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October 03, 2007

Faith is the Expression of Tradition

During today's general audience, Pope Benedict continued his reflection on the Church Fathers:

[Saint Cyril] places himself willingly, explicitly, within the Tradition of the Church, in which he recognizes the assurance of continuity with the Apostles and with Christ himself...This was his criterion, valid nonetheless even today: The faith of the People of God is the expression of Tradition, it is the guarantee of sane doctrine. Thus he writes to Nestorius: "It is necessary to convey to the people the teaching and the interpretation of the faith in the most irreprehensible way and to remember that whoever scandalizes only one of the children who believe in Christ will suffer an intolerable punishment."

The scandal of the particular is just as much an issue today as it was 1,700 years ago; how the Church and the faithful respond to this reality was, for St. Cyril, the difference between life in Christ and death in the world.

Posted by Seth Zirkle at October 3, 2007 10:37 AM

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