Why Does The Catholic Church Accept Traditions? [Ecumenical]

Q. Tradition is condemned in the Bible so why does the Cathlic Church base some of its doctrines on it?

A. Some people think the verses below condemn tradition and therefore, the Catholic Church.

Matthew 15:3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Mark 7: 9 And he said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[a] your own traditions!
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

However, in scripture there are two types of tradition–human and apostolic. Some human traditions are bad because they oppose the true faith. Jesus condemns human tradition that negates the commandments of God and St. Paul warns the Colossians about deceptive philosophy based upon human tradition.

But, then in the verses below we see St. Paul commending and exhorting his readers to hold firmly to the traditions that he had taught them.

1 Corinthians 11:2 I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

The Catholic Church follows St. Paul and continues to hold to and teach the Tradition received from the apostles.

To clarify: In the Catholic Church what is meant by Tradition with a capital “T” or when we speak about the authority of scripture and Tradition it is nothing less than the Teaching of the Apostles. This is the Faith as taught and handed down from the apostles of Jesus Christ. It does not refer to anything less. Scared Scripture itself is Apostolic Tradition. The New Testament contains the Teaching of the Apostles or Tradition .

The Canon of Scripture is also a Tradition since none of the sacred authors were inspired to write a Table of Contents for the Bible.

My friend, if you have ever called your own male parent"father," you have thereby done yourself the exact same thing for which you condemn Catholics corporately. Did you ever call your father "father," or not? if you have , how did you make this square with Matthew 23:9? Or, put another way, how is the Catholic Church condemned for doing that which you do yourself? Don't say "Calling your parent 'father' is different." The quote you gave seems to be a blanket prohibition, and you certainly present it as such for our edification...so, what's the deal with you personally?

Context, and an understanding of the tendency of Hebrew and Aramaic toward hyperbole to make up for the languages' lack of capability for nuance, can both be your friend, here. Have you ever taken Jesus' words to heart, and plucked out your eye or cut off your hand, as He seems to order under circumstances laid out in Matthew 5:29-30? If you haven't, and I assume such is the case, do you plead "context" leading to His use of exaggeration to make the point? Just so...

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