Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition (2025)

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Gospel was handed on in two ways — orally and in writing. Both Scripture and Tradition are sources of Divine Revelation. Fr. Mike describes how the first apostles left bishops as their successors, passing down to them their teaching authority, and this apostolic succession is preserved until the end of time. The passing on of the Faith isn’t something reserved for bishops but something we are all called to participate in. Through the Holy Spirit, God’s Word is present and active in the Church today. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 74-79.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast,
0:09.4	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture, and passed
0:13.6	down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a year is brought to you by
0:17.3	Ascension. In 365 days, we'll read through the catechism of the Catholic
0:21.7	Church discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:26.9	It is day 10 today, and we're reading paragraphs 74 to paragraph 79. That is how God has
0:33.5	transmitted to us, divine revelation through apostolic tradition, continued in apostolic succession, through apostolic preaching, and come back to us divine revelation through apostolic tradition, continued in apostolic
0:38.9	succession, through apostolic preaching, and come down to us today. And once again, you guys,
0:44.3	I am so grateful. I don't know if I've expressed clearly enough how grateful I am that we're
0:49.2	walking this journey together. This through the catechism, as I kind of mentioned, I think,
0:53.4	a couple times now. It's a little bit like, okay, this is different, rightchism, as I kind of mentioned, I think a couple times now.
0:54.9	It's a little bit like, okay, this is different, right?
0:57.3	I mean, I'm sure you got that reality.
0:59.4	Like, this is not the same thing as reading the Bible.
1:01.5	In fact, today we're going to talk about that.
1:03.2	We're going to talk about how scripture and tradition go hand in hand for the next couple
1:07.0	days. But just FYI, I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism. It includes the
1:11.9	foundations of faith approach. You can also follow along in that Ascension Catechism, but any recent
1:17.3	version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be great. To download your own catechism
1:21.1	in your reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y. You can also follow or subscribe
1:26.5	in your podcast app for daily notifications.
1:28.3	Also, again, just a quick thank you to all those who have supported the production of this
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