[John Leland 1789]

1) It clearly indicated that it was never practiced.

2) That Tradition is not of men but of God:

"When you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God" (1 Thess. 2:13).

tradition:

2 : the process of handing down information, opinions, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example : transmission of knowledge and institutions through successive generations without written instruction

--Webster's Unabridged

The purpose of those kinds of definitions is merely so that a religious organization can teach anything that will tend to give power to itself and subject others to it.

Nothing there refutes Sola Scriptura.

[GonzoII]

"The purpose of those kinds of definitions is merely so that a religious organization can teach anything that will tend to give power to itself and subject others to it. "

The Catholic Church preaches the Word freely and those who desire to accept it must do it freely. What else does the Catholic Church have to expect but ridicule from the world for its teachings. Worldly respect? No way.

[Natural Law]

"Nothing there refutes Sola Scriptura."

I have yet to see any proponent of Sola Scriptura defend it as Scriptural in origin or to supply any Scripture that affirms the position that 100% of the Revealed Word of God is contained in Scripture. Further, there is nothing in Scripture that establishes or defines Canon or provides a listing of the limited number of works from among the hundreds of contemporary works that comprise Scripture.