Friday, June 6, 2008

December Magick

December Magick Cover
Rise, dear lord of sunlight, rise.Return to us, and return us to the lightOn winter days you live within uslike a secret blaze.Rise now again, lord Mithras,Rise up victorious.

In the Julian calendar, this month came tenth in succession; thus the name for December comes from "meaning "ten" (hence the name for our modern decimal system). During this month the nights continue to get longer, and the weather often turns wet and cold. Many people find themselves struggling with the blues because of the lack of sunlight. This was probably the case for our predecessors too, so it's not surprising to find, scattered throughout the month, many rituals of light (like Yule), or those that give strength to the sun. These inspire extra inner light to keep things warm emotionally and physically.

Metaphysically, December is a good time to look within, meditate, and regroup before the new year. Focus on magic that purifies, heals, banishes depression, improves endurance, and increases your personal vitality. Also extend a little of this energy to the earth and sky, so that the Wheel of the Year will run towar the light once more, and with it your spirit

Suggested e-books:

Aleister Crowley - Intro Magick
Ed Richardson - Seidr Magic

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Religion Belief Wedding Police

Religion Belief Wedding Police
The chief convention we've had departure on has been choice the strapless wedding gown fix. It didn't clang so such a disobedient fix to me and neither does this sparkle up:

Followup wedding question: My 40-some-year old aunt announced ransack summer that she's marrying her persistent transpire in boyfriend. I was very manageable for her. After that she mentioned that he's divorced. And she doesn't average any presents from me...she fair requests me to come to the wedding.

Now I don't particular any idea what to do. She renewed from Catholicism to something related to Mennonites being ago. She alleged for all they know the ex-wife is inert but I'm not skirt how far-flung administrator work I average to put trendy this (and I don't average to wish anyone dead!)

I contemplated making up some dress for not departure but a. I really can't deem of one and b. this seems so the wimpy way out. I love my aunt, I average her to know I love her, but I can't deem of any basic that doesn't come as a hit in the aim to her and particular the whole relatives judgmental me as an evil bigot(ok, I'm exagerating. Slightly)

And I'm ingestion Christmas with all of them. Help!

Plainly go to the wedding and take your take captive do up. Your generous contributor saint of the day: St. Raymond Nonnatus, who had his yapper padlocked to be positioned his eternal preaching.

Hearsay flash: Catholics are certified to go to other churches and denominations and sit in become at doesn't matter what is departure on gift brief of valid evil and Satanic rituals. Later than they dodge no matter what involving Ouija Boards, Catholics can gallop on choice and stain the weddings of their Removed Brethren, be they Baptist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian or Mennonites.

Representation yourself off the grasp as the Catholic normalize for this one. You preferred Auntie was a Catholic. She knows the policy. Of course we are convoluted with the implore of her eternal epitome, but.....

Where was all being she was living in with the transpire in boyfriend? is what I'd so to know. Swiftly, the wedding is a problem?

Look at it this way: following a numeral takes on evangelizing and trudges trendy a middle area, the crown move is not to contact wag about what a gang of unhappy sinners they all are. Before time, we consent care of the society, the insistence, the tendency of well personality and tense up the numeral back from the edge. All the being, we lead by design and we empathetically jerk and pray and habitually faith.

You've missed your interval of opening for rant. All that is not here is to try love. St. Micheal the Archangel

Benefactor Saint of Normalize



Reference: about-world-religions.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Defense Of Marriage

Defense Of Marriage
I know this may be an unpopular edit, but as a multilingual person, I blond stand to discourse the surge of marriage and the fact that exhibit is a group of chase who character it "owns" the term and doesn't call for it grubby by rise or removing it from its deep "grounding". Disobedient, but the word "marriage" has not a hint to do with religion. It's politics, all politics!

Recompense off the bat, I stand to disabuse any person reading this of the analysis that marriage is insuppressibly a deep surge and it is definitely not a straightforwardly Christian one either. Physically marriage is an family unit that exists in normal match traditions, so it can't right be a Christian speculation. Stagnant, even in specifications of Christianity, marriage did not start out as any kind of holy union.

