Catholicism's perversion of many truths of the Christian faith HAVE been refuted countless times. That some RCs refuse to even consider it is possible is the REAL problem. There are some traditions Catholics believe that have no basis in Scripture and DO contradict Scripture. Those traditions that are backed up BY Scripture (i.e., the Trinity, the virgin birth, Christ's deity) happen to be the ones that Protestants agree with RCs on. Some RCs have a false idea of what sola Scriptura means and that is also a problem since they think their church can decide whatever they want is "sacred tradition" and they MUST obey. That is what Jesus meant when He rebuked the Pharisees of His day - they nullified God's word BY their traditions.
The Torah was Oral and then written to supplement the oral traditions, not the other way around, and the early Christians, being Jewish, did likewise. See St. Paul’s letter to Corinthians. Protestants do not understand handed down oral tradition and so they do not understand either Judaism or Christianity who use both methods. Therefore, their arguments are useless due to utter lack of perspective.
That's a bigoted way of seeing one's opponents. Just presume they aren't capable of understanding something and it explains why they are wrong about everything. Malarkey! It is understood very well that whatever traditions are determined to be salvific (must be believed to be saved) must also be found in God's word. Most of the traditions Protestants reject of the RCC are those that are not Apostolic nor found anywhere in Scripture. The early Christians held to a rule of faith that was always believed by everyone, everywhere. If it is something crucial to our faith, it WILL be found in divine revelation.
The Jews understood this principle quite well and they believed God when He called them to obedience to His word. He spelled it all out to them and left nothing to guess work. Why would He change that dynamic with Christians???
Catholics have always had to defend their beliefs since before the bible was even written - St. Paul persecuted the early Christians when he was Saul.
CHRISTIANS have always defended their faith because they passed on the truths Jesus taught to his Apostles and which these disciples ensured were written down through the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit and the truth was confirmed by changed lives and hearts and miracles. Within a decade after Christ's ascension, the epistles began to be written and dispersed, not to mention, the books of the Old Testament were also taught and honored because they were seen as the word of God - His divine revelation to man. St. Paul, because he was a Jewish pharisee, was convicted on the truth of Jesus as the Messiah when He appeared to him after the resurrection. Paul knew the prophecies about the Messiah and he used those writings in his preaching of the gospel to other Jews and Gentiles. There is power in the WORD.
When traditions are also backed up by Scripture, they too are powerful.
Actually it is a completely accurate statement, If prots did understand they would be Catholics.
Just presume they aren't capable of understanding something and it explains why they are wrong about everything.
Not everything, just those things that contradict the Catholic Church. Remember EVERYTHING good and true that prots know about God has come from the Catholic Church.
“Traditions backed up by Scripture...”
All of Catholic traditions are backed up by Scripture; they predated scripture, as a matter of fact. There are scriptural proof texts for all of them. You can go to the apologetics websites yourself rather than asking me to cut and paste.
The defense for Catholic theology is sound and it is IN SCRIPTURE.