ct, sorry, but your statement " the proliferation of verses condemning those who adhere to tradition over scripture" is wrong:
- Matt 15:2 "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread." --> that's not got anything to do with "tradition over scripture"
- and we have 1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
- 2 thess 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 Thess 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.
Now in contrast you will quote Col 2:8 according to the tradition of men -- or Mary 7:8 --> Jesus sometimes condemned customs or disciplines, but only if they were contrary to God’s commands, He didn't condemn sacred tradition nor even all human tradition
Sacred Tradition is the interpretation of Scripture as taught by Jesus Christ and handed down through the Apostles. That is why the earliest Christian texts like the Didache show the Mass celebrated in 70 AD in the same way we do now