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Tradition

Apostolic Tradition, the Fathers, and the living transmission of the faith.

Also called Church Fathers, patristics.

23 documents

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1950s

  1. Munificentissimus Deus1 November 1950Defining the Dogma of the AssumptionPope
  2. Ad Caeli Reginam11 October 1954On Proclaiming the Queenship of MaryPope

1960s

  1. Mysterium Fidei3 September 1965On the Holy EucharistPope
  2. Dei Verbum18 November 1965Dogmatic Constitution on Divine RevelationEcumenical Council

1970s

  1. General Audience of 7 January 19707 January 1970The Council as an ongoing principle of renewal, avoiding both rejection of tradition and confusing custom with tradition (1970)Pope
  2. Catholic Teaching on Apostolic Succession1973Catholic Teaching on Apostolic SuccessionTheological & Biblical Commissions

1980s

  1. Inspectis dierum10 November 1989Instruction on the Study of the Fathers of the Church in Priestly FormationRoman Curia
  2. Patres Ecclesiae2 January 1980On St Basil the Great, 16th centenaryPope
  3. Augustinum Hipponensem28 August 1986On St Augustine, 16th centenary of his conversionPope
  4. Duodecimum Saeculum4 December 1987On the 12th centenary of Nicaea II and sacred imagesPope
  5. Ecclesia Dei2 July 1988On the Lefebvre schism and the Ecclesia Dei CommissionPope

1990s

  1. Orientale Lumen2 May 1995On the Churches of the EastPope
  2. Operosam Diem1 December 1996On St Ambrose, 16th centenary of his deathPope

2000s

  1. Catechesis on the Fathers of the Church7 March 2007 – 25 June 2008Apostolic Fathers through Maximus the Confessor: the patristic Tradition, 2007-2008Pope
  2. Repentance and Reconciliation3 May 2001ILC New York Statement on Repentance and ReconciliationEcumenical & Interreligious Dialogue
  3. Catechesis on the Apostles and the Early Church15 March 2006 – 14 February 2007The Twelve, Paul and the first witnesses as foundation of the Church's communion and apostolic Tradition, 2006-2007Pope
  4. Catechesis on Medieval Christian Writers11 February 2009 – 7 July 2010Eastern and Western Christian writers and theologians from John Climacus to Duns Scotus, 2009-2010Pope

2010s

  1. Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria29 November 2011Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and CriteriaTheological & Biblical Commissions
  2. The Exercise of Communion in the Life of the Early Church and its Implications for Our Search for Communion Today†January 2015Oriental Orthodox-Catholic document on communion in the early ChurchEcumenical & Interreligious Dialogue
  3. Synodality and Primacy during the First Millennium21 September 2016Chieti DocumentEcumenical & Interreligious Dialogue

2020s

  1. Doctor unitatis21 January 2022Proclaiming St Irenaeus of Lyons a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  2. Lettera sul rinnovamento dello studio della storia della Chiesa21 November 2024Letter on renewing the study of Church historyPope
  3. Nel centenario del PIAC11 December 2025On the importance of archaeology, centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian ArchaeologyPope