This ties in with the question of what constitutes apostolic tradition. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that this tradition is given "by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, by the institutions they established, what they themselves had received – whether from the lips of Christ, from his way of life and his works, or whether they had learned it at the prompting of the Holy Spirit".
this ties in with the question of what constitutes apostolic tradition the catechism of the catholic church states that this tradition is given "by the apostles who handed on by the spoken word of their preaching by the example they gave by the institutions they established what they themselves had received – whether from the lips of christ from his way of life and his works or whether they had learned it at the prompting of the holy spirit"