[jo kus]

Inspired writing came first, tradition next.

You disappoint me. I had thought you realized that the Church's teachings began BEFORE the "inspired writings" came to be... For the New Testament, this was AT LEAST 20 years, and for the Old Testament, in some cases, it was HUNDREDS of years...

God has always taught through His People, the Church. The books came later, but the People are the official interpretators of these Scriptures and it is THEY who vouch for these letters and their authenticate teachings. Or do you believe in the Da Vinci code?

Regards

[HarleyD]

but the People are the official interpretators of these Scriptures

People throughout the ages have either unintentionally or deliberately misrepresented God's word. People are poor interpretators of the word simply because of our corrupt nature.

1Ki 22:24-25 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of Jehovah go from me to speak to you? And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day when you shall go into an inner room to hide yourself.