"Christ established an organization to continue, until the end of the world, the bringing of men to eternal happiness. This organization is the Catholic Church. He endowed His Church with the prerogative of infallibility so that it cannot err in teaching and interpreting His doctrine. God's revelation to man, which is called a Deposit, is found in the Bible, written under divine inspiration, and in Tradition. By Tradition is meant not something vague or legendary, but the actual living teaching of the Church itself which, under the abiding assistance of God promised by Christ, ever continues to transmit to men the doctrines received from Christ and His Apostles.
"Important witnesses of this Tradition are those ecclesiastical writers of the early centuries who are called Fathers of the Church. Divine revelation is so vast in extent and so profound in content, that sometimes its meaning can be determined only after study and discussion. Progress in this field consists in the deeper understanding by men of what is contained in revelation. The knowledge given to us by God is as unchangeably true as are the truths of mathematics."1
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