Paradosis or handing
on or down of Divine Revelation is
affirmed in Sacred
Scripture. Hence, it must be found in some
contiguous historical form
from age to age. Catholic Christians
believe that the promise of
the Spirit of Truth to guide believers
in truth is found in the
constant faith of the Church as preserved
in the writings of the Post-Apostolic
Fathers.
The term
"Post-Apostolic Fathers" is the name given by the
Christian Church to the writers
who established Christian
doctrine before the 8th
century. The writings of the Fathers
or Patristic Literature
synthesized Christian doctrine as found
in the Bible, especially the
gospels, the writings of the Apostolic
Fathers, ecclesiastical
dictums, and decisions of the Church
councils.