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Scripture and Tradition in the Church: Yves Congar, O.P.’s Theology of Revelation and Critique of the Protestant Principle of Sola Scriptura is unavailable, but you can change that!

In his latest work, popular author Patrick Madrid explores the issue of Catholic-Protestant relations and the possibility of unification. He does this by analyzing the work of one of the greatest twentieth-century theologians—Fr. Yves Congar. Areas covered include Congar’s ecumenical vocation, the Early Church Fathers, the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church’s transmission of the gospel, St....

inconsistent with Christian tradition. Congar shows how that tradition has always recognized the primacy of Scripture but has also acknowledged the Apostolic Tradition as “Scripture’s interpretive key”. That is why Catholics have always relied upon the Church’s magisterium faithfully to expound Divine Revelation as revealed in both Scripture and Tradition. Madrid helps us navigate the sometimes tricky waters of Council texts such as this one from Dei Verbum (10): It is clear, therefore, that Sacred
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