and the strength of God. He is entitled to
the eternal inheritance because it has become new. However, it would need
faithful tester until the end (persevere in imitation to confirm
his quality as a child of God). (Faithfulness = perseverance in imitation
And perseverance means continuing even if there is a good reason to stop.
stop, APD Jean-Luc

The Holy Spirit comforts, reveals, guides into truth, brings back,
testifies, (cf. Jn. 16:7, 12:14, Luke 1:67; 25-27), but now he is
permanent and fills permanently those who fear God.

3. TRANSMISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

The first outpouring of the Holy Spirit took place on the day of
Pentecost is 50 days after Easter or 10 days after
the ascent. More or less 120 people attended this
 event when men treat drunkards
and fools. On the same day, more or less 3000 souls were
sealed by Peter, John, and James, that is to say, these ones
prayed for them and laid hands on them and Saint-
The Spirit descended upon them.

So in order to receive the Holy Spirit, there must be presence.

of
Apostles of Jesus because he received the power to
baptism of water and spirit
2. The prayer "a LIVING apostle"
3. The laying on of hands of a LIVING apostle. (Acts 8:17)
Acts 19:6

b. The Holy Spirit before Jesus Christ:

In the past, before the birth of Jesus, the Holy Spirit

descended upon the prophets, the judges, and other men that
God chose to accomplish a given and just work
after the mission, the Holy Spirit returned to Heaven. So, it is
in an episodic manner that he filled these men with
God. (1 Sam. 19:20-24; Ps. 51:12-14; Luke 1:67; 2:25-27).

4. THE APOSTLES: Christ first chose the disciples later to have given
his teaching at the beginning of his pastoral and apostolic career, he has
prayed and fasted on the mountain and in the morning he chose 12 from among the
disciples that he will call "apostles". (Luke 6:12-13)

a.DEFINITION: This word 'APOSTLE' is of Aramaic origin.

known as SALLIAH, which means 'Ambassador,'
plenipotentiary or send." This term due to its
signification has become the first ministry that Jesus has
institute.
"The apostle" is a ministry of the spirit that Jesus has instituted.
to head his church, elected by God and empowered by strength
of the Holy Spirit and in the name of Jesus, reconciled men
with God (cf. Matt. 10:20; Luke 11:49; 2 Cor. 4:1-5; 5:20;
Rom. 1:1-5

In the Bible, this ministry has other attributes;

It is also called the ministry of:
- The reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18)
- The grace (Eph. 3:2)
- The spirit (2 Cor. 3:6, 8)
 - The new covenant (2 Cor. 3:6).
- The word (Acts 6:4).
- The justice (2 Cor. 3:9)

The man invests These ministries are also called 'Ambassador for Christ'
(2 Cor. 5:20) "Salt of the earth and light of the world" (Matt. 5:13-14), "Servant of Christ,
"Servants of the mysteries of God" (1 Cor. 4:1) "Workers of God, and architect" (1 Cor.
3: 9-10) Of the spiritual temple of God

b. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE APOSTLES:

As ambassadors of Christ, the apostles recounted Jesus.
Their master and mandate, the power to bind and loose (Mat.
18:18), to forgive sins, to baptize in water and
Of spirit, to announce the good news of the Kingdom of heaven,
to gather on earth the church for the lords, to lead it and
to prepare it by the means of grace in view of the union with
Jesus Christ:

The doctrine of the apostles is based on the commandments of

Jesus 'love your neighbor as yourself' in front of
to be a visible testimony of a Christian. this noble mission
must last until the day of the return of the christs, a day that is
Christ will come to take His church which they will have led to the
perfection (Mat 24:31; 1 Cor. 15:22-23, 51-52…)

MISSION OF THE APOSTLES: Prepare the bride of Christ for the union with Jesus Christ.
throne of God (wedding of the lamb)

