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The Bible’s Table of Contents
The clearest example of
a sacred Tradition that both Catholics
and Protestants accept is the canon of Scripture. The word canon comes from a Greek word that means “rule,” and refers to the Church’s
official
list of inspired writings. You can find this list
in the table of contents of every Catholic or Protestant Bible.The
canon of Scripture was first declared
in Rome in A.D. 382and was later defined at two Catholic councils in North Africa(Hippo
in A.D.
393 and Carthage in A.D. 397).How
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Sep 18th 2023
How to Weigh Church Teaching
Is everything the Church teaches infallible?
How can you tell what is and what isn’t? Just how much weight are we supposed
to give to particular teachings?As Catholics, we trust that the Holy Spirit is
guiding the Church, and much of the time, we do not have a pressing need to
determine the precise level of authority of a particular statement in a
magisterial document. But sometimes we do, particularly in apologetic contexts:
Liberal dissenters may try to
dismiss teachings that are
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Dec 1st 2018