Scripture and Tradition
One well or two streams? How the written word and the handed-down faith hold authority
This concerns the relationship between written Scripture and the Church's transmitted teaching (paradosis) as sources of authority. Early witnesses like Irenaeus and Basil appealed to both, and the question became a defining divide at the Reformation. Catholics and Orthodox hold Scripture and Tradition together as inseparable, while Protestants assert sola scriptura, that Scripture alone is the final authority. The Council of Trent and Reformation debates sharpened this difference.
How it traveled
- 1 CorinthiansEphesus · 67explains
- Against Heresies: Book IIILyons · 202explains
- The Prescription Against Heretics.— · 220explains
- The Chaplet, or De Corona.— · 220explains
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- De Spiritu SanctoCaesarea (Cappadocia) · 379explains
- A Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to PammachiusAquileia · 411applies
- The Letters of St. JeromeBethlehem · 420explains
- Reply to Faustus the ManichæanHippo Regius · 430explains
- On Christian DoctrineHippo Regius · 430explains
- The ConfessionsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Letters of St. AugustinHippo Regius · 430explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- On the Morals of the Catholic ChurchHippo Regius · 430explains
- On the Profit of BelievingHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on Nature and GraceHippo Regius · 430explains
- The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All HeresiesLérins · 445explains
- John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox FaithDamascus · 749explains
- ExordiumWittenberg · 1546explains
- Discussion: Second PartWittenberg · 1546applies
- Commentary on GalatiansWittenberg · 1546applies
- Erasmus’ ScepticismWittenberg · 1546challenges
- The Sovereignty of GodWittenberg · 1546challenges
- Book First. of the Knowledge of God the CreatorGeneva · 1564explains
- Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic ChurchGeneva · 1564explains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · 1564explains
- Prefatory MaterialGeneva · 1564explains
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three PartsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- A History of the Work of RedemptionNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New EnglandNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758applies
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Modern teachers who discuss this idea
Modern and living teachers whose books take up Scripture and Tradition. These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.
- Yves CongarTradition and Traditions(1960)View on Amazon→
- Georges FlorovskyBible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View(1972)View on Amazon→