Oral teachings/traditions and Pope

[TheSeeker2014]

In the Catholic church are there still information orally handed down within the order and Pope that is from tradition/teachings and not from any documents/writings?
Such as oral teachings of Jesus or the apostles that the common person normally would not have access too?

Or is everything recorded in manuscripts but not accessed to people outside of the order?

 

[pablope]

In the Catholic church are there still information orally handed down within the order and Pope that is from tradition/teachings and not from any documents/writings?
Such as oral teachings of Jesus or the apostles that the common person normally would not have access too?

Or is everything recorded in manuscripts but not accessed to people outside of the order?

Have you come across the term Sacred Tradition?

Here is an article that i hope will help: mark-shea.com/tradition.html

Sacred Tradition is the living and growing truth of Christ contained, not only in Scripture, but in the common teaching, common life, and common worship of the Church. That is why the Tradition that does not change can seem to have changed so much. For this common teaching, life and worship is a living thing-a truth which was planted as a mustard seed in first century Jerusalem and which has not ceased growing since-as our Lord prophesied in Mark 4:30-32. The plant doesn’t look like the seed, but it is more mustardy than ever. And this is an entirely biblical pattern, as we discover when we consider the circumcision controversy in Acts 15.

 

[eightydeuce82]

Everything that the apostles passed on has been handed on and is reflected in Church teaching. Nothing is a secret. Things have been understood differently throughout time but the teachings remain the same. Along with this I would note that the church has the Authority to teach what is right and what is wrong as it pertains to an ever changing society. This is because of the power of the Keys and valid apostolic succession. No teaching can contradict scripture or what has been handed down through the generations.

 

[eightydeuce82]

In the Catholic church are there still information orally handed down within the order and Pope that is from tradition/teachings and not from any documents/writings?
Such as oral teachings of Jesus or the apostles that the common person normally would not have access too?

Or is everything recorded in manuscripts but not accessed to people outside of the order?

Is there a particular thing your interested in knowing?

 

[Stephen_says]

If you’re proposing that the Pope/Cardinal/Priests have knowledge of secret teachings that they are keeping from the laity, the answer is no. At least they haven’t told us about it.

Everything that anyone would want to know about the teachings of Jesus, the Early Church, and the Modern Church, are not secretive. It may take some digging, but we are not a secret society. Everything has been written down at one time or another.

Or, I might be lying to you…

On a side note, I’d really be interested to find that supposed Q Document, if it exists…

 

[phil19034]

In the Catholic church are there still information orally handed down within the order and Pope that is from tradition/teachings and not from any documents/writings?
Such as oral teachings of Jesus or the apostles that the common person normally would not have access too?

Or is everything recorded in manuscripts but not accessed to people outside of the order?

There is nothing that people do not have access to. There are no secrets.

However, there are some theological concepts, seldom used rituals, historical documents, historical facts, etc which the average lay person (and even some priests and bishops) do not know.

Not because they are secret, but because they haven’t been trained in them or studied them.

For example, most Catholics do not have graduate degrees in Catholic Theology, Catholic History, Pastoral Services, Divinity, Biblical Studies, Canon Law, etc. Also, why most priests have 1 or 2 Masters degrees in religion, their degrees are usually in Divinity and Pastoral Services. Many do not not have a theology degree. Or if they do have a theology degree, they might not have a degree in canon law.

Bishops typically have a doctorate degree in theology or canon law, but a doctorate in theology doesn’t necessarily mean that they know everything there is to know about theology. Just like a doctorate in medicine doesn’t mean that a doctor knows everything there is to know about medicine.

However, again, with all this said: nothing is secret and a lay person can learn more about whatever they want to learn about.

I pray this is helpful.