What is Sacred Tradition, and why is it essential to understanding the Catholic Faith?
Many people assume that God’s Revelation is found only in the Bible. Yet before the New Testament was completed, Christ entrusted His divine teaching to the Apostles, who faithfully handed it down through their preaching, their example, and their successors under the guidance of the Holy Ghost.
Sacred Tradition is not merely ancient customs or human practices. It is the revealed Word of God handed down by Christ to the Apostles and faithfully preserved by the Church. Together, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition flow from the same divine source and form the one sacred Deposit of Faith.
In this lesson, you’ll discover:
✠ What Sacred Tradition truly is
✠ How it differs from human traditions
✠ Why the Bible itself commands Christians to hold fast to Apostolic Tradition
✠ How Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition together preserve God’s Revelation
✠ Why the Church has faithfully guarded this same Faith for two thousand years
Sources include the Roman Catechism, the Catechism of St. Pius X, the Fathers of the Church, traditional Catholic theology, and Sacred Scripture (Douay–Rheims).
