Sacred Tradition or Holy Tradition is a technical theological term used in some
Christian traditions, primarily in the
Roman Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox traditions, to refer to the fundamental basis of church
dogma. The term refers to belief that these churches hold, that the "depositum fidei", or "deposit of faith" was communicated by
Jesus Christ to his first followers, and has been passed down (Latin tradere, to hand over or hand down) through succeeding generations of those followers (
apostolic succession), represented by the church. The church as a community, therefore, was the initial receiver, and has remained the guardian and codifier, of Sacred Tradition.
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