elliott95
JESUS PRAISER
The problem with Holy Tradition that Albion points out is that it in effect has never been canonized, and cannot be canonized.
For the most part, what is outside of Scripture, is un-sourced, or sourced to obscure memories of things long ago.
That being said, there are many traditions that can be appreciated for what they are, as they help to bring out the characteristics and meaings of the story, like Hollywood does to the story of the Exodus. The names and races of the three wise men may well be fictional, for example, but the deeper truth is that Christ opened up the faith received through Israel to the whole world, to all races.
Legends and myths and embellishments are not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the non-scriptural context is understood.
Scripture itself is very richly sourced, and historic events is but one source. It is not necessarily wrong to dogmatize myth and legend therefore, but it really ought to be recognized that for anything out of Scriptural sources especially, it is almost invariably myth and legend, and not verifiable history, that is being dogmatized in Holy Tradition.
For the most part, what is outside of Scripture, is un-sourced, or sourced to obscure memories of things long ago.
That being said, there are many traditions that can be appreciated for what they are, as they help to bring out the characteristics and meaings of the story, like Hollywood does to the story of the Exodus. The names and races of the three wise men may well be fictional, for example, but the deeper truth is that Christ opened up the faith received through Israel to the whole world, to all races.
Legends and myths and embellishments are not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the non-scriptural context is understood.
Scripture itself is very richly sourced, and historic events is but one source. It is not necessarily wrong to dogmatize myth and legend therefore, but it really ought to be recognized that for anything out of Scriptural sources especially, it is almost invariably myth and legend, and not verifiable history, that is being dogmatized in Holy Tradition.
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