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To: Salvation
Holy Tradition is also God’s word

Nope. Tradition is simply tradition. The Jews at the time of Jesus had a lot of traditions, many of which were good, but some which contradicted God's word and for which Jesus corrected them for:

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? (Matt 5:3)

Paul also tells us in Colossians 2:7-9 to

"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ"

Traditions can be useful in reminding us of God and our duty to Him. However they should never be made burdensome and never be made to contradict or overrule the Scripture itself.

51 posted on 06/15/2015 3:27:37 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Are you looking at tradition as the things you might do every Christmas or Easter?

That’s not the tradition we are talking about here.

How did Paul know that Jesus had appeared to 500 people after his Resurrection? It is not in any Gospel.

There is also a quote of Paul’s quoting Jesus, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

But you will not find that in any Gospel either.

Holy Tradition is inspired by the Holy Spirit for one individual to speak the truth to another individual. How else did Paul find out about these things?


52 posted on 06/15/2015 4:24:02 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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