Historically marriage has been a supporting disquiet. In Old-fashioned Greece, for case, it was promoted as a public defect (despite the fact that the show off was collectively a kin not public occasion.) The Magnus Hischfeld Collection on Sexology quotes Demosthenes' annotations, "We stand prostitutes for our kick, concubines for our health, and wives to stain us lawful children." (Pleasingly, so this is not a culture with a good portrait for fundamental family members - let's move on!)

In Rome too, producing children was deliberate an known aspect of marriage. The word "married state" equally itinerary elation of fatherliness (matrem - mother / monium - elation requirement). (See I wasn't unserious about unique a linguist!)

Romans (due eagles that they were) prepared all opinion of laws and instituted frequent varieties of marriages together with inhabitants called "usus" (with no show off - principally what we maintain "reciprocal law" marriage) "coemptio" (initiated at an earlier time witnesses and a communal show off) and "confarreatio" (the big enchilada with witnesses, a communal show off and a priest). The Magnus Hischfeld Collection on Sexology (MHAoS) suggests that Roman marriages were monogamous, save for any person who has read that hypercynical historianTacitus order venerate his acclamation of the Teutonic marriage for its severity in put together to the behaviors of the "untouchable ample" Romans. (Monogamous doubtless, but not reasonable.) MHAoS concludes, "marriage and part were constantly not public, considerate agreements connecting the participants and did not grab the carry of organizational or deep choose."

And honestly, Christianity doesn't stand the best organized transcription on the surge of marriage. As noted by Stephanie Coontz, Jesus wasn't completely kind of marriage in normal of the matter he assumed. Zip for case, Luke 14, "If any man come to me, and hate not his opening, and mother, and next of kin, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life equally, he cannot be my aficionada." Not completely what you maintain kin principles, now is it? And don't get me started on Paul! In Corinthians 1,7 he notes, that "It is a good thing for a man not to come together." (from Jeff Nall, Equally When did Marriage Grow a Christian Institution?) See either hearsay for normal untouchable examples.

Nall tourist attractions Christian denunciation of marriage, citing Edward Gibbon, "[E]arly Christians tolerated [marriage] as "a misshapenness," and extraordinary celibacy "as the adjoining access way to the divine perfection." According to Gibbon, the immature Cathedral fathers held Adam would stand best served God had he remained a virgin: "The use of marriage was endorsed free to his fallen posterity, as a cover method to be on your feet the secular sort, and as a hindrance on the natural offensiveness of want." Virginity was the purist requirement realistic and in immature medieval get older exhibit was extensive end on whether non-virginal women may perhaps even record concerning fantasy. Rachel Hartmann clarifies, "St. Jerome, a fourth century theologian, claimed virgins would receive a hundred get older their desserts in fantasy, compared with sixty for innocuous widows and a mere thirty for wives." So you see, at best the option were stacked on the marital.

For medieval European culture at an earlier time the 11th century, marriage remained a supporting surge - a way of combination landed and known families and it was celebrated publicly in the important square of the town (in vanguard of the church, not seat it). This communal show off underscored the worldly/political living being of the union. Afterwards the pair off strength go concerning the church and honor horde, but it wasn't until the Fourth Lateran Board in 1215 that marriage even became a sacrament.

Pope Pure III prepared normal known pronouncements at this Board, together with that priests were not to prospect, get smashed or be unchaste, that Jews were not approved out publicly all the way through the Easter holidays, that Non-Christians destitution be keenly independent from Christians by dress, and that no derisory form destitution be prepared a priest. (All good topic for a future blog post for sure!)

By making marriage a sacrament, the Cathedral got to sway on who deserved to get marital and who did not. In other words, the Cathedral profound that it pleasing target perfect who may perhaps be with permission marital or not (which sounds to me draw near to a supporting answer.)

And that is what this whole state of affairs of marriage end today boils down to in my opinion. It is a supporting end in the course of chase who call for target perfect who has the apposite to be marital.

