Sunday, April 12, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 13 – Part I.
(Youcat answer) The faithful as a whole cannot err in
faith, because Jesus promised his disciples that he would send them the Spirit
of truth and keep them in the truth (Jn 14:17).
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 80) "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then,
are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of
them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some
fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal" (DV 9). Each of
them makes present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who
promised to remain with his own "always, to the close of the age" (Mt
28:20). (CCC 81) "Sacred Scripture
is the speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy
Spirit" (DV 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 abroad by their preaching"
(DV 9).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Just as the disciples believed Jesus with their whole heart, a Christian can
rely completely on the Church when he asks about the way to life. Since Jesus Christ
himself gave his apostles the commission to teach, the Church has a teaching
authority (the Magisterium) and must not remain silent. Although individual
members of the Church can err and even make serious mistakes, the Church as a
whole can never fall away from God’s truth. The Church carries through the ages
a living truth that is greater than herself. We speak about a depositum fidei,
a deposit of faith that is to bepreserved. If such a truth is publicly disputed
or distorted, the Church is called upon to clarify again “what has always and
everywhere been believed by all” (St. Vincent of Lerins, d. 450).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 92) "The whole body of the faithful… cannot err in
matters of belief. This characteristic is shown in the supernatural appreciation
of faith (sensus fidei) on the part
of the whole people, when, from the bishops to the last of the faithful, they
manifest a universal consent in matters of faith and morals" (LG 12; cf.
St. Augustine, De praed. sanct. 14,
27: PL 44, 980). (CCC 100) The task of interpreting the Word of God
authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that
is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him.
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