catholic

• Apostolic Tradition = tradition that stems from Jesus' Apostles - he commanded them to preach the Gospel to all men
• Apostolic Succession = continuation of Apostolic Tradition - following his resurrection, Jesus gave the Apostles the authority to lead the Church; the Apostles passed this authority to bishops + this has continued ever since
• the Pope leads the Catholic Church

  • largest church in the world - over 1bn followers
• relationship of authority between Church + Bible in Catholicism = equal
• Magisterium = the teaching authority of the Church

  • the passing on of interpretation + tradition comes from them
• rule of faith for Catholicism = embrace both Scripture + Tradition, as only the Church has the authority to interpret Scripture correctly