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The Necessity of Tradition
The Role of Sacred Tradition in Early Christianity
The first Christians didn’t learn their faith from the Bible
because none of the books of the New Testament had been written yet. This is
evident in Paul thanking the Corinthians for “maintain[ing] the traditions even as I have
delivered them to you” (1 Cor. 11:2),
and instructing his disciple Timothy,“what you have heard from me before
many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also”
(2 Tim. 2:2).
Paul thanked the
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Oct 16th 2023
A Five-Part Test for Your Eucharistic Beliefs
How can you tell if you have the right understanding—the biblical interpretation, Jesus’ interpretation—of the Eucharist?I’d suggest five things to look for: your beliefs should be strange,sacrificial,serious,sacramental, and shocking. First, as we’ve already seen, the proper Christian understanding of the Eucharist must be strange, and hard to accept. That’s how it was initially received, and Jesus did nothing to dispel this impression. Why, he was trying to present an easy teaching and was jus
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Jul 27th 2023