Author elucidates the role of the body in the faithful preservation of tradition. Following St. Irenaeus, Author maintains that the apostolic testimony is remembered throughout the ages of the Church by the sacramental incorporation of her members into Christ’s life. „The sacraments are, therefore, the place where tradition is realized, that is, the communication of the Gospel; and they are this place inasmuch as they contain this same corporeal Gospel, since they incorporate us in different ways into the Body of Christ.” Marriage has a unique role among the sacraments in this handing on of Christ in the flesh: in the begetting and rearing in which it bears fruit, the love of spouses offers the natural foundation for all human tradition. This insight, Author goes on to show, has implications for the reception of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia.
