The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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PART 1, SECTION 1, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2, SUBSECTION 2, HEADING 1

One common source. . .

80 "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal." ⁴⁰ Each of them makes present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to remain with his own "always, to the close of the age". ⁴¹