The Infallibility of the Magisterium

Gideonye: Tradition in itself could never be authoritative unless the magisterium explicitly said that this particular aspect of the tradition is infallible. He says when we look at the church fathers u not every little detail of where they discuss tradition has been defined by the Magisterium a. Gideon: Scripture and tradition speak first, because they come to us from god. And then theologians and fathers and ordinary lay people read scripture and tradition, both of which are authoritative.