The Role of Tradition - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Picayune MS

Most of our separated brethren believe that all that is needed for faith is conveyed in the Bible.

This is the principle of sola scriptura (only scripture) while the Catholic teaching is "Scripture and Tradition."

What does Tradition encompass?

Paul teaches us that we are to hold to what is given us by Scripture and what is conveyedorally (1 Cor 11:23). This oral teaching is Tradition.

The Catholic faith makes a distinction between Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and thus can not be changed and those traditions (small t) which can be changed by the church.

Examples of Traditions are: prayers for the dead, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the celebration of Sunday as the Lords' day, and the Blessed Trinity. Many of these Traditions are summed up in the early creeds such as the Apostles Creed. The (capital T) Traditions are also referred to by the Church as "Sacred Tradition."

The other (small t) traditions are such practices as: priestly celibacy, specified days of fasting and/or abstinence, and kneeling and standing in Church.

As time goes on, these traditions may be changed or revised as necessary for the Church to respond to God through the language, culture, problems and opportunities of our day.

http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/traditio.pdf

According to Tradition, even though Jesus had brothers, Mary was a perpetual virgin.

The explanation?

Matthew 12:46

New Catholic Bible

**46 The True Family of Jesus.[a] While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brethren[b] appeared. They were standing outside, wishing to speak with him. **

Footnotes

Matthew 12:46 Belonging to Jesus has nothing to do with the bonds of blood relations. The Church is never based on attachments of race, class, or culture. She is the family of God. Only one who does the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father belongs to his true family.

Matthew 12:46 His mother and his brethren: “brethren” here is used in the sense of “cousins” or “relatives.” If they were true brothers of Jesus, sons of Mary, the Gospel would say: “his mother and the sons of his mother,” which was the normal manner of speaking in Israel of that time. The Church has never wavered in her teaching that Mary was a Virgin and that Jesus was her only son, just as he is the only Son of the Father (Lk 1:26).

In the ancient tongues of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, there were no concrete words to indicate the different types of relatives that exist in modern languages. In general, all who belonged to the same family clan, including tribes, were called “brethren” or “sisters.” (See, for example, Jn 19:25, which mentions a certain Mary, sister of Mary the Mother of Jesus. If they were really sisters, they would not bear the same name. Also note that in Mt 27:56, the second Mary is called “the mother of James and Joses” [i.e., Joseph], two personages who are called “brethren” of the Lord in Mt 13:55.)

In addition, in the first Christian community when the Gospels were written, there existed a very influential group composed of Jesus’ relatives and his countrymen of Nazareth, called the “brethren of the Lord.” The leader seemed to be James, who became bishop of the Judean community. This group was late in believing in Jesus even though they had lived with him for several years (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:3-5). When speaking of them, the evangelists use the name the community gave them: “brethren of the Lord” or “N. brother of Jesus.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A46&version=NCB

Meanwhile, the Greek word translated as brethren is ἀδελφός (pronounced "adelphos") and it literally means "of the same womb."

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g80/kjv/tr/0-1/

it can be used to describe spiritual brethren. Those who have accepted Christ as Savior are adopted sons and daughters.

Ephesians 1:3-8

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

I could go into the rest but I encourage people to learn the differences between Tradition and Sola Scriptura (the Bible and the Bible alone) and to make this call on their own.

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Ultimately, the choice is faith in this promise, or in Tradition.

We don't know all the answers, and we can study the Bible our entire lives and not even come close to understanding how deep it truly is.

I learn something new every time I study it, and that wasn't the case when I studied the Bible from a secular mindset. This is all the proof I need that the Spirit is working inside of me and all believers.

The Role of Tradition - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Picayune MS

Most of our separated brethren believe that all that is needed for faith is conveyed in the Bible.

This is the principle of sola scriptura (only scripture) while the Catholic teaching is "Scripture and Tradition."

What does Tradition encompass?

Paul teaches us that we are to hold to what is given us by Scripture and what is conveyedorally (1 Cor 11:23). This oral teaching is Tradition.

The Catholic faith makes a distinction between Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and thus can not be changed and those traditions (small t) which can be changed by the church.

Examples of Traditions are: prayers for the dead, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the celebration of Sunday as the Lords' day, and the Blessed Trinity. Many of these Traditions are summed up in the early creeds such as the Apostles Creed. The (capital T) Traditions are also referred to by the Church as "Sacred Tradition."

The other (small t) traditions are such practices as: priestly celibacy, specified days of fasting and/or abstinence, and kneeling and standing in Church.

