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Has Church teaching changed?

Church teaching

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In short: Understanding grows. The deposit of faith, handed from the apostles to the whole Church, doesn’t change. CCC 84

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The apostles entrusted the “sacred deposit” of the faith, contained in Scripture and Tradition, to the whole Church. CCC 84

The whole holy people, united to its pastors, stays faithful to the teaching of the apostles. CCC 84

Our words

Doctrine deepens like an acorn becomes an oak: same tree, more grown. Disciplines (like meatless Fridays) can change; the core faith doesn’t.

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How we know · 1 Catechism paragraph
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 84 (official text on vatican.va).

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