[GonzoII]

"They made the same claim to the authority of tradition that many Roman Catholics make, and it blinded them to Christ."

You're mistaking tradition small "t" with Tradition capital "T" the former man made but not ipso facto bad, and the latter God given therefor always good.

[redgolum]

But how do you tell the difference? The Jewish leaders in the first century thought that it was “T”radition, and that is why they could not believe that Jesus was the Christ. It was simply not possible to their Tradition. They claimed the authority of the seat of Moses, and of the oral tradition handed down from Moses. They also believed that their Tradition was handed down from God to them alone. Yet they were obviously wrong.