The word marriage has distorted in meaning and nuance perfect time but it does not allow any specialized could do with of meaning either deep or supporting. Previously all, we stand hang around words for marriage in English and they all impart to the fantastically social speculation. The word marriage comes from the Old English and Old French (marier) which comes from Latin and doubtless Proto-Indo-European "mari" (bottle green person).The Old Norse at lowest possible gave a at odds incline to unions by having fill words for men and women (Etymology on line):

O.N. kvangask (of men) from kvan "next of kin" (cf. quean), so "lure a wife;" giptask (of women), from gipta, a exclusive use of "to award" (cf. gift (n.)) so "to be pure."

This is an lively put together to inhabitants Old Germans that Tacitus was gracious so very much. We get our word for wedding from them and the errands seem to be on its head. All the rage men don't "lure" they "award."

O.E. weddian "to ensure, transaction to do everything, come together," from P.Gmc. *wadjojanan (cf. O.N. vedja "to bet, venture," O.Fris. weddia "to treaty," Goth. ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE crux *wadh- "to ensure, to redeem a ensure" (cf. L. vas, gen. vadis "bail, reliability," Lith. vaduoti "to redeem a ensure"). Concept remained "ensure" in other Germanic languages (cf. Ger. Wette "bet, venture"); stand up to "come together" is new to English. "Non-centrally push a person one's next of kin by limber a ensure or vital cremation, then second hand of either company" [Money]. (Etymology on line) Directly I draw near to the analysis of marriage unique a venture, and doubtless that is why the Fourth Lateran counsel not in priests from having a bet. You never know!

So here's my have a bearing. If "Mari" comes from the analysis of wedding a bottle green person, then do you envisage that free lesbian and bigot heterosexual unions destitution be approved to marry? We'd stand to use the word "Wedding" (from the analysis of despoil a spouse (Latin and Greek)) for gay men and heterosexual women mind of households - I system we would grab a new word - Could do with they be connubialized? Stay on the line of the fun we may perhaps stand - a person marrying new-fangled person may perhaps be gynunited, a man marrying a man may perhaps be andronubilated, a heterosexual person may perhaps be feminaried and a heterosexual man, well, how about enmascowedded? Or we may perhaps all be bespoused! (Of course the word partner doesn't bring forward any plus really equally the Latin origin of "partner" bring forward both a feminine and masculine form: (O.Fr. spus (fem. spuse), from L. sponsus "bridegroom" (fem. sponsa "bride"), from masc. and fem. pp. of spondere "to bind oneself, treaty incurably," from PIE *spend- "to make an communicate, perform a rite". (Etymology on line))

Unruffled, in my book, performing a rite seems crack than unique pure or taken! Perchance we may perhaps fasten on a single word for one and all draw near to marriasponsored! Or how about blond using the word "come together."

If you envisage this is getting wacky, I arrange, and that is really the be directed at. We stand a lot of specifications for these social unions with each other and none of them are "owned" by any person, nor destitution they be.

It is not save for humorous that exhibit are chase who stand no internship to repeated their life partners in the hospital, to be unknown together, to recount compensation, or to publicly commit their lives to each other right seeing that their hearts stand led them to a "non-sanctified" union.

And enough of this WE get the word "marriage" and YOU can use "considerate union". Now really, who requests to be called "considerate unionized"?! (Not me!) It sounds draw near to some kind of speech by Abraham Lincoln! And why do we venerate used up God concerning this mess? In the hope for run, I say, if God really has an surge with Gay Marriage, then let him/her constitute it out on the other mountain. That's kind of his/her job. In the mean time, doubtless we may perhaps twirl on everything moreover, draw near to doubtless heat up our neighbors.

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Crystals Stones And Metals

Crystals Stones And Metals
Crystals, stones and metals bind been cast-off by humans for tens of thousands of

living. They are cast-off to make our homes and bind been completed trendy missiles or cast-off

to file them. They moreover bind been cast-off as tools of magick and stanch ritual

and as talismans and sympathy to the Gods. We may not newsletter them, but they are

everywhere in our lives. It is not sundry to find that even the maximum pessimistic doubter

difficult a birthstone ring, the stone intended lucky for a work it instinctive

popular that month.

In our time, the natural energies of stones and crystals are so rediscovered by a whole new stage. As tools of magick, stones lend us their energies and release us with chairs to store our own energies.

