The Great Tradition of the Church
In Visible Chu r ch, Visible Unity , Ola Tjørhom described what he called the Great Tradition of the Church. The Great Tradition of the Church is ground in the apostolic witness to Christ as ultimately revealed in the Holy Scriptures and living on in the Church's anamnesis – its memorial – expressed in liturgy, tradition and witness. The Great Tradition of the Church is defined and shaped by the ecumenical creeds (Nicene, Apostolic and Athanasian) of the ancient and undivided church. The Great Tradition of the Church is fundamentally catholic in the sense that it aims at incorporating the faith of the church in all its richness across time as well as space. The Great Tradition of the Church is sacramentally, ecclesiastically and liturgically based, which means that it insists that participation in the fruit of Christ's sacrifice takes place through word and sacrament in the space of the church. The Great Tradition of the Church realizes that the people of God a...