The burden of proof lies with those who propose novelty. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church authenticated its teaching by reference to its scripture in the context of history. No Christian ever thought to question this basic understanding of reality.
It was not until Northern Europe grew under the Church from a state of barbarism to an advanced, prosperous civilization with a moveable type press that it discarded history. The scholastic linear logic that had sufficed in simpler times became passe. Everybody "modern" was obviously much smarter than those old medieval simpletons. Suddenly, the long-established truths became mere playthings bandied about by the new sophisticates. Every blacksmith and merchant had become wiser than the Fathers and Doctors by reading Luther's new mistranslation.
The avant garde of the Sixteenth Century were putty in the hands of the liberal press, just as they are today.
Nice try, but the burden BEFORE GOD and men is on the one adding their traditions to HIS WORD..
The church Father did not have agreement on every "tradition" that has been "added" ...There is NO reference in history or in scripture to these added traditions they are made up from old wives tales , fables and imagination ...
Every blacksmith and merchant had become wiser than the Fathers and Doctors by reading Luther's new mistranslation.
And every pope has became god and declared what is not written as truth... even simple merchants and blacksmith and fishermen can see that
Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God.. The "simple" man's bible opened his ears and eyes to the truth of Gods words..
It is noteworthy that Jesus did not select the educated Pharisees to build the church, but simple fishermen
1Cr 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;