Traditionalism (religion)
Traditionalism, in religious contexts, refers to upholding or maintenance of tradition, i.e. orthodox doctrines in opposition to a perceived heterodoxy and contemporary ideology.[1][2]
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
Catholicism
In the Roman Catholic Church, traditionalism is distinct from the doctrine that Sacred Tradition holds equal authority to Holy Scripture,[3] just as the development of doctrine is distinct from modernism.[4] Traditionalism is the current in Roman Catholicism characterized by retention of the worship and practices of the Church as they were before the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), which Church law does not forbid.[5] As Pope Benedict XVI declared in his letter to the world's bishops accompanying Summorum Pontificum, lifting restrictions on the Latin Mass, "What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful. It behooves all of us to preserve the riches which have developed in the Church’s faith and prayer, and to give them their proper place."
References
- ↑ Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Traditionalism
- ↑ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/traditionalism
- ↑ Benedict XVI, Catechesis on Saint Irenaeus of Lyons As can be seen, Irenaeus did not stop at defining the concept of Tradition. His tradition, uninterrupted Tradition, is not traditionalism, because this Tradition is always enlivened from within by the Holy Spirit, who makes it live anew, causes it to be interpreted and understood in the vitality of the Church.
- ↑ Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 26
- ↑ Marty, Martin E.; R. Scott Appleby (1994). Fundamentalisms observed. U of Chicago Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-226-50878-8.