That title comes from Scott P. Richert's blog and is the truth as proclaimed by our new holy father.
More is expressed at MARY, OUR MOTHER .
From the Pope's address:
“Sacred Scripture,” he reaffirmed,“ is the written testimony of the divine Word, the canonical memory that attests to the event of Revelation. However, the Word of God precedes the Bible and surpasses it. That is why the centre of our faith isn't just a book, but a salvation history and above all a person, Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh. It is precisely because the Word of God embraces and extends beyond Scripture that, in order to properly understand it, the Holy Spirit's constant presence, who guides us “to all truth”, is necessary. It is necessary to place ourselves within the great Tradition that has, with the Holy Spirit's assistance and the Magisterium's guidance, recognized the canonical writings as the Word that God addresses to his people, who have never ceased meditating upon it and discovering inexhaustible riches from it.”
As Catholics we do not believe in Jesus because we believe in the bible. We believe in the bible because we believe in Jesus, the Word of God incarnate.
Oral Tradition predates the bible by hundreds of years. The Catholic Church did not decide what writings were canonical until almost 400AD. From TRUE CHURCH and BIBLE:
In 397 AD, the Catholic Church gave a definitive decision as to which writings and books should be admitted into the Bible and which should be rejected, and every book which is in the Protestant New Testament today, was put there by Pope Siricus and the Catholic Bishops in the year 397 AD
We cannot even begin to think that we can understand the true meaning of Scripture if it is divorced from Tradition. Jesus established a Church to record His words that one day would become the Gospels. If you really want to know the meaning of Scripture go to its source: the Catholic Church. The Holy Spirit continually guides the Church.
For Truth we need BOTH Scripture AND Tradition.
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