Within Tradition the Scriptures occupy a unique and normative place and belong to what has been given once for all. As the written witness to God’s "Yes" they require the Church constantly to measure its teaching, preaching and action against them. "Since the Scriptures are the uniquely inspired witness to divine revelation, the Church’s expression of that revelation must be tested by its consonance with Scripture" (Authority in the Church: Elucidation, 2). Through the Scriptures God’s revelation is made present and transmitted in the life of the Church. The "Yes" of God is recognised in and through the "Amen" of the Church which receives the authentic revelation of God. By receiving certain texts as true witnesses to divine revelation, the Church identified its Holy Scriptures. It regards this corpus alone as the inspired Word of God written and, as such, uniquely authoritative.
(From 'The Gift of Authority' Anglican-Roman Catholc International Commission, 1999)
Am I happy with this? Are the scriptures 'within Tradition', or is that somehow not enough? I do appreciate the statement about the uniqueness and inspiration of the Scriptures...
5 comments:
When we speak of something as "within" something else, that doesn't necessarily imply that the subjectively wider set is superior.
For instance, while I reckon your post contains some truth, I don't mean to imply that you are better by virtue of posting than by virtue of spreading truth.
what is it that we understand by 'tradition' here, as such?
Well, I think this is TRADTION, as opposed to merely tradition. That is, THE tradition... it is quite clear that tradition is the prior category in this.
Four posts in one day ... you ANIMAL!!!
Committing the etymological fallacy, tradition is what is handed down...
Biblically, IIRC the RCs and Orthodox got mighty annoyed with the NIV for translating the same word "tradition" in bad contexts and "teaching" in good contexts...
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