1. A SHORT LIST OF KEY TERMS

2. KEY TERMS  WORDS ARE REALLY SOUNDS  LANGUAGES ARE SYSTEMS OF SOUNDS  WE USE THESE SOUNDS TO CAPTURE EXPERIENCE  BY SHARING THESE SOUNDS, WE CAN SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE  DIFFERENT CULTURES EXPRESS THEIR EXPERIENCE DIFFERENTLY

3. METAPHOR Meta-pharein   Meta- “after,” “beyond”   Pharein- “to carry”   “Meta-pharein” has the sense two people carrying something over a distance   Hence, shared experience

4. METAPHOR SHARING EXPERIENCE OR TRANSLATING ONE KIND OF EXPERIENCE INTO ANOTHER KIND OF EXPERIENCE

5. “CATHOLIC”  REGISTERS AN ANCIENT GREEK EXPERIENCE  KATA-HOLIKOS “kata”- a preposition that is roughly equivalent to the English “through” or “through-out” (or “together with” “kata”- a preposition that is roughly equivalent to the English “through” or “through-out” (or “together with” An example: “kata Johannen” meaning (the good news) “through John.” An example: “kata Johannen” meaning (the good news) “through John.”

6. “Catholic” “holos, holikos” “holos, holikos” - a noun meaning, the whole (world), everything, all

7. “catholic”  Jesus went around the “whole” of Galilee teaching (Mt 4.23)  A woman took yeast and mixed it with three measures of flour until the "whole” was leavened (Mt 13.33)  (Jesus’) reputation spread through the “whole” of the countryside (Lk 4.14)  (the official) and his “whole” household believed (Jn 4.53)

8. “UNIVERSAL”?  REGISTERS AN ANCIENT LATIN EXPERIENCE  “uni- “- a prefix indicating singularity “one” (unum)  “vers-al-is” from vertere, “to turn” (NB: “vertigo,” “ad-vert” “con-vert” “converse”  Like a circle inscribed by a geometer’s compass, it suggests “to turn as one: “uni-verse” “uni-form”

9. TWO HISTORICAL APPROACHES GREEK kata-holike (catholic) LATIN: universalis (universal)  Through the whole  Permeating  Limited only by medium  Process oriented  Fluid, growing  Living  Turning as one  Enclosing  Boundary separates in/out  Content oriented  Static, fixed  Defined

10. “TRADITION”  A LATIN WORD  GREEK SIMILARS: Para-dosis/ para-didomi : “to put, hand over, allow, grant, offer, share” (Mt 11.27, 25.14,20,22; Rom 5.15, 6.17; 2 Th 2.15, 3.6) Para-dosis/ para-didomi : “to put, hand over, allow, grant, offer, share” (Mt 11.27, 25.14,20,22; Rom 5.15, 6.17; 2 Th 2.15, 3.6) para-theke/ para-tithemi: “to put, lay (upon, up, in), entrust, commit (maintain, preserve)” para-theke/ para-tithemi: “to put, lay (upon, up, in), entrust, commit (maintain, preserve)” (1 Tim 1.18, 6.20; 2 Tim 1.12, 14, 2.2)

11. “TRADITION” LATIN: trans-dare, tradere, traditio trans: prefix “across” dare: verb “to give” “To give over or across” (time or space)

12. “TRADITION AS --” A VARIETY OF WAYS THE WORD IS USED OR UNDERSTOOD TRADITION AS— 1. LORE- Vestigial relics of a disappearing past as opposed to the contemporary or modern; the enemy of progress Vestigial relics of a disappearing past as opposed to the contemporary or modern; the enemy of progress

13. “TRADITION AS--” 2. CONTENT (MATTER) Accumulated material inherited from the past, usually accompanied by an attitude (+ or -); Accumulated material inherited from the past, usually accompanied by an attitude (+ or -); What has been passed on in fixed form What has been passed on in fixed form (birthday cake; Christmas tree; Thanksgiving turkey 3. PROCESS OF INHERITING/RECEIVING (ACT) The act (or acts) of inheriting, cultivating, transferring, practicing, performing The act (or acts) of inheriting, cultivating, transferring, practicing, performing (baking the cake, buying the tree, cooking the turkey)

14. “TRADITION” 4. THE MEANS OF PASSING ON (FORM) The techniques by which one passes on or receives The techniques by which one passes on or receives (using Grandma’s recipe, putting on the decorations) 5. CANON (A COLLECTION OF…) Recognized, authorized, normative, official content to be passed on or received Recognized, authorized, normative, official content to be passed on or received Guaranteed by history, long practice Guaranteed by history, long practice Opposed to innovation, fashion, idiosyncrasy Opposed to innovation, fashion, idiosyncrasy

15. “TRADITION AS BODY” 6. EMBODIMENT (MODE OF PRESENCE IN)  The Universe: 16 Billion Years If 1” = 1 million years: 1331 feet If 1” = 1 million years: 1331 feet  The Earth: 4.5 Billion Years If 1” = 1 million years: 375 feet If 1” = 1 million years: 375 feet

16. The material in our bodies is 16 billion years old 16 billion years old The elements developed almost instantly The elements developed almost instantly The have been evolving ever since The have been evolving ever since The are billions of galaxies The are billions of galaxies The Universe continues to expand The Universe continues to expand Completely replaced every 7 years Completely replaced every 7 years “TRADITION AS BODY”

17. Genetically speaking—  Each of us embodies the unbroken chain of DNA of our ancestors  Yet each of us is unique: I am not my grandfather I am not my grandfather This is not my grandfather's body This is not my grandfather's body

18. “TRADITION AS--” 7. EXPERIENCE: Ability to enter into the experience of our ancestors sensation-perception-interpretationlanguage-culture-art-history

19. “TRADITION AS--”  AN-AMNESIS – “not-forgetting”  RE-MEMBERING  RE-CALLING (to mind)  RE-COLLECTING  RE-CORDING (lit. “re-heart-ing”)  RE-TELLING  RE-PEAT (“to go to again”)

20. “DOXA/GLORIA/GLORY” The manifest-ation, manifest- ing of (God’s) creative power: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and Earth are full of your glory.” “Give glory to God” “Ad Maioram Dei Gloriam”

21. Greek: Soter/ soteria / sozo (“cure,” “make healthy” (hagios= “holy” power-ful) Latin: Salus / Salvus (“salve,” German: Heil, Heilige Anglo-Saxon: Hal, Halig  [Hosanna! (Aram.) = “save now”]  Salvation, save, salud, salutary  Health, healthy, holy, whole, hale  Wealth, wealthy, (common-)weal

22. LATIN SALUS, SALVUS, SALVARE: “save,” “salvation,” “safety,” “salutation,” “salute,” “salve” “save,” “salvation,” “safety,” “salutation,” “salute,” “salve” Spanish: “salud” Spanish: “salud”

23. GERMAN HEIL, HEILIGE “hail,” “health, “holy ” ANGLO-SAXON HAL, HALIG “health, hale, holy, wealth, weal, whole

24. KEY PROCESS WORDS  KERYGMA, KERYGMATIC Proclamation, invitation Proclamation, invitation  CATECHESIS Instruction for practice, experience Instruction for practice, experience  THEOLOGY Explanation; search for understanding Explanation; search for understanding

25. KEY PROCESS WORDS  KERYGMA-CATECHESIS-THEOLOGY  ONGOING ENCOUNTER  FRIENDSHIP (EXAMPLE)