Why Catholics Use Scripture and Tradition

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Catholics use Scripture and Tradition because Scripture tells us to use both. St. Paul wrote to the Thessalonians:

“So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thessalonians 2:15).

If God wanted us to use Scripture alone, wouldn’t he tell us as much in the Bible? True, St. Paul emphasizes the value of Scripture:

“All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

However, St. Paul is just as emphatic about the value of the Church:

“If I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).

Fr. Mike explains how the Catholic Church has made all of God’s gifts more accessible to humanity through the ages. Scripture, the Magisterium, and Tradition are not opposing authorities battling for power. They are three pillars that support and inform each other—making God all the more present to us.

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0:00.0	All right, you two, come out of the corner with your hands up.
0:05.8	Ready to have a nice, clean fight.
0:07.9	No, that sounds like it is going to be combative.
0:10.3	This is not going to be combative.
0:11.3	This is just going to be an explanation.
0:13.3	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmidt and this is Ascension Presents.
0:19.1	So a lot of times, a lot of times when I'm either teaching or when someone encounters
0:26.1	a teaching of the Catholic Church, people will ask, well, where is that in the Bible?
0:29.5	And that's a great question, but it's the wrong question.
0:31.6	I mean, really, ultimately, when it comes down to it, it is the wrong question.
0:35.5	Because yes, while Catholics believe that the Bible is the word of God, it is an errant,
0:39.7	it's infallible, it is reliable.
0:43.8	It's all these great things.
0:45.2	It's a huge gift from the Lord.
0:48.1	We realize that it's not the only way that God has revealed Himself.
0:52.4	In fact, if you ever want to kind of like dive a little deeper when it comes to like, what
0:56.8	the Catholics believe about divine revelation or what the Catholics believe about the Bible,
1:00.6	read a little document that was published in the 1960s called Day Veribum.
1:04.8	Day E Veribum.
1:05.8	It's in English is the Dagnatic Constitution on divine revelation.
1:09.8	And it's really critical because that English title of it, Dagnatic Constitution on divine
1:15.4	revelation, says a lot.
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