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Written By Msgr. George Agius
The Apostles wrote that part of Revelation which is contained in the Scriptures, while their disciples wrote what the Apostles preached, taught or instituted in the Church, but which had not been written by the Apostles.
It is a mistake to dream only of an oral tradition carried on from generation to generation through the help of word of mouth. For Tradition, in the first place, is not “oral” in the sense that it is maintained and propagated “only” through man’s lips. It is oral in the sense that in the beginning it was received by the Faithful from the Apostles themselves, not in writing, but through their preaching, teaching or institutions, established in the Church by the same Apostles. What the Apostles did not write, but preached, taught or instituted, was afterwards written by their immediate disciples, and sometimes by the disciples of these immediate Apostolic disciples.
Tradition, in the second place, is “oral,” not in the sense that it was never written, but in the sense that “what in the beginning was not written” by the inspired authors was written “afterwards” by their disciples. What the disciples heard or were taught by the Apostles and not committed to the Scriptures, they afterwards laid down in writing.
In the third place, Tradition is “oral,” as distinguished from that part of Revelation which was written by the Apostles—namely, Scripture. For what the Apostolic disciples afterwards wrote, as heard, learned or as instituted by the Apostles, is what we call, properly speaking, Tradition. We must remember that not all the truths which the Apostles preached and taught were written or discussed in their Epistles, because most of those truths were plain enough and accepted by all. They simply wrote, as the occasion demanded their further attention, to confirm the brethren in their absence.
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The Apostles wrote that part of Revelation which is contained in the Scriptures, while their disciples wrote what the Apostles preached, taught or instituted in the Church, but which had not been written by the Apostles.
It is a mistake to dream only of an oral tradition carried on from generation to generation through the help of word of mouth. For Tradition, in the first place, is not “oral” in the sense that it is maintained and propagated “only” through man’s lips. It is oral in the sense that in the beginning it was received by the Faithful from the Apostles themselves, not in writing, but through their preaching, teaching or institutions, established in the Church by the same Apostles. What the Apostles did not write, but preached, taught or instituted, was afterwards written by their immediate disciples, and sometimes by the disciples of these immediate Apostolic disciples.
Tradition, in the second place, is “oral,” not in the sense that it was never written, but in the sense that “what in the beginning was not written” by the inspired authors was written “afterwards” by their disciples. What the disciples heard or were taught by the Apostles and not committed to the Scriptures, they afterwards laid down in writing.
In the third place, Tradition is “oral,” as distinguished from that part of Revelation which was written by the Apostles—namely, Scripture. For what the Apostolic disciples afterwards wrote, as heard, learned or as instituted by the Apostles, is what we call, properly speaking, Tradition. We must remember that not all the truths which the Apostles preached and taught were written or discussed in their Epistles, because most of those truths were plain enough and accepted by all. They simply wrote, as the occasion demanded their further attention, to confirm the brethren in their absence.
Continued below.
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The Apostles wrote that part of Revelation which is contained in the Scriptures, while their disciples wrote what the Apostles preached, taught or instituted in the Church, but which had not been written by the Apostles. It is a mistake to dream only of an oral tradition carried on from...
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