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== Jesus == | |||
When Jesus ascended into Heaven and vanished from the face of the earth, He left a Body, not "a book."<ref>I hate to call the Bible "a book." It is not "a book," but [[canon|a twofold collection of books.]] It is a library, not "a book."</ref> The apostles possessed ''personal knowledge'' of what He had revealed to them. He commanded them to preach to all nations, not to read and write books. '''Tradition came first.''' Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for many different purposes, the apostles or their disciples put some parts of the Tradition into writing. As the New Testament writings became [[NT|recognized by the Church as the Word of God,]] they became ''part'' of Tradition. | |||
* Tradition produced the Scriptures. | |||
* Tradition identified the Scriptures as divinely inspired. | |||
* Tradition interprets the Scriptures. | |||
* Tradition hands on the Scriptures from one generation to the next. | |||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Canon]]. | |||
* [[Sola Scriptura]]. | |||
* [[Dogma vs. Discipline]]. | * [[Dogma vs. Discipline]]. | ||
[[Category:Scripture Studies]] | [[Category:Scripture Studies]] | ||
[[Category:Tradition]] | [[Category:Tradition]] | ||
Revision as of 00:48, 19 July 2013
Jesus
When Jesus ascended into Heaven and vanished from the face of the earth, He left a Body, not "a book."[1] The apostles possessed personal knowledge of what He had revealed to them. He commanded them to preach to all nations, not to read and write books. Tradition came first. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for many different purposes, the apostles or their disciples put some parts of the Tradition into writing. As the New Testament writings became recognized by the Church as the Word of God, they became part of Tradition.
- Tradition produced the Scriptures.
- Tradition identified the Scriptures as divinely inspired.
- Tradition interprets the Scriptures.
- Tradition hands on the Scriptures from one generation to the next.
Paul
- Ἐπαινῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς ὅτι πάντα μου μÎμνησθε καί, καθὼς παÏÎδωκα ὑμῖν, Ï„á½°Ï‚ παÏαδόσεις κατÎχετε.
- I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast (κατÎχετε) to the traditions (παÏαδόσεις), just as I handed (παÏÎδωκα) them on to you.
- The word κατÎχετε caught my eye, but it does not seem to be from the same root as catechesis, which suggests "echoing what is taught."
- ἄÏα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, στήκετε καὶ κÏατεῖτε Ï„á½°Ï‚ παÏαδόσεις ἃς á¼Î´Î¹Î´Î¬Ï‡Î¸Î·Ï„ε εἴτε διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ á¼Ï€Î¹ÏƒÏ„ολῆς ἡμῶν.
- Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
- ΠαÏαγγÎλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, á¼Î½ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυÏίου Ἰησοῦ ΧÏιστοῦ στÎλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ πάντος ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως πεÏιπατοῦντος καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παÏάδοσιν ἣν παÏελάβετε παÏ’ ἡμῶν.
- We instruct you, brothers, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us.
- ἃ καὶ á¼Î¼Î¬Î¸ÎµÏ„ε καὶ παÏελάβετε καὶ ἠκοÏσατε καὶ εἴδετε á¼Î½ á¼Î¼Î¿Î¯, ταῦτα Ï€Ïάσσετε· καὶ ὠθεὸς τῆς εἰÏήνης á¼ÏƒÏ„αι μεθ’ ὑμῶν.
- Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
References
- ↑ I hate to call the Bible "a book." It is not "a book," but a twofold collection of books. It is a library, not "a book."