Lesson 3: Sources of Faith Flashcards
(16 cards)
Explain: “Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.”
Tradition > active engagement with the scripture and faith > passed onto generation to generation> must be dynamic to live
Traditionalism > preservation of tradition by retaining its cultural and religious structures and practices
List and define the 3 sources of faith
- Scripture: inspired record of how God dealt with his people, and responded to and interpreted their experience with Him.
- Tradition: living heritage passed on from one generation of the Church to the next, including all doctrines and accounts of the faith
- Human Experience: dynamic empirical knowledge from from encountered events in lives of individuals and society that shape their faith
List and define the 3 characteristics of scripture
- Inspiration - a charism / divine activity communicated to individual authors, editors, and the community’s faith –written for the sake of the community itself.
- Inerrancy - Inerrancy of the scripture comes from the INTENT and not its CONTENT.
- Canon - The events and stories from the bible were inspired historical accounts which were chosen to unify the doctrine of the Church.
The great Alexandrian theologian ______ understood inspiration as a kind of _______
1) Origen
2) illumination
It is theory based on the idea that God “forced” the authors to write what He wanted written
Dictation theory
God chosen certain human authors who made use of their human faculties, but were also guided by the _____________ who so enlightened their minds and moved their wills.
Holy Spirit
Biblical inerrancy is often understood as a ________ __ _______
Freedom of error
Originally and early version of the schema on divine revelation in the Bible proposed _________, regarding all truths whether sacred or profane.
total inerrancy
It is formulated by the Vatican II on biblical inerrancy, which shifted emphasis of inerrancy form the CONTENT of the Scriptures to the INTENTION of the Scripture.
Dei Verbum
The saint that quoted “If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you’re believing but yourself”.
Saint Augustine
The Canon of Scripture is divided two parts – books written before and after Christ
New and Old testaments
State 2 definitions of Tradition
- It is a living tradition which contents were transmitted and handed from generation to generation (WHAT)
- It is the actual process of handing faith, via a mode of transmission or an organ. (HOW).
Why could Sola Scriptura be deemed a dangerous dogma?
It deems the individual infallible, which is contrary to the tendency of people to sin, and relies on a individualistic approach, which weakens structure of the faith.
What is the teaching authority and office of the Church?
Magisterium
The doctrine from protestant or non-catholic christians that states all necessary knowledge is found in the Scripture
Sola Scriptura
