Deposit of faith

[1] Pope John XXIII referred to "the deposit of faith" (il deposito della Fede) in his opening speech at the Second Vatican Council."[3] They are interpreted and transmitted through the magisterium, the teaching authority of the Catholic Church, which is entrusted to the pope and to the bishops in communion with him.[4] On the occasion of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II issued the apostolic constitution Fidei depositum, in which he said: "Guarding the deposit of faith is the mission which the Lord has entrusted to his Church and which she fulfils in every age."[5] According to Catholic theology, divine revelation ended with the death of the last apostle, John.[6] The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "Even if the Revelation is already complete, it has not been made fully explicit; it remains for Christian faith gradually to grasp its full significance over the course of the centuries".
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