**There was also no Scripture regarding the truth of the issue. So they appealed to the authority of the Holy Spirit in council. The Catholic Church has followed this model ever since.**
The First Council of the Catholic Church — the Council of Jerusalem.
As an Orthodox Christian, I’m not going to argue the case of paradosis and its role as Christian Tradition (as opposed to tradition with a small “t”). I’m on your side with that, since the only ones who’d argue the issue would be Protestants or Evangelicals. My only concern here is the use of the term “Catholic”, and whether you mean “Roman” or not. The Jerusalem Council was conciliar and not strictly Roman. It was held in Jerusalem, not Rome, so it would be perhaps best to call it “catholic” (i.e. whole/complete) in the sense that it was held as infallible by the Church as a whole. What I think is a little unfair is to gloss over the fact that the Christian Church was a unified whole for 1000 years, before the Schism. I don’t think the Eastern Orthodox would appreciate themselves being called Roman Catholic. Not trying to argue, just stating a point. Peace.