Monday, April 13, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 13 – Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) 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 85) "The task of giving an authentic
interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form
of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church
alone. Its authority in this matter is exercised in the name of Jesus
Christ" (DV 10 § 2). This means
that the task of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion
with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome. (CCC 86) "Yet this
Magisterium is not superior to the Word of God, but is its servant. It teaches
only what has been handed on to it. At the divine command and with the help of
the Holy Spirit, it listens to this devotedly, guards it with dedication and
expounds it faithfully. All that it proposes for belief as being divinely
revealed is drawn from this single deposit of faith" (DV 10 § 2). (CCC 87)
Mindful of Christ's words to his apostles: "He who hears you, hears
me" (Lk 10:16; cf. LG 20), the faithful receive with docility the
teachings and directives that their pastors give them in different forms.
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 750) To believe that the Church is "holy" and
"catholic," and that she is "one" and "apostolic"
(as the Nicene Creed adds), is inseparable from belief in God, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Apostles' Creed we profess "one Holy
Church" (Credo… Ecclesiam), and
not to believe in the Church, so as
not to confuse God with his works and to attribute clearly to God's goodness all the gifts he has bestowed on his
Church (Roman Catechism I, 10, 22). [End]
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