God desires all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, that is, of Christ Jesus. Christ and the Good News HE brought to us must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth. The Gospel (Good News) was to be the source of all saving truth and moral discipline.
In keeping with the Lord's command, the Gospel was handed on in two ways:
- orally (by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, what they themselves had received)
- in writing (by those apostles and others associated with the apostles who, under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit, committed the message of salvation to writing).
The sayings of the holy Fathers are a witness to the life-giving presence of the Pure and Holy Tradition of the Early Christian community, showing how its riches are poured out in the practice and life of the Church. (Ref. CCC 74-79)
- orally (by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, what they themselves had received)
- in writing (by those apostles and others associated with the apostles who, under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit, committed the message of salvation to writing).
The sayings of the holy Fathers are a witness to the life-giving presence of the Pure and Holy Tradition of the Early Christian community, showing how its riches are poured out in the practice and life of the Church. (Ref. CCC 74-79)
Prayer :
O Holy Spirit, through whom the living voice of the Good News rings out in the Church, YOU lead the believers to the full truth and make the Word of Christ dwell in us in all its richness. Through the Holy Tradition, the Living Transmission, O Holy Spirit, let the Church perpetuate and transmit the Good News to every generation. May I play an active part in it.
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