The Binding Force of Tradition Quotes

“St. Vincent of Lerins, Commonitorium, para. II: in ipsa item Catholica Ecclesia magnopere curandum est ut id teneamus quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est. Hoc est etenim vere proprieque catholicum, quod ipsa vis nominis ratioque declarat, quae omnia fere universiter comprehendit. Sed hoc ita demum fiet, si sequamur universitatem antiquitatem, consensionem. Sequemur autem universitatem hoc modo, si hanc unam fidem veram esse fateamur quam tota per orbem terrarum confitetur ecclesia; antiquitatem vero ita, si ab his sensibus nullatenus recedamus quos sanctos majoros ac patres nostros celebrasse manifestum est: consensionem quoque itidem, si, in ipsa vetustate, omnium vel certe pene omnium sacerdotum pariter et magistrorum definitiones sententiasque sectemur.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition

“Piety is the virtue by which one gives honor to those who are above oneself as well as care of those who are entrusted to a person. 156 Refusal to follow the tradition or rejection of the tradition, as we saw in how the monuments of the Church were stripped with impunity in the last two generations, is rooted in impiety. It is against piety to constantly change everything, because it is a rejection of the work of our forefathers. They labored to build the monuments, to gain greater doctrinal clarity, to perfect the discipline of the Church as well as a whole host of other things. They passed on the tradition intact which was given to them and then they added to the tradition things which would make it easier for us to understand the tradition, accept it and practice it. By the rejection and extensive overhauling of what was passed to them, the last two generations have in effect rejected their forefathers and what they bequeathed to them. It shows an unwillingness to submit one’s will to what is passed on to him.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition

“Another sin commonly committed against prudence is the sin of negligence. Negligence according to St. Thomas implies a defect of due solicitude.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition

“Because of human respect, supernatural prudence has taken a backseat and this mind set fails to understand that people convert when the doctrines of the Church are made clear to them. Faith comes through hearing, but what a person hears must be clear,”
― Chad A. Ripperger, The Binding Force of Tradition