5. THE PRIMITIVE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

In light of these precedents, the church of Christ could not begin

only after receiving the Holy Spirit, the apostles, the days of the
Pentecost, he has the power to proclaim the good news, and from this
day more or less 3000 souls added to the others and formed
thus the first apostolic community. (Acts 2:37-41) and this
the community had remained united (Acts 2:42; 4:32). Its evolution was
prosperous, but as difficulties abound, the apostles
this time, conduits by the spirit of God sacrificed themselves body and soul and
they propagated the doctrine of Christ (Acts 4:4; 5:14).

a. THE ORGANIZATION :
 Like the number of faithful crusaders, the twelve apostles
unable to serve both the community, he took care of
other levels of the community, they chose a few
fit and full of spirit men as collaborators at
the work, "DEACONS" and to their group God added
other apostles:

- Before Pentecost, Matthias was added to the apostleship (Acts 1:23-26)

- After Pentecost: Barnabas (Acts 13:14), Paul (Acts 9:15; 13:1-
4) Andronicus and Junias (Rom. 16:7), Timothy and Silas
(1Thes. 1:1; 1-7), James, brother of Jesus (Acts 15:13-
21; 21:18; Col 1:29, 2:9) and many others like
Epaphroditus, Jude, Ananias,… for the apostles had to be
witnesses of Jesus to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
- They established the ministries of deacon followed by the others.
ministries such as bishop, evangelist, elder, Berge, priest.
From where the 7 ministries of the primitive apostolic church. another
sometimes, they wrote to the community
letters and often undertook arduous journeys to
serve the communities.
- In their organization, they had also planned a meeting.
of the apostles who held in Jerusalem. Here, he regulated all the
problems that arose in the exercise of their activity
municipality.

b.PERSECUTION AND DEATH OF THE APOSTLES

Worlds being jealous of the church's success, should
to address an obstacle that Sir the evolution of this one.
And to combat the church of Jesus, the contributions are very much needed.
the formal prohibition of spreading the doctrine of Jesus and
work in his name. given their courage, in turn, they
were incarcerated, Punished and even had to several
appear again before the civil and judicial authority,
but despite that, they kept faith and loyalty to Jesus their
mandate.
The persecution is linked to anyone who has claimed to be Christian.
was to be killed, burned, whipped in front of everyone, but despite
thus the elected could not reign their faith (Acts 12, Acts 16, Acts.
18, Act. 21, Act. 23, Act. 24 and Act. 28).
 CHAPTER: EVOLUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH UP TO THE 19TH CENTURY

During the first period of the Christian era, the apostles spread the gospel:
the apostle Peter preached to the Jews and Paul turned to the pagans (Greece, Rome, Asia,
Africa). Around the year 44 AD, during the reign of the Roman emperors, the church
Christianity experienced great persecutions, the apostle James died in 44 AD, killed.
by sword under the reigns of Herod Agrippa in Palestine; Paul and Barnabas went to
In Asia Minor to evangelize, Paul was even imprisoned in Rome where he would recount Onesimus.
for a recommendation to Philemon through the letter to Philemon, he preached the gospel then
he went to Spain. As for Peter, he went to Babylon, preached among the Jews. In 64 after
J-C, Paul would have been 'executed by Nero in Rome.' The apostle John worked in Asia Minor (in
Ephesus) where he wrote his gospel and the three epistles bearing his name. He was the only one to have
lived the longest. At the end of his life, stuck on the island of Patmos he received from the Lord
the apocalypse and died green in the year 100..
After the death of the apostle John, the last of the apostles, only the bishops and other ministers
served the communities but without apostolate to free the souls.

