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A great resource that any literate Catholic can use is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. More advanced students will also use the writings of the Church Fathers as well as “the living Tradition of the whole Church” in general (CCC 112), which would encompass the Church’s constant teaching, including its organic and faithful development over time and the biblical writings’ historical use and proclamation in the Church’s liturgy (see also CCC 112, 114, 78).
The Church’s constant teaching, particularly as expressed through ecumenical councils such as the Councils of Nicaea and Trent, and Vatican I and II, serves as a reliable interpretive beacon, as do the faithful writings of the saints, including Doctors of the Church and other great theologians in Church history.
The Catechism encapsulates this living Tradition in its pages, but more advanced students will want to follow the footnotes and delve even deeper.