[papertyger]

He sure sounds confident to me.

HE had reason to be confident. He didn’t put artificial restrictions on the Word of God.

As Paul said in 2 Thes. 2:15 “So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter [fn]from us.

[ealgeone]

>>He sure sounds confident to me.<<

HE had reason to be confident. He didn’t put artificial restrictions on the Word of God.

No He didn't....in fact, the Word tells us we can have confidence in our salvation in multiple places.

As Paul said in 2 Thes. 2:15 “So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter [fn]from us.

And what were those "traditions"?

The papacy? Nope.

Rome as the final authority? Nope

Praying to Mary? Nope

The Rosary? Nope

Transubstantiation? Nope.

Purgatory? Nope

Priests can't marry? Nope

I could go on, but as you can see all of those were much later developments of Roman Catholicism.....not the NT church.

[Elsie]

“So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter or from us.

Yup.

Too bad that so many CURRENT 'traditions' of the church were NEVER taught or even hinted at by the ECF's.