I. BIRTH OF THE CHURCH OF STATE

. In 306: Constantius was proclaimed king of Rome

. In 313: he signs a law prohibiting the persecution of
Christians and the part-Christian are becoming more and more
important that partpagan. He places a bishop, not instituted
by an Apostle at the head of each community.
. On May 20, 325, Constantine invited 314 bishops to a
assembly (Council of Nicaea), three articles are determined there:
belief in God, in Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit, and one
set the date of Easter. The communities adopted the
dogmas of the Council of Nicaea and formed everywhere of
the human erudition that sought to replace power
of the Holy Spirit, which was lacking:
In the East: Orthodox church
In the West: Roman Catholic Church (universal)
. Rome: capital of the Roman Empire, the bishop took the name
pope(=father), honorary title, he becomes sovereign
temporal, which leads to the formation of the state of the church
called VATICAN
. A BYSANCE: Residence of Constantn, the bishop took the name
of the Patriarch. Relying on the power of the State,
Christianity continued to gain new territories, the
the papacy imposed itself and even went as far as to crown emperors
and principles or even suspend them and this will lead to
up until the election of the pope by cardinals (bishops).
Thus, the Christian work had become an instrument of
power in the hands of men.
. In 622 AD: Birth of Islam with Muhammad who
future boat driver.
. Towards the year 1000: the popes raised crusades, that is-
to say struggles against Muslims to reconquer 'the
holy land" (Palatine, Jerusalem, Middle East) during
at least 200 years (there were a total of 4 crusades).

II. PERSECUTORS OF THE REFORM

Around 1300, 1350, 1400: Pope Boniface VII
establish a statement of faith: 'submission to the'
papacy, absolute condition for salvation.
In France, Germany, and Argentina, there were doubts about Christian Catholic fatigue.
modernized (by the Vaudois of Pierre Valdo, the Albigensians of the city of Albi, and Professor Jean)
WIVLEEF) and all were persecuted, some even burned alive in 1383 and 1400 ( professor
Jean and his partisans and Jérôme Savonarola, Dominican monk.
III. THE REFORM

1. Cause: Discontent caused by corruption of

clergy and certain discoveries of truths by studying the
Bible. At the beginning of the 16ecentury, the intolerable internal state
of the Roman Catholic Church triggered a
opposition movement that entered history under
the name of 'reform'
2.REFORMER: In 1500 AD
In Germany: Martin Luther: Catholic monk
in Germany, Therese displayed 95 against the church
of state, excommunicated by Pope Leo X and end to
the origin of the Protestants (From 1483: 1546) –
Melanchthon (1497-1560).
In Switzerland and France: - ZWINGLI: around 1500 in
ZURICH (Switzerland). Request for deletion of
certain practices in the State church.
- Jean Calvain: In 1564, in France, very severe, was hated and himself
back to Strasbourg; then to Genesis.
- In England and Scotland: - Grammer (1489-1556) Knox
(1505, 1572) and Fox (1624-1691)

In reform sparked fierce disputes with the papacy and the peasants. And
long and bloody wars followed. The result of this long struggle for the
doctrine forms a deep confessional schism in the so-called Christian states. Next to
a Protestant church emerged alongside Catholic and Orthodox churches that, in turn,
it is divided into different trends. This reform leads to the progressive abolition of
grossest abuses of spiritual powers and to the greatest concession
freedom of faith and thought.

IV. THE COUNTER-REFORMATION:

Within the Catholic Church, the Jesuits were formed (1534). Counter-reformers.
prepare for the city. And the Capuchins (1525), Counter-Reformers prepare for the
campaign
 V. AFTER COUNTER REFORM UNTIL RESUSCITATION
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT IN THE 19TH CENTURY

The church, always divided and torn, has transmitted a nostalgia through the centuries.
generation in generation by a few faithful and strong in faith men, who aspired to see
reappear the life that had sprung up in the first apostolic church on the day of Pentecost
and who had inflamed the faithful. Making them capable of sacrificing even their lives. We
we can briefly mention: Philippe, Nicolas, Joseph, Jude, Brigite, James Leader, Isaac
Newton, Manuel Lacunes,... Eminent personalities of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries of our era,
mentioned above. Laypeople and scholarly ecclesiastics probed the holy scriptures
(Isaiah 24:26, Joel 2:23, Amos 3:11) and these searches awakened the burning desire to see
to produce a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit, this is how in Germany (In Bavaria) and
In England, there was an awakening of the gifts of the spirit. On October 20, 1832, by prophet, Henri
Drummond, became a shepherd by the prophet and by the power of the Holy Spirit, called CAIRD as
evangelist. On November 7, 1832, during a prayer meeting, Drummond spoke of the will
from God to seal his own with the Holy Spirit (According to the prophets in Joel 2:28-32, Zechariah
10, Psalm 29, James 5:7) and driven by the Holy Spirit says 'give it, are you not
Not Apostle? It was the institution of the first Apostle at the end of time "JOHN BATE
CARDALe» In the ministry of the apostle as it was for Paul and Barnabas of the church
primitive apostolic. (Acts 13:1-3)
 CHAPTER VI. NEO-APOSTOLIC CHURCH: CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE TIME OF
The accomplishment