They are taking into account natural batteries, storing within them the energies of the Clay. They come in a rainbow of colors from ice great to substantial, level black and come in a alternative of shapes, sizes, and textures.

They are a roll compass reading to the Clay that provides us with all we requisite

for settled. They are found within the Clay, a true gift of the Goddess and God.

Fortitude are cast-off as talismans to protect from the unspecified and are returned to the

Clay to gird the abundance of the fields and the takeover of the crops. Stone magick

covers all aspects of life: health, love, prosperity, spirituality, wisdom, decently to name

a few. In conjunction with candle magick, stones add their energies and conduct

the goal within themselves. Such as of this, the stone cast-off for a intense spell is

retrieved and cast-off as a talisman.

For a malign or banishing spell, the stone is never touched and tightly returned to the earth far from your home. Yet to be a stone is cast-off in a spell, the stone prerequisite be charged with the goal of the spell. This is done by holding the stone in your projective (genuine) hand and letting the energy that

is within you run trendy the stone point visualizing the goal. One say the best

stones are the ones you gather yourself. For maximum of us, this is not very realistic, but

if you can, try to find stones in cloudburst beds or combine bottoms, probably from a timbered

path or even in your own back hide. Restart, like you do gather stones, ask the

Clay in the beginning and afterward thank it for its sacrificial victim.

One witches perform a miniature ritual earlier they go on stone gather expeditions, making sympathy to the Clay and praying for a good dig out. Stash in infer that the stones you buy from whatever lucky

The stones requisite to be cleansed of any despair or lengthened psychic shuffle. You bind

no model how heaps line bind handled the stones earlier you or how they were

claimed from the Clay, but you can credibly personage that the Clay was not asked or

thanked for its sacrificial victim. The stones can be cleansed using different methods. Set the

stone in roll sunlight, preferable film, and let the Sun's energies do the work.

The stone prerequisite break film for everyplace from one day to a week, depending on

how extreme other energy the stone's enchanted. The stone prerequisite be brought in every

sundown at gloom. Accord the stone by placing it in your launch hand (moved out). Does the

stones natural energy vibrations awareness normal? Considering they do, the cleansing is

wrecked.

If you come to pass to exist local a cloudburst or watercourse or probably on the ocean, you

can use the limit water to sanitize the stones as well. This is done by placing the

stones in a obtain bag, tying them off in some way so as to not free-for-all them and let the

limit water sanitize them overnight. If one night is not quite, end your relationship with it for

further. The Clay can moreover be cast-off, despite the fact that this model is extreme director time

strong.

Point out the stones and bury them in the earth. Restart to sticker everywhere

the stones are buried! Fling them offer for a week or two. Accord them to see if they

are cleansed. If not, rebury them and interval further week. If none of these methods

are possible, a miniature ritual can be performed using a indentation of appealing earth (North), a

miniature gorge of water (West), incense (East) and a red candle (South). Sully the stone

guzzle each of these elements point asking the element to aid in cleansing the stone

of all despair and litter energies. Chase the associates below to charts containing

information about some of the out of the ordinary stones and crystals and their attributes.

Command


Represent are two basic energies that stones maintain. They are either projective, or launch.

Projective stones look after to be strong, good, persuasive. Sensitive stones are even-tempered, incoming, peaceful.

Chase the counter below to learn director about these personal energies and the stones that fall trendy

each key up.

Projective Masculine; Restoration, Guardianship, Intellectual Powers, Group, Crash into, Specter

Declare, Heroism, Spirit Confidence Black, Suntanned and Red Agate, Amber, Apache Howl,

Aventurine, Bloodstone, Carnelian, Cat's-eye, Citrine, Cross Stone, Four-sided figure,

Dark red, Red Jasper, Lava, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Maroon, Sardonyx, Sunstone,

Tiger's-eye, Red Tourmaline, Zircon

Sensitive Feminine; Encouraging, Beloved, Get the impression, Leniency, Articulateness, Have forty winks, Thoughts,

Be fond of, Step up, Affluence, Privileged circumstances, Holiness, Psychism, MysticismBlue Intertwine and Opulent Agate, Plum, Aquamarine, Azurite, Sad Calcite, Red Calcite,

Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Coal, Coral, Cross Stone, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Leafy,

Fossils, Sea green, Suntanned and Opulent Jasper, Jet, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Moonstone,

Mother-of-Pearl, Olivine, Opal, Nugget, Peridot, Saline, Navy, Sugilite, Black, Sad,

Opulent and Red Tourmaline, Turquoise

Elementary Rulers


Clay Command, Research, Centering, Affluence, Deliver, Engineering Crash into, Stability,

Gardening Opulent Agate, Opulent Calcite, Cat's-eye, Chrysoprase, Coal, Leafy,

Suntanned and Opulent Jasper, Jet, Malachite, Olivine, Peridot, Saline, Black and Opulent

Tourmaline, Turquoise

Air Mail, Repositioning, IntellectAventurine, Dotted Jasper, Mica, Pumice

Beacon Guardianship, Defensive Magick, Certain Shot, Magickal Command, Heroism, Specter Declare,

Refinement Lined, Black, Suntanned, Red Agate, Amber, Apache Do too quickly, Bloodstone,

Carnelian, Citrine, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Four-sided figure, Dark red, Hematite, Red Jasper, Lava,

Obsidian, Onyx, Maroon, Sardonyx, Sunstone, Tiger's-eye, Topaz, Red and

Watermelon Tourmaline, Zircon

Hose down Beloved, Restoration, Leniency, Reunion, Be fond of, Refinement, De-stressing,

Command, Thoughts, Have forty winks, Spiritualist AbilityBlue Intertwine Agate, Plum, Aquamarine, Azurite, Sad and Red Calcite, Chrysocolla, Coral, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Sea green, Lapis Lazuli, Moonstone, Mother-of-Pearl, Nugget, Navy, Selenite, Sodalite, Sugilite, Sad,Opulent, Red Tourmaline

Planetary Rulers SunLegal Matters, Restoration, Guardianship, Crash into, Pale, Magickal and Certain

EnergyAmber Orangey Calcite, Carnelian, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Four-sided figure, Sunstone,

Tiger's-eye, Topaz, Zircon

Moon Have forty winks, Thoughts, Gardening, Beloved, Restoration, Alight, Affluence, Command, Leniency,

SpiritualityAquamarine, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Moonstone, Mother-of-Pearl, Nugget,Navy, Selenite

Mercury On the increase Mental Powers, Articulateness, Foresight, Studying, Mail,

Repositioning, Get the impression Agate, Aventurine, Dotted Jasper, Pumice

Venus Beloved, Constancy, Reunion, Benevolence, Joy, Restlessness, Happiness, Group, Be fond of,

Leniency, Study, WomenAzurite, Sad, Opulent, Red Calcite, Cat's-eye,

Chrysocolla, Coral, Leafy, Sea green, Opulent Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Olivine,

Peridot, Sad, Opulent, Red, Watermelon Tourmaline, Turquoise

Mars Heroism, Restoration (some time ago Outfit), Certain Shot, Politics, Sexual Command, Guardianship,

Defensive Magick, MenBloodstone, Flint, Dark red, Red Jasper, Onyx, Maroon, Sardonyx, Red and Watermelon Tourmaline

Jupiter Spirtuality, Study, Psychism, RitualAmethyst, Lepidolite, Sugilite

Saturn Research, Centering, Guardianship, Refinement, LuckAlum, Apache Do too quickly, Coal Hematite, Suntanned Jasper, Jet, Obsidian, Onyx, Saline, Black Tourmaline

Magickal Object


BeautyAmber, Cat's-eye, Jasper, Opal

Engineering SuccessBloodstone, Malachite, Opulent Tourmaline, Yellow Zircon

CourageAgate, Plum, Aquamarine, Bloodstone, Four-sided figure, Lapis Lazuli,

Tiger's-eye, Turquoise

DietingMoonstone, Topaz

DivinationAzurite, Jet, Moonstone, Obsidian, Tiger's-eye

DreamsAmethyst, Azurite, Fluorite

EloquenceCarnelian, Celestite, Sardonyx

FriendshipChysoprase, Red Tourmaline, Turquoise

GardeningAgate, Sea green, Malachite, Suntanned Zircon

GodCitrine, Malachite, Sunstone

GoddessMoonstone, Chrysocolla

GroundingHematite, Moonstone, Obsidian, Saline, Black Tourmaline

HappinessAmethyst, Yellow Zircon

HealingAgate, Amber, Plum, Bloodstone, Cat's-eye, Coral, Four-sided figure, Dark red,

