The true Church of Christ is a Church of sinners (See Lk 5:32-32). If Sacred Tradition should not be handed on through sinful men then neither should Sacred Scripture be handed on through sinful men. However, God has chosen sinful and weak men to hand on both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition for the sake of His glory (See 1Cor 1:27-29). When Catholics speak about Sacred Tradition, we are not referring to the Epistles. In our strong belief, from which we will not be dissuaded for it is the dogmatic teaching of the Church, we believe that Divine Revelation is known in two ways, through both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition; “In His gracious goodness, God has seen to it that what He had revealed for the salvation of all nations would abide perpetually in its full integrity and be handed on to all generations. Therefore Christ the Lord in whom the full revelation of the supreme God is brought to completion (see Cor. 1:20; 3:13; 4:6), commissioned the Apostles to preach to all men that Gospel which is the source of all saving truth and moral teaching, and to impart to them heavenly gifts. This Gospel had been promised in former times through the prophets, and Christ Himself had fulfilled it and promulgated it with His lips. This commission was faithfully fulfilled by the Apostles who, by their oral preaching, by example, and by observances handed on what they had received from the lips of Christ, from living with Him, and from what He did, or what they had learned through the prompting of the Holy Spirit. The commission was fulfilled, too, by those Apostles and apostolic men who under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit committed the message of salvation to writing (Dei Verbum §7).” “This tradition which comes from the Apostles develop in the Church with the help of the Holy Spirit. For there is a growth in the understanding of the realities and the words which have been handed down. This happens through the contemplation and study made by believers, who treasure these things in their hearts (see Luke, 2:19, 51) through a penetrating understanding of the spiritual realities which they experience, and through the preaching of those who have received through Episcopal succession the sure gift of truth. For as the centuries succeed one another, the Church constantly moves forward toward the fullness of divine truth until the words of God reach their complete fulfillment in her (DV § 8).” In your religious community or irreligious community, how do you see Divine Revelation transmitted? vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html
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