CCC 84
Profession of Faith›SECTION ONE "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE"›CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN›III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith
The apostles entrusted the "Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of the Church. "By adhering to [this heritage] the entire holy people, united to its pastors, remains always faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brotherhood, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. So, in maintaining, practising and professing the faith that has been handed on, there should be a remarkable harmony between the bishops and the faithful." The Magisterium of the Church
Footnotes
- DV 10 # 1; cf.I Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 1:12-14(Vulg.).
- DV 10 # 1; cf. Acts 2:42 (Greek); Pius XII, Apost. Const. Munificentissimus Deus, 1 November 1950: AAS 42 (1950), 756, taken along with the words of St. Cyprian, Epist. 66, 8: CSEL 3/2, 733: "The Church is the people united to its Priests, the flock adhering to its Shepherd."
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