Topics on Tradition Quotes

“We often see this today: people expect the liturgy to be conformed to their emotional states rather than they conforming themselves to an objective cult, which conforms itself to God.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Not only is a person bound to accept all parts of the Deposit of Faith and all of the irreformable doctrines declared by the councils and popes, but one is also bound to accept the teaching contained in and the legitimacy of all monuments and teachings of the Church which do not contain novelty or contradict the teachings of the Church. This means that if one were to reject the Ancient Rite as evil or heretical, he would be subject to this anathema.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“ordination of deacons”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“The distinctions help us to know what can and cannot be changed.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“Christ has transmitted the deposit whose content cannot be subjected to alterations.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“The juridical concept of deposit requires that it be not the property of the guardian but of the consignor who has handed it over to him to keep it in a safe state.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“kept them within a certain range of predictability was the Sacred Tradition. What happened? How did the Church get to this state?”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“after Vatican II,”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition

“The "deposit" which St. Paul transmits to his faithful collaborator is the whole of divine revelation (1 Tim. 6:1; 4:6) made up of the dogmas of faith, Christian morals, the sacraments, Holy Scripture, the hierarchical constitution of the Church.”
― Chad A. Ripperger, Topics on Tradition