FILIPINO CHRISTIAN LIVING 2

Prayer
 Philosophy
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA believes
and invokes Divine Guidance in the betterment of the quality
of life through national development and transformation,
which are predicated upon the quality of education of its
people. Towards this end, the Institution is committed to the
ideals of teaching, community service, and research as it
nurtures the value of “Helpers of God”, with “Character
Building is Nation Building” as its guiding principle.
Reminders:
Avoid video taking, audio
recording of the entire session
unless allowed by the teacher.

Be active participants. Use appropriate language.

Sacred Scriptures,
Apostolic Tradition,
and Magisterium
At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
1. Explain the nature and importance of Sacred
Scriptures, Tradition, and Magisterium of the Church
and how God has manifested Himself through these
three.
2. Deepen belief and adherence to the official
teachings of the Church through Sacred Tradition,
Scriptures, and Magisterium.
3. Prayerfully meditate on the Word of God in the
Liturgy and the living traditions of the Church.
1. God’s Revelation
God in His sheer love for humankind
has communicated/revealed Himself
“through Christ, the Word made
flesh.” (Dei Verbum, 2) and this
revelation through Christ is deposited
and cherished in the living community
of the Catholic Church, from which it
is then faithfully transmitted in its
fullness to the entire world.
In living out the faith in the
Word made flesh--Jesus, the
Church teaches that the Word
is “not just a mute word, but
the Word which is incarnate
and living”. (CCC 108)
 Pope Benedict XVI, in his
exhortation, Verbum Domini,
described the various ways in which
the Word of God is spoken
throughout salvation history and
emphasized the relationship
between Tradition and Scriptures.
Pope Benedict XVI wished to
make clear the inseparable
relationship between the Apostolic
Tradition contained in the living
Church and the written Word of
God preserved in Sacred
Scriptures.
"Then too, the Word of God is
that word preached by the
Apostles in obedience to the
command of the Risen Jesus:
'Go into all the world and preach
the Gospel to the whole creation'
(Mk. 16:15).
Christianity is the 'religion of the
Word of God,' not of 'a written and
mute word, but of the incarnate and
living Word' (St. Bernard of
Clairvaux). And therefore, the Word
of God is to be proclaimed, heard,
read, received and experienced
together with the Apostolic
Tradition from which it is
inseparable." (Verbum Domini, 7)
 2. Sacred Scriptures and Tradition:
Twin Channels of One Single Deposit
of Faith
In the Catholic Church, the basis of
faith and the whole of God’s
revelation is not based on the Sacred
Scriptures or the written Word of
God alone but also in the unwritten
the Word of God called the Tradition.
Jesus, being the fullness of God’s
revelation, the Incarnate Word of
God, communicated his word to the
apostles, taught them what he
desired them to know and what he
wished them to communicate to the
Church, and gave up his life for her.
The Church then and now, under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit, has
faithfully cherished and transmitted
the deposit of faith she received
from Christ, which includes both
Tradition and Scripture following
with the Risen Lord's command:
"Go into all the world and preach
the Gospel to the whole creation"
(Mk 16:15). This process is called
Apostolic Succession or Tradition.
Apostolic Tradition is the
transmission or ‘relaying’ of the
message of Jesus, from the very
start of Christianity. It started
with the historical Jesus where
the core message is relayed
through preaching, witnessing,
instructions, worship, as well as
the inspired writings in the
Bible.
Apostolic or Sacred Tradition is
more than just Church doctrines. It
is the Church’s lived experiences
and her way of interpreting
Scripture, and living out all the
things that Christ and the apostles
taught us, in or in the oral tradition.
The Church has the authority to
develop teachings based on these
three sources. The sources are the
following:
Sacred Scriptures – the Bible which
is written Word of God which
includes the oral tradition
Apostolic Tradition – the teachings
of Christ that were revealed to the
apostles and have been passed down
as tradition
Magisterium – the teaching
authority of the Catholic Church
formed of the Pope and Bishops of
the Church
3. Magisterium: The
Teaching Office
of the Church
The work of providing an authentic
interpretation of the deposit of faith
has been delegated to the living
teaching office of the Catholic
Church alone, that is, to the
successor of Peter, the Bishop of
Rome (the Pope) and to the bishops
in communion with him called the
Magisterium.
This Magisterium is in the service
of the Word of God and the
authority of the Magisterium
encompasses those truths associated
with God’s Revelation.
Scripture, Tradition, and the
Magisterium are very closely
united with each other that none
of them could stand without the
others. Working together, each
in its own means, under the
action of the one Holy Spirit,
they all contribute to the
salvation of humankind.
The Role of Magisterium:
• Devotedly listens to the Word of God
• Consciously guards the Word of God
• Faithfully explains the Word of God
Pope Benedict XVI, reminded the
faithful that God’s revelation is
anchored on the three foundations
of Sacred Scriptures, Tradition, and
Church’s magisterium, he said, "In
short, by the work of the Holy Spirit
and under the guidance of the
magisterium, the Church hands on
to every generation all that has been
revealed in Christ.
The Church lives in the certainty
that her Lord, who spoke in the past,
continues today to communicate his
word in her living Tradition and in
sacred Scripture. Indeed, the word
of God is given to us in sacred
Scripture as an inspired testimony to
revelation; together with the
Church's living Tradition, it
constitutes the supreme rule of
faith" (Verbum Domini, 17-18).
THANK YOU
AND
GOD BLESS