#7. The Church contemplates God
in SS & ST [they have a sacramental quality].
#8. ST has been faithfully handed
on from the apostles; it has everything necessary for increase of faith and
holiness of life of the Church; Tradition makes progress in the Church through
the Holy Spirit (through study, preaching, and the communal instinct of faith);
ST records the canon of SS and helps the Church understand the Scriptures; through
SS and ST, there is an ongoing converse of God in the Spirit with the Church.
#9. SS & ST are two strands
of the one divine source of revelation; they communicate with one another; "in
some fashion" they come together to form one thing, working toward the same
goal; SS is the speech of God in the Spirit; ST transmits the Word of God entrusted
to the apostles (and then to their successors) by Christ and the Holy Spirit;
the Church needs both SS and ST.
#10. The single sacred deposit of
revelation (in SS & ST) is entrusted to the Church; the Church must adhere
to it; the task of authentic interpretation is given to the Church's teaching
office [the Magisterium]; the Magisterium [indeed the whole Church] is servant
of the Word of God; SS, ST, and the Church each need the other two -- one cannot
stand without the others.
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