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A 6 page paper discussing the authority and usefulness of Catholic Tradition in expanding and expounding on the information contained in Scripture. Complaints about reliance on the Tradition appear to arise from giving the Tradition greater weight than Scripture receives. This is not the intent of the Magisterium, as stated in the catechism. Read together, the Tradition illuminates Scripture. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSrelCathTrad.rtf
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It seems that one feature unites virtually every long-established denomination, fringe cult and everything in between. Some flatly state that it is their
specific denomination that can provide salvation; others are more willing to concede that perhaps God has a larger plan than humans can see.
The Catholic church was the first, however, and it maintains that salvation is not possible outside of its control. In 2000, the Pope announced that "Vatican Council II states:
Based on Sacred Scripture and Tradition, the Holy Council teaches that this pilgrim Church is necessary for salvation" (Catholic Church necessary for salvation 27). Another author proclaims that Christians
outside of the Catholic church are not Christians at all, but rather deluded individuals who may be quite sincere, but are sincerely wrong. This author goes so far as
to claim there is no Jesus without the church (Clarke 20). Those who hold to the concept that religious leaders have greater connection
with God than do individuals comprising the masses also promote the concept of the revealed Word. For those, scripture alone is insufficient for gaining insight into the mind of
God. Achieving that goal also requires the instruction found in revelations made from God to various Catholic leaders over the centuries (Bainvel). Practice
Collins (2001) complains that focus on Catholic Tradition serves to eclipse the divine nature of Scripture, but the catechism teaches that "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture ... 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" (Catechism
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