Have the liturgies taken anything from holy tradition?

The answer

Tradition is the source of our Church liturgies of Baptism, Eucharist, Marriage, etc. At the same time, these liturgies are themselves tradition at its highest degree of power and sanctity.²⁶³ For in their entirety, they sanctify the mystery of Christianity in its perfection. They do not teach us the mystery, but bring us into real relationship with it.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

²⁶³ J. N .D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, 4th ed. (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1968): pp. 48–49.

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.