According to Catholicism did "Sacred Tradition" include Gnostic sources?
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No, just as using the notion of ousía to define the doctrine of the Holy Trinity does not mean that the Nicene Fathers considered Platonic or Aristotelian thought to be part of Apostolic Tradition [1], or just as using the notion of hypostasis with God the Father does not mean that the author of Hebrews considered Stoic and/or Epicurean thought to be part of Divine Revelation [2] [3].
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[1] Deriving then from the verb "to be", ousía enters the Greek philosophical discourse with Plato, who uses it to mean the primary, fundamental kind of being, ("prōtē ousíā", pl. "prôtai ousíai"), with Aristotle afterwards using it with the same meaning.
[2] Hypostasis may have been introduced in the Greek philosophical discourse either by the Stoic Poseidonius (c. 135 BC - c. 51 BC) according to some, or by the Epicurean Demetrius Lacon (fl. late 2nd century BC) according to others, in both cases with the meaning of objective or concrete existence or reality.
[3] I reviewed at some length the previous two points in sections 1 and 2 of my article at Ousía and hypostasis from the philosophers to the councils .
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