Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: conan@wish-bone.berkeley.edu (David Cruz-Uribe) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Transubstantiation/Power of God Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 89 07:59:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Math Dept., UC Berkeley Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article jhpb@lancia.garage.att.com writes: > >I think there may be a slight misconception underlying this. Catholic >doctrine is not derived totally from a reading of Sacred Scripture. >Transubstantiation wasn't adopted as the Catholic explanation of the >Real Presence solely as a result of reading Scripture. > >Catholic theology has two sources, Scripture and Tradition. > I think it is better to say that Catholic theology has _one_ source of revelation: God the Father, creator of all things. To separate the sources of revelation into two discrete pieces--Scripture and Tradition-- is a polemical position adopted in the wake of the Reformation. It doesn't do real justice to either revelation or the Church as the guardian of revelation. Though I've only read selections, I believe that _Sources of Revelation_ from Vatican II adopts this stand. Yours in Christ, David Cruz-Uribe, SFO