Didn’t you basically write this piece last weekend or is it just my imagination?
I wrote a sermon on this topic for this past Sunday:
"Tradition! Tradition!" (Sermon on Mark 7:1-13)
Yes, my sermon made many of the same points as in this article.
But when the Roman Catholic author writes, "Protestant Reformers of the 16th century thought they could purify the church by leaving behind ecclesiastical traditions and customs," he is painting with too broad a brush. I am a Lutheran pastor--a traditional, liturgical, sacramental Lutheran pastor--and I can tell you that Luther retained most traditions and customs, generally only correcting those abuses that needed to be reformed for the sake of the gospel.