1. DEFINITION
The ENA = Church of Christ of the time of accompaniment, is the divine work of grace and
Redemption of Jesus Christ on earth. It is a divine institution that is the continuation of
the primitive neo-apostolic church. It is the oldest of all churches (Since 33 AD.
J-C)

2. OBJECTIVE
She prepares souls believing in view of the return of Jesus Christ (Gather and prepare)
the bride of Christ for the wedding of the Lamb at the throne of God). The feast of the wedding of
The lamb will take place in the wedding hall, after the Union with Jesus Christ at the throne of God.

3.GENESIS
In Great Britain and England, believing men received, between 1828 and 1832, some
divine revelations According to which the Lord was preparing to establish the apostolic order as
that he was in the primitive era (awakening of the gifts of the spirit and establishment of the apostolate).
1832, on November 7th, 'John Bate Cardale' was the first of the twelve apostles of England to be
called to his ministry by a prophet inspired by the Holy Spirit. After the death of
several Apostles, others were called, but recognized only by a small number
of communities. The apostles of England, still alive at the time, did not recognize them.
However, the divine blessing was visibly upon the communities that observed.
always the will of God under the guidance of the newly called apostles. The schisms
woman gave birth to the NEO-APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN 1863. And those who took on the leadership
of the church since 1863 are:
Apostle Schwart, the Patriarch Apostles: Krebs, Niebaus, Bischoff, Schmidt, streckeien,
Hans Urwyler, Richard Fehr and Wilhelm Leber

4. THE MINISTRIES OF THE ENA

Definition
The spiritual ministries are a service within the church, involving missions and
clearly defined powers, it is exercised by divine mandate and by ordination by an Apostle,
in the strength and power of the Holy Spirit. The exercise of a ministry is voluntary. It does not
In principle, it does not involve any maternal compensation. 'One must make the work live and not
not to live from the work" (a ministry for the church P.6).

2. The ministries of the Neo-Apostolic Church are

- Apostle Patriarch, District Apostle, Apostle

- Bishop
- District Elder, District Evangelist
- Berger, Community Evangelist, Priest
- Deacon
Note: We teach by taking into account current events within the Lord's church.

3. The tasks and ministerial competencies:

Each ministerial mandate corresponds to specific tasks and responsibilities that
operate within a defined geographical area (community or district)
a. The apostolate :
The head of the Church of Christ is Jesus Christ himself.
However, the patriarch apostle is at the head of the apostles.
Supreme spiritual authority. He leads the Neo church.
apostolic in all its religious aspects and has
tasks of:
Teach and preserve the unity of the apostles
Ordain the apostles and the bishops
Ensure the propagation in the unit of
the gospel
2. The closest collaborators of the apostle-patriarch
are the apostles of the districts who govern districts
apostolic, territorial church, possibly encompassing
several countries where religions and the apostles, who them
secondent.
3. The apostles have the tasks of:
Preach the gospel of Christ, baptize with water
Forgive sins. In the name of Jesus
Christ
Celebrate the Eucharist under the forms of bread
and wine, seal of the Holy Spirit
 To lead the church, to ordain the ministries
indispensable. Announce the return of Christ
Gather the elected officials in order to make them
the bride of Christ for the wedding of the lamb
Understand:
The power to teach including that of proclaiming the new revelations of
the spirit and to maintain the purity of the doctrine of Jesus
The power to lead the church so that it is in accordance with divine order

b. The priestly ministers

Bishop: is the primary support of the apostle for the care to be provided to the ministers.
priestly. As the model of servants and children of God, he embodies
the 'maternal' element within the church of Christ. He is the priest of priests.
Note: The area of activity of a bishop is called 'Diocese'.
The district apostles:
- The former district official: in charge of a territorial entity (district)
former) grouping several sub-districts. It ensures the
quality and the proper order of their priestly service and executed
specific missions by mandate of his Apostle or of his
bishop, he is assisted by one or more evangelists of
district tenant place of support

