What does St. John Chrysostom say about tradition?

The answer

After saying that the apostles did not hand down everything in epistles, but also handed down many matters without writing them down, St. John Chrysostom adds, “both the one and the other are worthy of credit. Therefore let us think the tradition of the Church also worthy of credit. It is a tradition, seek no farther.”²⁴⁹

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

²⁴⁹ St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on 2 Thessalonians 4.4 (PG 62:488; NPNF I/13:390).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.