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Tradition is all things having to do with a particular religion that are handed down from generation to generation. This would include written Scripture, creeds and other writings and teachings about the faith.
So Scripture can be seen as part of the greater Tradition of faith.
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Sacred tradition is considered to have preceded sacred scripture, as it is passed down orally through teachings and practices before being written down in text form. In many religious traditions, scripture emerges from and reflects this oral tradition.
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What names came from saint Maya?
Saint Maya was not a commonly known or recognized saint in history or religious tradition. As such, there are no names associated specifically with Saint Maya.
Did Jesus make living birds from clay?
There is a reference in the Quran where it is believed that Jesus, with God's permission, breathed life into clay birds and they came to life. This story does not appear in the Bible.
Who was first Enoch or Abraham?
According to biblical tradition, Enoch was believed to have lived before Abraham. Enoch is described as a righteous man who walked with God and was taken up to heaven before his death. Abraham, on the other hand, is known for being the father of the three major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Is it true that the holy spirit came upon the first disciples at pentecost?
Yes, according to Christian tradition, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and other followers of Jesus on the day of Pentecost, empowering them to spread the teachings of Jesus and establish the early Christian Church. This event is described in the New Testament book of Acts.
What religious practices take place in the home?
Religious practices that take place in the home may include prayer, meditation, scripture reading, worship, rituals, and observance of religious holidays. These practices vary depending on the individual's beliefs and traditions.
Was the scripture written before tradition began?
If you are talking about the Bible and Catholic tradition then yes the Bible came first and tradition came second
Why does the Church need both Scripture and Tradition?
Catholic AnswerThe Church needs Tradition because that is what Our Blessed Lord gave Her. She needs Scripture because She inherited the Old Testament from the Jews, ultimately from God, and Tradition gave Her the New Testament. They are both the Word of God, which means that, in a very real sense, they are Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ. But in the end, Tradition (with a captial "T") is what God gave us, all Scripture came out of Tradition and the New Testament expressly tells us that we must abide by Tradition and Scripture.
Was it really the first thanksgiving for the pilgrims?
no that common tradition came later
How does knowing that oral tradition came before the written text help?
In answering this question, I can only presume that the questioner has some familiarity with the Protestant vs. Catholic polemics over the role, nature and purpose of Scripture vs. Tradition. Prior to going further, lets get some definitions down. Scriptura Sola: Scriptura Sola is one of the twin pillars of the "Reformation." The other pillar was "Fide Sola." Scriptura Sola is a Latin phrase. Translated into English it means "Scripture Alone" or loosely "Bible Only." Scriptura Sola can be difficult to precisely define because Protestants are not in agreement as to what the definition is. All Protestants would agree with the following definition: Scriptura Sola means that the Bible is the sole infallible rule of faith for the Church, and the Christian. All other authorities are by definition in a lesser capacity then that of Scripture and therefore submit to Scripture. This is because of Scirpture's uniqueness as that which is "God Breathed" or "Breathed out by God." (Second Timothy 3:16.) Scripture is the Supreme Authority in the Church, there is no authority higher then Scripture or equal to Scripture. Protestants after this point will tend to differ on the nature and role of Tradition. Some Protestants would claim that Tradition is useful, it has a role in the Church, but it is not on a par with the Scripture. Tradition is normed by Scripture, not visa-versa. Other Protestants would deny the role of Tradition in any sense. Some Protestants will grant authority to the Church, but like in the case of Tradition will claim the authority of the Church is not on a par with Scripture. Other Protestants will not grant authority to the Church. Catholics by contrast believe that the revelation of God which culminated most perfectly with the Incarnation is transmitted to the Church by Scripture and Tradition. Catholics point out that there was a Church before there was Scripture. The Faith existed before there was Scripture. This is true both for the ancient Jewish people and the early Christians. In fact the Church can only receive and recognize Scripture because the Faith came first. Scripture is a product of the Faith of the Church, an artifact of the Faith of the Church. Scripture did not beget Faith, rather Faith begot Scripture. The Church knew who she was, and what she believed before ever a word was penned. In recognizing and receiving Scripture the Church was recognizing Scripture as a Mirror of the Faith. What does this have to do with Scriptura Sola? Very simply, if the the Scriptures are a product of the Faith the Church professes, this means that Faith is preserved in the Church through Tradition, not simply writings alone. It means that the Church's testimony is just as reliable as the testimony of Scripture. If this is true, then quite obviously it is not only Scripture which is infallible. Catholics can grant Scripture alone possesses the charism of Inspiration, but Catholics would not grant that only Scripture is infallible. The pattern works like this within the Church: the Church first believes by Faith, then seeks to write down what she believes. First came the Revelation, then came reception of the Revelation, then and only then did the Church seek to crystallize it in writing. What this means is that Faith is preserved in Scripture and Tradition, but because there has never been a time in the life of the Church (as a whole) when only one functioned, both are essential in the life of the Church in order to most completely and fully express the Revelation of God to all generations. Protestants deny that Tradition is essential, arguing instead that the Scriptures Alone preserve the Faith, and therefore are essential. The essence of a living being never changes. Thus, because the Apostolic Church functioned with dual authorities: the Scripture and the Tradition, the post apostolic Church functions the same way. Tradition gives birth to Scripture, Scripture ensures the Church keeps true to the essence of Tradition. There is nothing in Tradition which does not have basis in Scripture, and there is nothing in Scripture without