I John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
He is coming again, in power and glory. We have His word on it.
The Word of God, the Bible, along with a hermeneutic informed by sacred tradition, is our only faithful source of truthful revelation.
This is saying that even though the Bible is the final and ultimate authority for Christian faith and practice, it still must be understood. That is, the Bible’s authoritative teaching resides in the message it conveys – not the physical book itself.
How that message has been historically received and understood is where sacred tradition comes in.
