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SCRIPTURAL
APOSTOLIC
TEACHINGS OF THE MAGISTERIUM
SCRIPTURAL TRADITION
- These are traditions that take their roots in the HOLY BIBLE. These practices and
beliefs can be justified by quoting Sacred Scriptures.
Example: Baptism - Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Mt. 28:19
APOSTOLIC TRADITION
These are the teachings which the Apostles left us, not through written
scripture, but through the unbroken chain of succession of Popes,
bishops, priests and deacons. This unbroken chain is an assurance that
the teachings of the Apostles are preserved intact.
Church teachings that are based on Apostolic Traditions are contained
in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
And for us Filipinos, we also have the Catechism for Filipino
Catholics.
A. ACTUAL EVENTS
Refers to the actual experience of Gods people which they
interpreted as Gods intervention in history
Life and teachings of Jesus what Jesus really taught and did for
our eternal salvation, while he lived among us, until his ascension.
B. ORAL TRADITION
That the people may forever remember these important events,
which were deemed manifestations of Gods concern and
intervention, they were handed on to succeeding generations.
After Jesus ascension, the apostles handed on to their hearers what
Jesus said and done.
C. WRITTEN SCRIPTURES
The facts, stories and information were sorted, edited and
eventually put into writing to serve as norms against which, or on
the basis of which, other stories and tradition will be verified and
as well to more effectively preserve the priced Tradition.
The sacred authors, in writing the Gospels, selected certain
elements that had been handed on orally or those already in
written form, others they synthesized or explained in view of the
situation of their churches, while preserving the form of
proclamation. But always in such away that they have told us the
honest truth about Jesus.
THE BIBLE
From Greek word: Ta Biblion/Ta Biblia the Book/the Books
referring to the whole sacred volume
From Latin: Biblia book designates the eminence of the Bible
BIBLE : collection of sacred writings which the church solemnly recognized as:
Word of God, written by men, through the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit
Word of God
The Divinely revealed realities which are contained and
presented in the text of the Sacred Scriptures have been
written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, God is the author of the Sacred Scripture
because He inspired its human authors, acting in and by
means of them, He thus gives an assurance that their
writings teach without error His saving truth.
To say that the Bible is the Word of God is to
acknowledge its Divine Authorship.
Written by men through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
God inspired some men to put His words into writing,
persons who lived in a particular context, using the means
available to them as they went through the natural
Dei Verbum 11
To compose the Sacred Books, God chose certain men, whom
He employed in this task, made full use of their own
faculties and powers, so that, though He acted in them and
by them, it was as true as authors that they consigned to
writing whatever He wanted to be written, and nothing
more.
INSPIRATION
From Latin verb inspirare to breath into
By supernatural power God so moved and impelled the human
authors to write - he so assisted them when writing - that the
things he ordered and those only they first rightly understood,
then willed faithfully to write down, and finally expressed in apt
words and with infallible truth.
According to Providentissimus Deus by Pope Leo XIII:
Inspiration is a special influence of the Holy Spirit on
the Human authors, such that they were able to write down
what God wanted them to write.
Error in Science
the Bible is not written as a science textbook
the Human author used materials (orientations and
concepts) which were available in his time including his
primitive knowledge in science.
e.g. the sun moves around the earth: Joshua 10:14
ii.
Error in History
the Bible is a product of Oral tradition, and this Tradition
preserves the essential content, not the trivial details.
as such, it is possible to find:
i.
chronological errors;
ii.
contradictory details; and
iii.
inaccurate quotations
e.g. The animals in Noahs Ark: Genesis 6:19 and Genesis
7:2
iii.
APOCRYPHAL
when a book fails to meet the standards, it is labeled as such: i.e., of
doubtful authority.
CANON OF SCRIPTURES
DEUTEROCANONICAL
literally means: second canon
refers to the second set of canonical books
During the Council of Trent, before the Catholic Church finally closed the
CANON (which means: from then on, no other books will be added to the Bible), the
Church declared as canonical some Old Testament books which were recognized
ever since as inspired, but were not formally declared as part of the canon of
scriptures.
Unfortunately, the Protestants have already deviated from the ways of the
Catholic Church when this happened, so they do not have the Deuterocanonicals in
their Bible. If ever they include it, they simply label the books Apocryphals. One
thing is for sure, the Protestant Canon was still a product of the prudent judgment of
the Catholic Church before the split took place.
NEW TESTAMENT
refers to the covenant between
God and Humanity mediated by
Jesus Christ
central
event
The
Resurrection
language- predominantly Greek
finds its foundation in the Old
Testament
prefigured in the Old testament
Covenant
The New Covenant is engraved in our hearts.
Its service leads to life and frees one from being condemned.
The Covenant in Jesus is to last forever.