foundation in Tradition. These dual authorities if you will seek to work in tandem to hand on the Word of God through successive generations in the Church. Often times in Catholic/Protestant polemics, when Scripture and Tradition are discussed, it is not long before the Protestant brings up the sufficiency of the Scriptures, and accuses Catholics of denying the formal sufficiency of the Scriptures. "Why do you need to 'add' your Tradition to the Word of God?" asks the Protestant. "Historically even the Fathers of the Church upheld the formal sufficiency of the Scriptures." They will then proceed to quote at length quotes from the Fathers to bolster their position. (Webster and King wrote a whole volume on the Fathers and Scripture. This is volume three of "Scripture: Ground and Pillar of Faith." In my mind to turn the debate into one of Sufficiency misses the point. The Early Church Fathers indeed affirmed the sufficiency of Scriptures, however, at the same time alien to the thought of the early church fathers was the questions which would begin to surface in the late Middle Ages, namely "Is it possible that the Church could or would teach something that is outside the Scriptures." Unlike the modern questions, the early fathers were not asking questions about the relationship between Scripture and Tradition. Therefore to read statements by the early church fathers which speak to the formal sufficiency of Scriptures, and read into such statements "Scriptura Sola" is rather anachronistic. In the second place, the real debate is not whether the Scriptures are sufficient, but rather whether or not the Scirptures are the SOLE infallible rule of Faith in the Church. The denial on the part of Catholics of Scriptura Sola does NOT hinge on the sufficiency of Scriptures. What Catholics deny, when they deny Scriptura Sola is that the Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of Faith in the Church, NOT necessarily the sufficiency of Scriptures. Tradition does not add to the Scriptures, but rather is another expression of the same Revelation which Scripture testifies. The content of Tradition is the same as Scripture. Tradition simply gives a fuller expression to the words of which Scripture testifies. Tradition is a fuller expression of Revelation because the words of Scripture find embodiment in the Faith of the Church which comes through Tradition. The words of Scripture are God's Word, but God's Word was given to the Church. Therefore the words that Scripture speaks must be embodied by a person, namely the person of the Church. The Church takes the words of Scripture and gives them life through her Tradition.
How many traditions does the Catholic Church have that are not in the Bible?
Catholic AnswerYou are referring to Sacred Tradition, which is something different than "traditions". Sacred Tradition is the entire of revelation that Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, passed onto His Church, plus the teaching of the Holy Spirit. Thus, Revelation (Sacred Tradition) was closed with the death of the last Apostle. Now, in the first century of the Church some of that Tradition got written down in the books which we now call the New Testament, but these were not decided upon until the Roman Synod in 384, promulgated as such by Pope Damasus I, and infallibly confirmed at the Council of Trent against the heretics who revolted in the protestant revolt. Thus Sacred Tradition is the entire of the Deposit of Faith or the Revelation that God left to His Church. Some of that was written down in the Bible, and all of it is contained in the Bible in one way or another, even if not explicit. But remember, the Bible CAME OUT OF SACRED TRADITION, not the other way 'round. .Remember that St. Paul is speaking about the entirety of Sacred Tradition when he says in 2 Thessalonians 2:15: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.from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957Tradition: The sum of revealed doctrine which has not been committed to sacred Scripture (though it may have appeared in uninspired writing) but which has been handed down by a series of legitimate shepherds of the Church from age to age. As revelation is must have come to the Apostles directly from the lips of Christ or been handed down by the Apostles at the dictation of the Holy Ghost. More broadly the term is used for the sum of doctrine revealed either in Scripture or by word of mouth: so in 2 Thess. ii, 14: "Hold by the traditions you have learned, in word or in writing, from us."from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 199481 "Sacred Scripture is the speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit." (Dei Verbum 9)"And [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God which has been entrusted to the apostles by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit. It transmits it to the successors of the apostles so that, enlightened by the Spirit of truth, they may faithfully preserve, expound, and spread it aboard by their preaching.
Why is the Ganges River considered to be holy by the Hindus?
As more Aryans poepled the plains near the great Ganges, they came to consider the river sacred. But according to the tradition, the Ganges has a divine source-it flow from the god Shiva's hair.
Did the English bring Christmas to Australia?
Yes. Christmas was a tradition that came to Australia with the English convicts and officers of the First Fleet.
Who came out of the crowd and cleaned Jesus' face and got Jesus' image on the cloth. Please quote the Scripture?
No one. The incident is not in Scripture
What is significance of Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture?
To the Christian the Holy Bible is TRUTH. The Bible is Scripture. Tradition on the other hand can either be true or false since tradition comes from man and is man's opinion or idea about scripture. For instance Scripture tells us that Jesus Christ died on the cross, was buried and was resurrected on the third day. God had this written in the Bible and it is truth. Tradition or a story was told about Jeremiah the prophet dying in Egypt. We really don't know if this is true or not. It is not recorded in the Bible and we don't even know who started the story or tradition. One fact is quite clear. Anything written by man or told by man should be questioned as man is mostly not truthful and most of what is said or told is not true. Anyone's words should be proven out before believing. The Bible on the other hand is God's authority. God authored the Bible and had select men put His words on paper that you and I can know the truth.
How do the sikhisms believe the earth was first created?
Sikh Scripture says that when there was no creation there was nothing at all. Then there was only God and His Will. When God willed, the creation came into existence.
Where did the trick-or-treating tradition come from?
it came from England
What tradition at Christmas came from Germanic tribes?
The tradition of the Christmas Tree came from Germany and probably derives from pagan worship of certain trees in the area of the Black Forest.
