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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Traditions are fine, if they are subject to the authority of Scripture - not forbidden, nor prohibited, nor contradicted.

Then we Catholics are good. : )

As to the passage of Scripture you quoted, we have no list of those traditions Paul referred to. As such, none of the traditions you hold to are known Apostolic traditions.

It is from the teaching of the Church that we know what are the Apostolic Traditions. Church history bears this out. If we were to insist that they be listed in the Bible then they would be Scripture, not Tradition.

Most arose later in history.

More aptly applied to Protestant traditions that arose 1500 years after our Lord.

25 posted on 04/01/2017 2:41:20 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

“It is from the teaching of the Church that we know what are the Apostolic Traditions. Church history bears this out. If we were to insist that they be listed in the Bible then they would be Scripture, not Tradition.”

There is no list in existence of the traditions Paul referenced. If there were traditions directly from the Apostles, we’d have a historical record from before 100ad. We simply do not.


26 posted on 04/01/2017 3:16:53 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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