As time goes on, these traditions may be changed or revised as necessary for the Church to respond to God through the language, culture, problems and opportunities of our day.

http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/traditio.pdf

According to Tradition, even though Jesus had brothers, Mary was a perpetual virgin.

The explanation?

Matthew 12:46

New Catholic Bible

**46 The True Family of Jesus.[a] While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brethren[b] appeared. They were standing outside, wishing to speak with him. **

Footnotes

Matthew 12:46 Belonging to Jesus has nothing to do with the bonds of blood relations. The Church is never based on attachments of race, class, or culture. She is the family of God. Only one who does the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father belongs to his true family.

Matthew 12:46 His mother and his brethren: “brethren” here is used in the sense of “cousins” or “relatives.” If they were true brothers of Jesus, sons of Mary, the Gospel would say: “his mother and the sons of his mother,” which was the normal manner of speaking in Israel of that time. The Church has never wavered in her teaching that Mary was a Virgin and that Jesus was her only son, just as he is the only Son of the Father (Lk 1:26).

In the ancient tongues of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, there were no concrete words to indicate the different types of relatives that exist in modern languages. In general, all who belonged to the same family clan, including tribes, were called “brethren” or “sisters.” (See, for example, Jn 19:25, which mentions a certain Mary, sister of Mary the Mother of Jesus. If they were really sisters, they would not bear the same name. Also note that in Mt 27:56, the second Mary is called “the mother of James and Joses” [i.e., Joseph], two personages who are called “brethren” of the Lord in Mt 13:55.)

In addition, in the first Christian community when the Gospels were written, there existed a very influential group composed of Jesus’ relatives and his countrymen of Nazareth, called the “brethren of the Lord.” The leader seemed to be James, who became bishop of the Judean community. This group was late in believing in Jesus even though they had lived with him for several years (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:3-5). When speaking of them, the evangelists use the name the community gave them: “brethren of the Lord” or “N. brother of Jesus.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A46&version=NCB

Meanwhile, the Greek word translated as brethren is ἀδελφός (pronounced "adelphos") and it literally means "of the same womb."

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g80/kjv/tr/0-1/

it can be used to describe spiritual brethren. Those who have accepted Christ as Savior are adopted sons and daughters.

Ephesians 1:3-8

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

I could go into the rest but I encourage people to learn the differences between Tradition and Sola Scriptura (the Bible and the Bible alone) and to make this call on their own.

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Ultimately, the choice is faith in this promise, or in Tradition.

We don't know all the answers, and we can study the Bible our entire lives and not even come close to understanding how deep it truly is.

I learn something new every time I study it.

The Role of Tradition - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Picayune MS

Most of our separated brethren believe that all that is needed for faith is conveyed in the Bible.

This is the principle of sola scriptura (only scripture) while the Catholic teaching is "Scripture and Tradition."

What does Tradition encompass?

Paul teaches us that we are to hold to what is given us by Scripture and what is conveyedorally (1 Cor 11:23). This oral teaching is Tradition.

The Catholic faith makes a distinction between Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and thus can not be changed and those traditions (small t) which can be changed by the church.

Examples of Traditions are: prayers for the dead, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the celebration of Sunday as the Lords' day, and the Blessed Trinity. Many of these Traditions are summed up in the early creeds such as the Apostles Creed. The (capital T) Traditions are also referred to by the Church as "Sacred Tradition."

The other (small t) traditions are such practices as: priestly celibacy, specified days of fasting and/or abstinence, and kneeling and standing in Church.

As time goes on, these traditions may be changed or revised as necessary for the Church to respond to God through the language, culture, problems and opportunities of our day.

http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/traditio.pdf

According to Tradition, even though Jesus had brothers, Mary was a perpetual virgin.

The explanation?

Matthew 12:46

New Catholic Bible

**46 The True Family of Jesus.[a] While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brethren[b] appeared. They were standing outside, wishing to speak with him. **

Footnotes

Matthew 12:46 Belonging to Jesus has nothing to do with the bonds of blood relations. The Church is never based on attachments of race, class, or culture. She is the family of God. Only one who does the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father belongs to his true family.

Matthew 12:46 His mother and his brethren: “brethren” here is used in the sense of “cousins” or “relatives.” If they were true brothers of Jesus, sons of Mary, the Gospel would say: “his mother and the sons of his mother,” which was the normal manner of speaking in Israel of that time. The Church has never wavered in her teaching that Mary was a Virgin and that Jesus was her only son, just as he is the only Son of the Father (Lk 1:26).