Other priestly ministries:

- The shepherd watches over the faithful ministries of the sub-district of which
he has the charge. In particular over the weak and the afflicted, in
the spirit of Jesus Christ. The good shepherd.
- The community evangelist: proclaims the gospel of Christ
with strong conviction and joyfully testifies to the mission
of the apostles. He works within a sub-district. Of which he can be
the manager.
- The priest: provides priestly services within the
community, he takes care of the souls entrusted to him.
All ministerial priests, from the bishop to the priest, are authorized by mission to
the apostle
- To dispense the baptism of water, to announce Jesus and by
mandate of the apostle, the Forgiveness of sins
- To consecrate the hosts for the feast of the Holy Supper
 The diaconate: Deacons must bear witness to our faith within the community and
in his encouragement, everywhere he must be a model through his faith, his love, his zeal, his
fidelity and its conciliatory spirit. They are offered to welcome the faithful and guests,
they also care about the proper functioning of divine services and support the
priests in their pastoral duties

4. GIFTS AND STRENGTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

We mean by the gifts of the Holy Spirit the abilities, qualities, and particular manifestations.
operated by the Holy Spirit within the church.
We will cite: ministerial gift, wisdom, knowledge, faith, gift of healing, that
to perform miracles, the prophet, the discernment of spirits, the diversity of languages and
the interpretation of languages. All these gifts are subject to the authority of the apostolate.

5. THE SACRAMENTS
Are signs of the new covenant, sacred Acts by which the immortal soul is
dedicated to God and becomes His property. She thus participates in the life of Jesus Christ. Are
means of grace intended for the individual, tangible signs of sanctifying grace.
Dispensed visibly, they act deep within the soul. The ENA dispenses three.
sacrament
- The holy baptism of water
- The Holy Communion, a renewable sacrament, and celebrated during
of all divine services
- The Holy Seal (Matt. 3:13-17, 28:19-20, Luke 22:19-20, John)
6:27
Note: All Neo-Apostolic Christians, baptized and sealed, have received from the apostolate the mandate to
emergency baptism and report to the priest for the confirmation of the baptism (Explain
each sacrament and talk about emergency baptism and why to baptize children
6. THE BLESSINGS
1. DEFINITION
It is the solicitude that God shows to the human being who fervently implores Him.
grant then his kindness, his grace, his help, and his mercy.
2. BLESSING WITHIN THE ENA
The confirmation, the engagement, the marriage and the wedding anniversary and at the request of the
Parents, the prenatal blessings. These blessings are provided by the ministries.
sacerdotal
 3. THE CONFIRMATION
Definition: it is the solemn act by which the confirmand takes it upon himself.
the commitment made for him by his parents, during the baptism and the Holy sealing. Starting from this
At that moment, the confirmand assumes, before God, the entire responsibility for his conduct.

✓the conditions to be met by the confirmer: the confirmer must:

Knowing that he is part of God and that he is thus called to take part in
the abduction of the wife of Jesus Christ (having received all three sacraments of
the eternal )( if missing Saint sealed, see quickly the apostle)
Possessing a living knowledge of the fundamental elements of the plan of salvation
divine.
To be instructed in the NEO-APOSTOLIC doctrine and to strive to conform one's life to it
To be 14 years old (15 years for the apostolic region of Katanga)

✓confirmation wish: (to be explained first and memorized afterward)

I renounce the devil, all his works and manifestations, and I give myself to you, oh
Divine Trinity. God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in faith and obedience, and with the
sincere resolution to remain faithful to you until my last day. Amen!

