[Cronos]

Bottom line. The Bereans checked with scripture to see if even what Paul and Silas taught was true.

yup, with OT scripture

They took the Apostolic Tradition preached by Paul and Silas (handed down to them) and cross-verified with scripture

That's downright orthodox of them

instead, why does your philosophy reject the Berean way of accepting Christ's teachings handed down via the Apostolic Tradition?

Be like the Bereans

The Bereans did NOT stick to cynical personal interpretation and listened to Paul and Silas. They referred to scripture but accepted the ORAL teachings of Paul and Silas. And they believed.

The Thessalonians stuck to cynical personal interpretation and rejected the oral teachings of Paul and Silas.

[CynicalBear]

>>The Bereans did NOT stick to cynical personal interpretation and listened to Paul and Silas. They referred to scripture but accepted the ORAL teachings of Paul and Silas. And they believed.<<

But now we DO have the writings of the apostles as scripture and unlike the followers of the RCC we know that new revelation and teaching is NOT given to the RCC by Christ as it was to the apostles. Only Catholics, Mormons, Muslims and the like believe that there is new revelation.

[Elsie]

They referred to scripture but accepted the ORAL teachings of Paul and Silas. And they believed.

And yet, when others refer to scripture and find that ROME has some ORAL stuff that ain't there, and they DON'T 'believe' it; you guys get all huffy!

Too bad!