Apostolic Tradition (Jesus, reject, Epistles, doctrine, churches)

[athanasius]

Apostolic tradition(2 Thess 2:15) is the oral word of God that may or may not necessarily have been explicit in the written word( the bible). It encompasses Practices(such as Liturgical) and teachings(doctrine) that were handed by the apostles and then handed down orally from bishop to bishop. Many are implicit and explicit in scripture but not all of them have to be. Tradition if it is apostolic in nature also acts as a interpretive grid to many passages in scripture and getting to understand the doctrines the bible teaches. The Holy Spirit over the past 2000 years increases our understanding of certain doctrines in scripture and tradition that may have been their in seed like form from the beginning. Tradition is not a separate revelation or any new revelation. All public revelation ended with the death of John the apostle. Rather, Tradition is part of that one(single) deposit of faith that God left the Church. Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium(The teaching Church) are inseparable. The bible alone was never meant to be taken as a sole authority.

So.. Any other Catholics want to add or explain more on this concept?

God bless you,
In Jesus the King and Center of all hearts through the Immaculate Assumed Heart of Mary Queen Mother to all Christians,

[Francine]

Originally Posted by athanasius

So.. Any other Catholics want to add or explain more on this concept?

Only that the New Testament was never intended to be an exhaustive catechism, or catalog of all Church doctrine. The occasion of Paul's epistles, more often than not, was to correct certain errors that had cropped up in the churches he founded, or to build up faith in the churches he planned to visit. Those who reject the oral Apostolic Tradition must fall back on a bare skeleton of source material, comprised of four biographies of Jesus, a travelogue, a piece of apocalyptic literature, and the balance a set of surviving letters from various apostles.

[athanasius]

Originally Posted by Francine

Only that the New Testament was never intended to be an exhaustive catechism, or catalog of all Church doctrine. The occasion of Paul's epistles, more often than not, was to correct certain errors that had cropped up in the churches he founded, or to build up faith in the churches he planned to visit. Those who reject the oral Apostolic Tradition must fall back on a bare skeleton of source material, comprised of four biographies of Jesus, a travelogue, a piece of apocalyptic literature, and the balance a set of surviving letters from various apostles.

Excellent points! Good additions!