Methodism also buttresses this argument with the leg of Sacred Tradition of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral by citing the Church Fathers, many of whom concur with this view.

In his catechism ( entitled Explanation of the Apostles ' Creed ) ( 1533 ), Erasmus took a stand against Luther's teaching by asserting the unwritten Sacred Tradition as just as valid a source of revelation as the Bible, by enumerating the Deuterocanonical books in the canon of the Bible and by acknowledging seven sacraments.

A bishop is the Teacher of the Faith, the carrier of Sacred Tradition, and the living Vessel of Grace through whom the energeia ( divine grace ) of the Holy Spirit flows into the rest of the church.

Tradition, based on Sacred Scripture, considers Salome their mother.

After the arrest of Jesus, Peter and the " other disciple " ( according to Sacred Tradition, John ) followed him into the palace of the high-priest.

The Catholic Church whence the Protestant Church broke away, and against which they directed these arguments, did not see Scripture and the Sacred Tradition of the faith as different sources of authority, but that Scripture was handed down as part of Sacred Tradition ( see 2 Thessalonians 2: 15, 2 Timothy 2: 2 ).

The meaning of Scripture was seen as proven from the Faith universally held in the churches ( see Phil 2: 1, Acts 4: 32 ), and the correctness of that universal Faith was seen as proven from the Scriptures and apostolic Sacred Tradition ( see 2 The 2: 15, 2 The 3: 6, 1 Corinthians 11: 2 ).

Adherents of the apophatic tradition in Christianity hold that, outside of directly-revealed knowledge through Scripture and Sacred Tradition ( such as the Trinitarian nature of God ), God in His essence is beyond the limits of what human beings ( or even angels ) can understand ; He is transcendent in essence ( ousia ).

" The Protodeacon then proclaims the Synodicon, anathematizing various heresies and lauding those who have remained constant in the dogma and Sacred Tradition of the church.

Sacred Tradition ).

( Source: Tracing a Sacred Building Tradition )

The Catholic Church has always considered it a duty of the highest rank to seek full unity with estranged communions of fellow-Christians, and at the same time to reject what it saw as promiscuous and false union that would mean being unfaithful to or glossing over the teaching of Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

This may usefully be contrasted with the teachings of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches that place the emphasis on Sacred Tradition and Magisterium: reason is not listed as a source of authority or teaching in these churches.

Reagon's work as a scholar and composer is reflected in publications on African American culture and history, including: a collection of essays entitled If You Don ’ t Go, Don ’ t Hinder Me: The African American Sacred Song Tradition ( University of Nebraska Press, 2001 ); We Who Believe In Freedom: Sweet Honey In The Rock: Still on the Journey, ( Anchor Books, 1993 ); and We'll Understand It Better By And By: Pioneering African American Gospel Composers ( Smithsonian Press, 1992 ).

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“ The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I approved ... and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Apostolic Authority, is a statement of the Church's faith and of catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition and the Church's Magisterium.

* Philip Sherrard, ‘ Christianity and Other Sacred Traditions ’ in Christianity: Lineaments of a Sacred Tradition, Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998

* Cobb, Buell E. Jr. ( 2001 ) The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music, University of Georgia Press.

The Sacred Tradition of the Orthodox Church teaches that the Apostles themselves established the practice of anointing with chrism in place of the laying on of hands when bestowing the sacrament.

2 Kings 13: 20 – 21 ) as understood by Orthodox Sacred Tradition.

Pope Pius XII ( 1939 – 1958 ), Allocution to the Gregorian University ( 17 October 1953 ): " By divine mandate the interpreter and guardian of the Scriptures, and the depository of Sacred Tradition living within her, the Church alone is the entrance to salvation: She alone, by herself, and under the protection and guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the source of truth.

In Eastern Orthodoxy, marriage is treated as a Sacred Mystery ( sacrament ), and as an ordination.

The Eastern Orthodox Church considers ordination ( known as Cheirotonia, " laying on of hands ") to be a Sacred Mystery ( what in the West is called a sacrament ).

In the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Rite of Constantinople, the last rites consist of the Sacred Mysteries ( sacraments ) of Confession and the reception of Holy Communion.

Sacred prostitution has not been substantiated regarding any Ancient Near Eastern cultures, despite many popular descriptions of the habit.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anointing of an Orthodox Sovereign is considered a Sacred Mystery ( Sacrament ).

Chrismation is the name given in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the Assyrian Church of the East, Anglican, and in Lutheran initiation rites, to the Sacrament or Sacred Mystery more commonly known in the West as confirmation, although Italian normally uses cresima ( chrismation ), rather than confermazione ( confirmation ).

Commonly seen bird species include ; Eastern Curlews ( Numenius madagascariensis ), Striated Herons ( Butorides striatus ), Brown Honeyeaters ( Lichmera indistincta ), Little Egrets ( Egretta garzetta ), Royal Spoonbills ( Platalea regia ), White-faced Grey Herons ( Egretta novaehollandiae ), Australasian Little Bitterns ( Ixobrychus dubius ), Pied Oyster Catchers ( Haematopus longirostris ), Australasian Pelican ( Pelecanus conspicillatus ), Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis molucca ), Chestnut Teal ( Anas castanea ) and Azure Kingfishers ( Alcedo azurea ).

Devotion to the Sacred Heart is sometimes seen in the Eastern Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as an example of Liturgical Latinisation.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart may be found in some Eastern Catholic Churches, but is a contentious issue.

He not only refused to restore Victory to the senate-house, but extinguished the Sacred fire of the Vestals and vacated their temple: the senatorial protest was expressed in a letter by Quintus Aurelius Symmachus to the Western and Eastern emperors.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church penance it is usually called Sacred Mystery of Confession.

The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches refer to this sacrament ( or, more properly, Sacred Mystery ) as Chrismation, a term which Roman Catholics also use ; for instance, in Italian the term is cresima.

Eastern Christians link Chrismation closely with the Sacred Mystery of Baptism, conferring it immediately after baptism, which is normally on infants.

According to the Sacred Tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church the True Cross was made from three different types of wood: cedar, pine and cypress.

The Eastern Orthodox Churches believe one can be absolved from sins by the Sacred Mystery of Confession, which in the East is preceded by a period of fasting.

In 1732 a missionary priest of the Sacred Congregation " De propaganda fide " from the kingdom of Naples, Matteo Ripa ( 1692 – 1746 ), created in Naples the first Sinology School of the European Continent: the " Chinese Institute ", the first nucleus of what would become today's Università degli studi di Napoli L ' Orientale, or Naples Eastern University.

* Oriente Cattolico ( Vatican City: The Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Churches, 1974 )

In the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, Sacred Tradition, but not " ecclesial traditions ", is considered official doctrine and of equal authoritative weight to the Bible.

In the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches, the term " consecration " can refer to either the Sacred Mystery ( Sacrament ) of Cheirotonea ( Ordination through laying on of hands ) of a Bishop, or the sanctification and solemn dedication of a church building.

Sacred tradition or holy tradition is a theological term used in some Christian traditions, primarily in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox traditions, to refer to the fundamental basis of church authority.