http://www.religiocity.org/2009/04/21/liturgical-view-of-scripture-iv-scripture-itself/ political theology in the city Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.religiocity.org/2009/04/21/liturgical-view-of-scripture-iv-scripture-itself/#comment-74645 religiocity » Blog Archive » Two Kinds of Tradition Wed, 27 May 2009 15:40:42 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=737#comment-74645 [...] First, there is (oral) “Tradition,” which, as St. Basil says, refers primarily to the handing down of ritual actions in the liturgical worship of the church. This kind of tradition is of course subject to Scripture in theory, though it is hard to imagine how it could “contradict Scripture.” On the other hand, there is a sense in which this kind of tradition is prior to Scripture in that, since time immemorial, it has conditioned the public reading of Scripture in specific, proscribed ways. The public reading of Scripture, in other words, is embedded or enfolded within this ritual action which is the church’s liturgy. (Scripture itself refers to this kind of Tradition.) [...] [...] First, there is (oral) “Tradition,” which, as St. Basil says, refers primarily to the handing down of ritual actions in the liturgical worship of the church. This kind of tradition is of course subject to Scripture in theory, though it is hard to imagine how it could “contradict Scripture.” On the other hand, there is a sense in which this kind of tradition is prior to Scripture in that, since time immemorial, it has conditioned the public reading of Scripture in specific, proscribed ways. The public reading of Scripture, in other words, is embedded or enfolded within this ritual action which is the church’s liturgy. (Scripture itself refers to this kind of Tradition.) [...]

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