Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation (2025)

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

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🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike breaks down the Catechism’s teaching that divine revelation consists of both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition and emphasizes why both sources are of equal importance in the Faith. He also clarifies the difference between Apostolic Tradition and ecclesial traditions. Lastly, Fr. Mike encourages us to receive with docility the teachings and directives of the Magisterium of the Church, trusting in the authority of the Pope and the bishops. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 80-87.

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,
0:09.6	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in the scripture, and passed down to the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.5	The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:18.2	In 365 days, we will read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
0:22.4	discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:27.2	This is Day 11. You guys, I can begin. I want to let you know some things. First is I'm using
0:32.3	the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the Foundations of Faith approach.
0:35.8	You can follow along with that one or with any recent version of the catechism at the Catholic Church. That would be just great.
0:40.9	To download your own catechism in your reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com slash CIY.
0:45.8	Also, you can follow or subscribe by clicking on those words, I guess, in your podcast app for daily
0:50.8	notifications. Okay, here's why I'm so excited. It is day 11. We're reading
0:54.7	paragraphs 80 through 87 today. I mentioned this yesterday on day 10. I was like, you know,
0:59.4	it seems like we're getting hard to get some traction here. Today, well, yesterday was pretty
1:04.4	awesome. I don't know. When we started talking about how here is the apostolic tradition that
1:09.0	handed down in orally and in writing,
1:11.3	we gave us divine revelation. It's just so good. Sacred scripture and sacred tradition. Today,
1:16.2	we're going to hear even more about the relationship between tradition, sacred tradition,
1:20.5	and sacred scripture. And it's just, oh my gosh, you guys, one of the things that people
1:25.8	will oftentimes get mistaken, be mistaken about, be mistaken about is we think, oh my gosh, you guys, one of the things that people will oftentimes get mistaken,
1:28.4	be mistaken about, be mistaken about is we think, oh, so the Bible, that's divine revelation.
1:34.7	And you say, yeah, yeah, it is.
1:36.1	But it's not the only divine revelation that we have sacred scripture.
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