Sacred Tradition Flashcards
Three Important Features to Catholic Biblical Interpretation
Unity of the Whole Scripture
Relatedness to Tradition
Analogy of Faith
“Hence there exists a close connection
and communication between sacred
tradition and Sacred Scripture. For both
of them, flowing from the same divine
wellspring, in a certain way merge into a
unity and tend toward the same end. For
Sacred Scripture is the word of God
inasmuch as it is consigned to writing
under the inspiration of the divine Spirit,
while sacred tradition takes the word of
God entrusted by Christ the Lord and the
Holy Spirit to the Apostles, and hands it
on to their successors in its full purity, so
that led by the light of the Spirit of truth,
they may in proclaiming it preserve this
word of God faithfully, explain it, and
make it more widely known. [. . .]
Therefore both sacred tradition and
Sacred Scripture are to be accepted and
venerated with the same sense of loyalty
and reverence.”
Dei Verbum #9
Doctrine
Teaching
Morals
Ministries
Worship
Sacramentals
Three Sacred Traditions
Magisterium as Teaching Office, Infallibility and the Exercise of Magisterial Authority, A Warning Against Traditionalism
from the Latin verb tradere, meaning “to pass or hand something on”
Tradition
Tradition refers to both:
Content & Process
The living heritage, the CONTENT that is handed on from one generation of the Church to another.
The WHAT of tradition
The actual PROCESS of handing on the faith.
The HOW of tradition
the teaching authority or the teaching office of the Church
Magisterium
the authority of the master (magister) or teacher.
Magisterium
the unique teaching authority of the bishops
Magisterium
the bishops themselves, which consists of College of Bishops, under the headship of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope.
Magisterium
The Church’s teaching is not determined by individual preferences, but by___________
Divine revelation