4. THE CONFESSION OF FAITH OF THE ENA / Revision in

2010 (explain and memorize afterwards) )
Article 1: I believe in God the Father, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth.
Article 2. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
Spirit and who was born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, he was crucified, he is
he died and was buried; he entered the abode of the dead; he rose from the dead
the third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from where he

will return.
Article 3: I believe in the Holy Spirit, in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, in the
communion of the dead and to eternal life.
Article 4: I believe that the Lord Jesus governs His church and that for this purpose He has sent
send again. Until his return, his apostles with the mission to teach and, in his name, to
to forgive sins and to baptize with water and the Holy Spirit.
Article 5: I believe that those whom God has chosen to exercise a ministry are invested.
only by apostles, and that from the apostolate come the power, the blessing and
the certification necessary for the exercise of their ministry.
Article 6: I believe that the water baptism continues the first step towards renewal.
of the human being in the Holy Spirit, and that, by this act, the baptized is admitted into the
community of those who believe in Jesus Christ and profess him as their lord
Article 7: I believe that the Holy sacrament was instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ himself,
in memory of his unique and fully valid sacrifice, of his bitter sufferings and of
his death. The worthy reception of the Holy Communion is celebrated with unleavened bread and wine;
and both must be consecrated and administered by a ministry of the church mandated by
the apostle
Article 8: I believe that, in order to obtain divine affiliation and fulfill the necessary condition to
to be the beginnings, those baptized with water must receive the gift of the Holy Spirit through
the intermediary of the Apostle.

Article 9: I believe that the Lord Jesus will return as certainly as he ascended to Heaven.
and He will take to Himself the first fruits from among the dead and the living, who will have hoped
at his coming and those who will have been prepared there; that after the wedding in heaven, he will return with
they on the earth to establish his reign of Peace, and that they will reign with him as
royal priesthood. At the end of the reign of Peace, he will preside over the last judgment. Then God will create
a new heaven and a new earth and he will dwell with his people
Article 10: I believe that I owe obedience to temporal authorities, insofar as the
divine laws do not oppose it

NB: Revision made to articles: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (In accordance with the symbol of

apostles and Nicene Constantinople symbol

5. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE 'OUR FATHER'

5.1 The Ten Commandments of God

I am the eternal your God; you shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave...
The one who takes his name in vain shall be punished.
You sanctify the day of rest
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land that
The Lord, your God, gives you
You shall not kill
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
 10. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maidservant, nor
your cattle, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor (Exodus 20)

5.2. THE PRAYER OF THE "OUR FATHER"

Our Father who art in heaven

Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread; forgive us our offenses,
As we forgive those who have offended us;
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen !!!!
Matthew 6:9-13
6… THE NEO-APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN AND HIS FAITH

Attitude of the NEO-APOSTOLIC Christian: its behavior towards the world

Pie: Good and trusting relationships with God devoid of false devotion
of hypocrisy
Obedience of faith: submission to divine will
Experience of faith: lived experiences in the life of faith
The divine service: preparation at home, arrival at the divine service, prayer, word of
the altar, prayer of the Our Father, forgiveness of sins, Holy Communion, triple blessing
(explain the preparation for the divine service, from the home to the triple amen. The effort to
provide: redeem every word of the divine service
Prayer: - parts: adoration, thanksgiving, supplication, and intercession (almost
with the children)
- Characteristics: Brief, fervent, see the frame, must come from a
heart of children and with faith in the name of Jesus
- Frequency: at least 6 times a day: morning evening, we pray at
knees, before the meal, at work, at school, before and after the
lesson and whenever we feel the need of the soul.
7. LIFE AFTER DEATH, THE FUTURE AND ETERNITY
Life Death
Death is a consequence of sin, we distinguish physical death (separation
of the soul and the spirit of the perishable body) and spiritual death (eternal separation from
God).
After death, the soul and spirit join the realms of the spirit according to every state.
when they left the earth. (Luke 16:19-31), Christ reigns over the living and the dead, after
at his physical death, Jesus went in spirit to the abode of the dead to announce to them
the gospel (Eph. 4: 8-10, 1 Peter 3: 18-20; 4:6), this is how the power to intercede in
favor of the deceased and granting acts of salvation has been left to the church of the Lord (1 Cor.
15:29, 2 Tim. 1:16-18