Contemplating Life – Episode 94 – “One Sacred Deposit. Two Means of Withdrawal”

In this episode, I present material based on the second lesson I taught in my local Catholic parish inquiry program for 30 years. I’m not here to convert anyone. I’m just sharing my stories. In this episode, we explore the Catholic Church’s approach to authoritative teaching based not only on Scripture alone, as the Protestants do, but on a combination of sacred Scripture and sacred tradition.

Links of Interest for this episode

Handout materials for this lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130708591

Francis of Assisi on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi

Prayer of St. Francis on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis

“Fiddler on the Roof” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof

Song “Tradition” from “Fiddler on the Roof” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw

The Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council

Sola Scriptura on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_scriptura

“Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dei_verbum

“Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” at the Vatican website: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html

“Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation”, my printable version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130708866

Marshall McLuhan on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

“Commissioning of the 72” in Luke 10: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/10

“The Need for Assistants" in Acts 6: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/acts/6

Apostolic succession on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_succession

List of popes on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes

Scott Hahn on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hahn

Scott Hahn discusses Sola Scriptura on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQcpU9CIsDA

2 Timothy 3:16: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2timothy/3?16

Mark 7: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/7

Dr. Jim Divita obituary: https://www.indystar.com/obituaries/ins148901

General reference links for this series.

List of episodes of this podcast dealing with religion: https://contemplating-life.com/blog/category/religion/

RCIA/OCIA on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults

New American Standard Bible (NASB) at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: https://bible.usccb.org/bible

Bible Gateway (multiple translations available): https://www.biblegateway.com/

Catechism of the Catholic Church on Vatican website: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan

Dan McClellan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danmcclellann

“Data over Dogma” podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma

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