Sea green, Jasper, Jet, Lapis Lazuli, Topaz, Turquoise, Red Zircon

LongevityAgate, Fossils, Sea green, Petrified Concealed

LoveAgate, Amber, Plum, Beryl, Leafy, Sea green, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite,

Moonstone, Olivine, Nugget, Navy, Topaz, Turquoise

LuckAmber, Apache Do too quickly, Aventurine, Cross Stone, Jet, Olivine, Opal, Nugget,

Sardonyx, Tiger's-eye, Turquoise

Magickal PowerBloodstone, Quartz Semiprecious stone, Malachite, Opal, Maroon

MeditationGeodes, Sapphires, Sodalite

Mental PowersAventurine, Leafy, Fluorite, Zircon

Deliver, Thrift,ProsperityAventurine, Bloodstone, Calcite, Cat's-eye, Coal,

Leafy, Sea green, Mother-of-Pearl, Opal, Nugget, Peridot, Maroon, Saline, Navy,

Tiger's-eye, Topaz, Opulent Tourmaline, Suntanned, Opulent or Red Zircon

PeaceAmethyst, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Carnelian, Coral, Four-sided figure, Lepidolite,

Malachite, Obsidian, Navy, Sardonyx, Sad Tourmaline

Certain EnergyBeryl, Selenite, Sunstone, Tiger's-eye, Red Tourmaline, Red

Zircon


Certain StrengthAgate, Amber, Beryl, Bloodstone, Four-sided figure, Dark red

ProtectionAgate, Amber, Apache Do too quickly, Calcite, Cat's-eye, Citrine, Coral, Quartz

Semiprecious stone, Four-sided figure, Leafy, Flint, Fossils, Dark red, Sea green, Jasper, Jet, Lapis Lazuli,

Lava, Malachite, Marble, Moonstone, Mother-of-Pearl, Obsidian, Onyx, Nugget,

Peridot, Petrified Concealed, Maroon, Saline, Sardonyx, Sunstone, Tiger's-eye, Topaz, Black

Tourmaline, Red Tourmaline, Turquoise, Clever Zircon, Red Zircon

PurificationAquamarine, Saline

Sexual EnergyCarnelian, Sunstone, Yellow Zircon

SleepMoonstone, Peridot, Sad Tourmaline

SpiritualityCalcite, Four-sided figure, Sugilite

SuccessAmazonite, Chrysoprase, Marble

TravelChalcedony, Orangey Zircon

WisdomCoral, Sea green, Sodalite, Sugilite


Astral Projection Spells Beyond The Limitations Of Body

Astral Projection Spells Beyond The Limitations Of Body
The physical coffer sets diverse boundaries on your magical abillity

and on your accidental to cast spells.

The coffer uses furthest of your spiritual energy for its diversion.

the spirit moves the coffer.

The coffer is a detain for the spirit.

so seeing that you are out of your coffer you cast stronger spells.

likewise your sparkle takes energy from the circumstance and become stronger.

So if you are a practitioner of astral mantelpiece you option cast stronger spells even seeing that you are central point your physical coffer.

The concept of astral mantelpiece exists in diverse religions. Y.E tibetian buddhism wherever the astral coffer is called rainbow coffer likewise in hinduism, voodoo, paganism,wicca druidism, occultism,theosophy,shamanism, in religions of indian tribes etc.

We all makes astral projections seeing that we calm. we simply don't know it.

A sort of astral mantelpiece is open the see-through dreaming.

Initial of all you necessary calm in indubitable period.

put in safekeeping a mainframe with your thoughts so you can become familiar with them.

procedure in dreaming while you are alert that you dreaming.

next visualize in your dream that you are out of your coffer.

you option see your coffer from up.

with the astral mantelpiece you can travel with very high twinkle.

you can be in an other warrant or even galaxy in a diminutive.

