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==Living Tradition==

==Living Tradition==

Christians believe that the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles came from [[God]], who gave it to Jesus<ref>Revelation 1:1; Hebrews 1:1-2</ref> to pass on to his apostles and was preserved by word of mouth and handed on by them to the whole church through their authorized successors as a single deposit of doctrine and practice, to be faithfully guarded by them under the guidance and help of the [[Holy Spirit]]<ref>John 14:15-17; 16:12-15; Acts 20:28; 2&nbsp;Timothy 1:14; 1&nbsp;Peter 1:10-12.</ref>. This perpetual handing on of the tradition received and passed down from the [[Twelve Apostles]] to be rightly understood, interpreted and applied by the leaders of the church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God is called the "Living Tradition", believed to be the faithful and constant transmission of the teachings of the Apostles from one generation to the next. The '''Deposit of Faith''' (Latin: ''fidei depositum'') refers to the entirety of divine revelation preserved by apostolic tradition.

Christians believe that the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles came from [[God]], who gave it to Jesus<ref>Revelation 1:1; Hebrews 1:1-2</ref> to pass on to his apostles and was preserved by word of mouth and handed on by them to the whole church through their authorized successors as a single deposit of doctrine and practice, to be faithfully guarded by them under the guidance and help of the [[Holy Spirit]].<ref>John 14:15-17; 16:12-15; Acts 20:28; 2&nbsp;Timothy 1:14; 1&nbsp;Peter 1:10-12.</ref> This perpetual handing on of the tradition received and passed down from the [[Twelve Apostles]] to be rightly understood, interpreted and applied by the leaders of the church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God is called the "Living Tradition", believed to be the faithful and constant transmission of the teachings of the Apostles from one generation to the next. The '''Deposit of Faith''' (Latin: ''fidei depositum'') refers to the entirety of divine revelation preserved by apostolic tradition.

In Eastern Orthodox theology, Holy Tradition is the inspired revelation of God and [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] teaching (Greek ''katholikos'', "according to the whole") of the Church, not an independent [[Contradiction|contradictory]] source of [[dogma]]tic authority to be regarded as a supplement to biblical revelation. Tradition is rather understood as the fullness of divine truth proclaimed in the scriptures, preserved by the apostolic bishops and expressed in the life of the Church through such things as the Divine Liturgy and the [[Orthodox Mysteries|Holy Mysteries]] (Eucharist, baptism, marriage, etc.), the [[Apostles' Creed]], the [[Nicene Creed]] and other doctrinal definitions of the First seven ecumenical councils, canonical Christian iconography, and the sanctified lives of godly men and women. The organic and seamless whole of this catholic and orthodox Christian [[culture]] of the living and breathing life of the church comprises the living expression of the unchanging essence of the apostolic tradition.

In Eastern Orthodox theology, Holy Tradition is the inspired revelation of God and [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] teaching (Greek ''katholikos'', "according to the whole") of the Church, not an independent [[Contradiction|contradictory]] source of [[dogma]]tic authority to be regarded as a supplement to biblical revelation. Tradition is rather understood as the fullness of divine truth proclaimed in the scriptures, preserved by the apostolic bishops and expressed in the life of the Church through such things as the Divine Liturgy and the [[Orthodox Mysteries|Holy Mysteries]] (Eucharist, baptism, marriage, etc.), the [[Apostles' Creed]], the [[Nicene Creed]] and other doctrinal definitions of the First seven ecumenical councils, canonical Christian iconography, and the sanctified lives of godly men and women. The organic and seamless whole of this catholic and orthodox Christian [[culture]] of the living and breathing life of the church comprises the living expression of the unchanging essence of the apostolic tradition.

===[[Irenaeus of Lyons|Irenaeus]] A.D. 189===

===[[Irenaeus of Lyons|Irenaeus]] A.D. 189===

“As I said before, the Church, having received this preaching and this faith, although she is disseminated throughout the whole world, yet guarded it, as if she occupied but one house. She likewise believes these things just as if she had but one soul and one and the same heart; and harmoniously she proclaims them and teaches them and hands them down, as if she possessed but one mouth. For, while the languages of the world are diverse, nevertheless, the authority of the tradition is one and the same.”<ref>Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1:10:2 [A.D. 189]</ref><br>

“As I said before, the Church, having received this preaching and this faith, although she is disseminated throughout the whole world, yet guarded it, as if she occupied but one house. She likewise believes these things just as if she had but one soul and one and the same heart; and harmoniously she proclaims them and teaches them and hands them down, as if she possessed but one mouth. For, while the languages of the world are diverse, nevertheless, the authority of the tradition is one and the same.”<ref>Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1:10:2 [A.D. 189]</ref><br>

“That is why it is surely necessary to avoid them [heretics], while cherishing with the utmost diligence the things pertaining to the Church, and to lay hold of the tradition of truth.... What if the apostles had not in fact left writings to us? Would it not be necessary to follow the order of tradition, which was handed down to those to whom they entrusted the churches?”<ref>Irenaeus, Against Heresies  3:4:1</ref>.<br>

“That is why it is surely necessary to avoid them [heretics], while cherishing with the utmost diligence the things pertaining to the Church, and to lay hold of the tradition of truth.... What if the apostles had not in fact left writings to us? Would it not be necessary to follow the order of tradition, which was handed down to those to whom they entrusted the churches?”.<ref>Irenaeus, Against Heresies  3:4:1</ref><br>

“It is possible, then, for everyone in every church, who may wish to know the truth, to contemplate the tradition of the apostles which has been made known throughout the whole world. And we are in a position to enumerate those who were instituted bishops by the apostles and their successors to our own times—men who neither knew nor taught anything like these heretics rave about.<br>

“It is possible, then, for everyone in every church, who may wish to know the truth, to contemplate the tradition of the apostles which has been made known throughout the whole world. And we are in a position to enumerate those who were instituted bishops by the apostles and their successors to our own times—men who neither knew nor taught anything like these heretics rave about.<br>

“But since it would be too long to enumerate in such a volume as this the successions of all the churches, we shall confound all those who, in whatever manner, whether through self-satisfaction or vainglory, or through blindness and wicked opinion, assemble other than where it is proper, by pointing out here the successions of the bishops of the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul, that church which has the tradition and the faith which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles.<br>

“But since it would be too long to enumerate in such a volume as this the successions of all the churches, we shall confound all those who, in whatever manner, whether through self-satisfaction or vainglory, or through blindness and wicked opinion, assemble other than where it is proper, by pointing out here the successions of the bishops of the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul, that church which has the tradition and the faith which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles.<br>

==External links==

==External links==

[https://www.christian-history.org/apostolic-tradition-quotes.html Quotes About Apostolic Tradition - Christian History for Everyman (christian-history.org)]

* [https://www.christian-history.org/apostolic-tradition-quotes.html Quotes About Apostolic Tradition - Christian History for Everyman (christian-history.org)]

* [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Hippolytus_of_Rome Hippolytus of Rome - OrthodoxWiki]

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