[marbren]

Is locution a doctrine of the RCC? I understand St. Teresa talked about it. MarkBsnr told me in another post that it was not doctrine, maybe yet. I am very interested. I do not know but, Thank God, God knows.

[Mad Dawg]

I’m gonna have to look. “Locution” is not a word that has, um, crossed my desk. Let me get back to you. Busy time right now.

[Mad Dawg]

Looky here.

When you get there use the browser FIND function to find "locution."

Is this the kind of thing we're discussing?

[MarkBsnr]

Is locution a doctrine of the RCC? I understand St. Teresa talked about it. MarkBsnr told me in another post that it was not doctrine, maybe yet. I am very interested. I do not know but, Thank God, God knows.

This falls under the category of private revelation and is not considered part of the Deposit of the Faith. The Catechism says:

67 Throughout the ages, there have been so-called "private" revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church.

This means that while they may actually be from God and relevant to our lives, we as Catholics are not required to believe in them as core Christianity.

[MarkBsnr]

Is locution a doctrine of the RCC? I understand St. Teresa talked about it. MarkBsnr told me in another post that it was not doctrine, maybe yet. I am very interested. I do not know but, Thank God, God knows.

This falls under the category of private revelation and is not considered part of the Deposit of the Faith. The Catechism says:

67 Throughout the ages, there have been so-called "private" revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church.

This means that while they may actually be from God and relevant to our lives, we as Catholics are not required to believe in them as core Christianity.