so the average newly formed Christian is going to MEMORIZE scripture....O.K., where does he get the scripture to Memorize???? well lets say he/she is in the world of religious service or academia....he/she has access to Jewish scrolls and has heard of the newly formed Christian groups. He/she meets with them , talks with them, and begins to learn what they believe................you now have what Catholics know as tradition, which you constantly poo-poo!!
No; you don't.
You have Bereans that actually CHECK the existing Scripture to see if what these bozos are trying to convince you of is CORRECT.
The synagogue. I'm sure they heard it on a weekly basis.
Those Jews in those days HAD to be familiar with God's Word. Otherwise they would not know the Law to obey it.
he/she has access to Jewish scrolls and has heard of the newly formed Christian groups. He/she meets with them , talks with them, and begins to learn what they believe................you now have what Catholics know as tradition, which you constantly poo-poo!!
Not at all what Catholics call tradition, because the tradition that Catholics hold to contradicts Scripture.
The teaching they had out of Scripture was out of Scripture, which is not tradition. What you're describing as happening is what the rest of us recognize as a Bible study.
Studying Scripture, not handing down fairy tales by word of mouth.