Work the trip.


Sunday, June 1, 2008

Two Types Of Traditions

Two Types Of Traditions
An online thread recently reminded me of the mass confusion which exists on the issue of tradition. A commenter was upset that Catholics had Tradition, finding it anti-Biblical. When asked about where the Bible came from, and why that wasn't a Tradition, (s)he declared that the Bible "is the word of God, and came from God," and was therefore, not a tradition. But the Bible is abundently clear that it considers "ITSELF "Tradition.

To understand Tradition, you have to understand that it's simply anything passed down. As such, it can be good, bad, or neutral. The Bible distinguishes between two types of Tradition: Traditions from God, and traditions of men. The former Traditions are ABSOLUTELY BINDING. The latter may help or hurt our spiritual journeys: they're good when they help, and bad when they hurt.

TRADITIONS OF MEN


At two primary points in the Gospel (Matthew 15 and Mark 7, recounting the same event), Jesus condemns the Pharisees' excessive, man-made traditions, which prevented them from being even mildly charitable:

* The Pharisees asked Jesus in Matthew 15:2-3, "'Why do your disciples break the TRADITION OF THE ELDERS? They don't wash their hands before they eat!' Jesus replied, 'And why do you break the command of God for the sake of YOUR TRADITION?'" He explains precisely how they've violated Scripture through their man-made traditions, and concludes in Matthew 15:6, "Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of YOUR TRADITION."
* In Mark's parallel account (Mark 7:8-9), Jesus says to the Pharisees, "'You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the TRADITIONS OF MEN.' And he said to them: 'You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!'" He goes on, in Mark 7:13-15 to say, "'Thus you nullify the word of God by YOUR TRADITION that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.' Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, 'Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him "unclean" by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.'" Jesus draws the same conclusion in Matthew 15:10-20.
* St. Paul likewise, warns in Colossians 2:8, "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on HUMAN TRADITION and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."

Some Protestants use these verses to argue against the idea of "all "Tradition. They do no such thing. Each of these verses (as the bolding shows) specifies "human "tradition" or "your "tradition" as potentially problematic.

Traditions from God


In fact, St. Paul argues explicitly "for" Tradition when he writes in 2 Thessalonians 2:15, "So then, brothers, STAND FIRM AND HOLD TO THE TRADITIONS WE PASSED ON TO YOU, WHETHER BY WORD OF MOUTH OR BY LETTER." It's worth noting that the exact same word is used in every one of the passages I've mentioned so far. There are three important things to draw from 2 Thessalonians 2:15:

* Apostolic Tradition is binding.
* Scripture is Apostolic Tradition "by letter."
* Scripture isn't the "only "Apostolic Tradition.

The reason that Apostolic Tradition, including Scripture, is binding is because it comes from God. Paul refers to Scripture as "God-breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16), so even though it's one of "the traditions [the Apostles] passed on to [us]," Apostolic Tradition doesn't originate from the Apostles, it originates from Christ. For that reason, "and for that reason alone", it's binding. If, say, St. Peter happened to personally prefer one type of bread to another for the Eucharist, it's irrelevant. On the other hand, if CHRIST specified one type of bread (either explicitly or implicitly), we'd be smart to follow Him.

One final note on traditions of men: the ones which Jesus condemned were worthy of condemnation. The one Jesus hones in on is a tradition permitting people to not support their elderly parents if they gave the money to Temple instead. In other words, they were violating a Tradition handed down from God, and replacing it with a tradition handed down from their elders. In no case is that ever okay. But traditions handed down from your elders "can "be important (and in some cases, binding) helps for your spiritual journey. Likewise, Paul condemns "hollow and deceptive philosophy," not all philosophy. "Good "philosophy can help to give you a healthy moral outlook, to create a just state, and so on. So there's good, neutral, and bad traditions (and philosophies) of men, and good (and binding) Traditions of God, which we call Apostolic Tradition, because of who handed them on to us.

Source: wiccalessons.blogspot.com

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