Sacred Tradition Research Paper

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The Catholic Church has been heavily impacted and shaped by tradition as the premiere method for how faith,beliefs and practices were handing on from the Apostles to the following generations in the first centuries of Christianity to today.It is true to say that as Catholics we need both traditions to understand Christianity as a whole as it is a living tradition however through sacred tradition we fully understand the meaning of tradition and its significance to the church through the oral teachings of Jesus and the Apostles along with the authority to interpret scripture correctly.

The Catholic Church makes a distinction betweens Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and therefore can’t be changed and …show more content…

Examples of oral teachings of Jesus Christ in Sacred Tradition include The Lord's Prayer, The Nicene Creed and The Ten Commandments. According to the Catechism, 2057 The Catholic Ten Commandments are a summary of “the conditions of a life freed from the slavery of sin”.The Catholic Sacred tradition uses the division of the commandments established by St Augustine as Jesus refers to the Ten Commandments and assures their validity in his dialog with the rich young man in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt …show more content…

In the Divine Revelation Catholics see the divinely revealed truth transmitted through generations through scripture and orally in the communal life of the Church. In his second letter to the Thessalonians, Paul writes: “Hold the teachings that you have learned whether by word or letter of ours” (2:15). When the term Tradition is used in the context of the early decades of Christianity, it is referred to as Apostolic Tradition because of its closeness to the time of the Apostles and their writings. These writings are highly important for a true and authentic understanding of God’s Word as these men lived and wrote in the generations after the apostles. They were the recipients of what we called above. Creedal statements of faith by early Church councils play an important part of Sacred Tradition. As aspects of Christian belief were erroneously interpreted, the Church formulated creedal statements of faith including the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed as these Creeds helped the faith to avoid false teachings and profess what was true doctrine. Overall it is important as Catholics to be conservative of sacred tradition as these Traditions are fundamental to Catholic faith in understanding the core teachings from Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then,

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