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====Apostolic Tradition: divergent interpretations====

====Apostolic Tradition: divergent interpretations====

Orthodox and Catholic apologists define Apostolic Tradition as the ''traditional mode of [[Hermeneutics|interpretation]]'' of scriptural doctrine, not a body of doctrines developed separately from the Bible. The understanding of the whole of the consistent Christian ''tradition of interpreting the Bible'' as consistently retained within the orthodox catholic Christian community (the ''sensus fidei'')<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_20140610_sensus-fidei_en.html '''''Sensus Fidei'' in the Life of the Church (2014)''' ''International Theological Commission'' (vatican.va)]<br>[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/06/23/dont-confuse-sensus-fidelium-with-majority-opinion-of-the-faithful-say-vatican-theologians/ '''Vatican theologians: don't confuse sensus fidelium with majority opinion''' ''Catholic Herald'' (catholicherald.co.uk)]<br>[http://www.bulgarian-orthodox-church.org/rr/lode/florovsky1.pdf '''Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View''', Georges Florovsky, Emeritus Professor of Eastern Church History, Harvard University (Bulgarian-orthodox-church.org) pdf]</ref> is always appealed to when there is disagreement on the meaning of biblical texts: thus, "all Apostolic Tradition is rooted in Sacred Scripture". See the following articles:

Orthodox and Catholic apologists define Apostolic Tradition as the ''traditional mode of [[Hermeneutics|interpretation]]'' of scriptural doctrine, preserving and [[Hermeneutics|expounding]] what God has revealed in the [[Bible]], not a body of doctrines developed separately from the Bible. The understanding of the whole of the consistent Christian ''tradition of interpreting the Bible'' as consistently retained within the orthodox catholic Christian community (the ''sensus fidei'')<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_20140610_sensus-fidei_en.html '''''Sensus Fidei'' in the Life of the Church (2014)''' ''International Theological Commission'' (vatican.va)]<br>[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/06/23/dont-confuse-sensus-fidelium-with-majority-opinion-of-the-faithful-say-vatican-theologians/ '''Vatican theologians: don't confuse sensus fidelium with majority opinion''' ''Catholic Herald'' (catholicherald.co.uk)]<br>[http://www.bulgarian-orthodox-church.org/rr/lode/florovsky1.pdf '''Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View''', Georges Florovsky, Emeritus Professor of Eastern Church History, Harvard University (Bulgarian-orthodox-church.org) pdf]</ref> is always appealed to when there is disagreement on the meaning of biblical texts: thus, "all Apostolic Tradition is rooted in Sacred Scripture". See the following articles:

*[http://www.ancient-future.net/basics.html Basic Catholic Beliefs and Practices (ancient-future.net)]

*[http://www.ancient-future.net/basics.html Basic Catholic Beliefs and Practices (ancient-future.net)]

*[https://gospelfororthodox.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/holy-scripture-and-traditions-of-the-eastern-orthodox-church.pdf Holy Scriptures And The Traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church: ''A Review of the Foundational Teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church From Biblical and Historical Perspectives'' (gospelfororthodox.file.wordpress.com)]

*[https://gospelfororthodox.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/holy-scripture-and-traditions-of-the-eastern-orthodox-church.pdf Holy Scriptures And The Traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church: ''A Review of the Foundational Teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church From Biblical and Historical Perspectives'' (gospelfororthodox.file.wordpress.com)]