In the ancient tongues of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, there were no concrete words to indicate the different types of relatives that exist in modern languages. In general, all who belonged to the same family clan, including tribes, were called “brethren” or “sisters.” (See, for example, Jn 19:25, which mentions a certain Mary, sister of Mary the Mother of Jesus. If they were really sisters, they would not bear the same name. Also note that in Mt 27:56, the second Mary is called “the mother of James and Joses” [i.e., Joseph], two personages who are called “brethren” of the Lord in Mt 13:55.)

In addition, in the first Christian community when the Gospels were written, there existed a very influential group composed of Jesus’ relatives and his countrymen of Nazareth, called the “brethren of the Lord.” The leader seemed to be James, who became bishop of the Judean community. This group was late in believing in Jesus even though they had lived with him for several years (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:3-5). When speaking of them, the evangelists use the name the community gave them: “brethren of the Lord” or “N. brother of Jesus.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A46&version=NCB

Meanwhile, the Greek word translated as brethren is ἀδελφός (pronounced "adelphos") and it literally means "of the same womb."

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g80/kjv/tr/0-1/

it can be used to describe spiritual brethren. Those who have accepted Christ as Savior are adopted sons and daughters.

Ephesians 1:3-8

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

I could go into the rest but I encourage people to learn the differences between Tradition and Sola Scriptura (the Bible and the Bible alone) and to make this call on their own.

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Ultimately, the choice is faith in this promise, or in Tradition.

We don't know all the answers, and we can study the Bible our entire lives and not even come close to understanding how deep it truly is. I learn something new every time I study it.

The Role of Tradition - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Picayune MS

Most of our separated brethren believe that all that is needed for faith is conveyed in the Bible.

This is the principle of sola scriptura (only scripture) while the Catholic teaching is "Scripture and Tradition."

What does Tradition encompass?

Paul teaches us that we are to hold to what is given us by Scripture and what is conveyedorally (1 Cor 11:23). This oral teaching is Tradition.

The Catholic faith makes a distinction between Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and thus can not be changed and those traditions (small t) which can be changed by the church.

Examples of Traditions are: prayers for the dead, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the celebration of Sunday as the Lords' day, and the Blessed Trinity. Many of these Traditions are summed up in the early creeds such as the Apostles Creed. The (capital T) Traditions are also referred to by the Church as "Sacred Tradition."

The other (small t) traditions are such practices as: priestly celibacy, specified days of fasting and/or abstinence, and kneeling and standing in Church.

As time goes on, these traditions may be changed or revised as necessary for the Church to respond to God through the language, culture, problems and opportunities of our day.

http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/traditio.pdf

According to Tradition, even though Jesus had brothers, Mary was a perpetual virgin.

The explanation?

Matthew 12:46

New Catholic Bible

**46 The True Family of Jesus.[a] While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brethren[b] appeared. They were standing outside, wishing to speak with him. **

Footnotes

Matthew 12:46 Belonging to Jesus has nothing to do with the bonds of blood relations. The Church is never based on attachments of race, class, or culture. She is the family of God. Only one who does the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father belongs to his true family.

Matthew 12:46 His mother and his brethren: “brethren” here is used in the sense of “cousins” or “relatives.” If they were true brothers of Jesus, sons of Mary, the Gospel would say: “his mother and the sons of his mother,” which was the normal manner of speaking in Israel of that time. The Church has never wavered in her teaching that Mary was a Virgin and that Jesus was her only son, just as he is the only Son of the Father (Lk 1:26).

In the ancient tongues of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, there were no concrete words to indicate the different types of relatives that exist in modern languages. In general, all who belonged to the same family clan, including tribes, were called “brethren” or “sisters.” (See, for example, Jn 19:25, which mentions a certain Mary, sister of Mary the Mother of Jesus. If they were really sisters, they would not bear the same name. Also note that in Mt 27:56, the second Mary is called “the mother of James and Joses” [i.e., Joseph], two personages who are called “brethren” of the Lord in Mt 13:55.)

In addition, in the first Christian community when the Gospels were written, there existed a very influential group composed of Jesus’ relatives and his countrymen of Nazareth, called the “brethren of the Lord.” The leader seemed to be James, who became bishop of the Judean community. This group was late in believing in Jesus even though they had lived with him for several years (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:3-5). When speaking of them, the evangelists use the name the community gave them: “brethren of the Lord” or “N. brother of Jesus.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A46&version=NCB

Meanwhile, the Greek word translated as brethren is ἀδελφός (pronounced "adelphos") and it literally means "of the same womb."

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g80/kjv/tr/0-1/

it can be used to describe spiritual brethren. Those who have accepted Christ as Savior are adopted sons and daughters.

Ephesians 1:3-8

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;