ACTS 17:11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
ACTS 17:11 Now the Catholics were of more noble character than the Protestants, for they received the message with great skepticism and asked the Church every day if what Paul said was true to Tradition¹.
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Thanks for dropping in, Steve.
Two Questions:
1. Do you disagree with any of the doctrines stated in this unit of the catechism - I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER.
2. Read these passages: 2 Tim 2:2 “What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”
2 Thes 2:15 “Stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter,” and
1 Cor 11:2 “Maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.”
They certainly look to me as if they support the idea of a sacred tradition apart from Scripture. If the Bible is literally true, how do you understand this apart from the idea of a sacred tradition.
An Observation:
During the first 1,500 years of Christendom there were no printing presses. Bibles were hand copied by monks. Each monastery had a large room called a scriptorium. Each monk would sit at a desk hand copying a page of Sacred Scripture. It took one monk three years to produce a single Bible. The monasteries produced Bibles so that priests could read them to their mostly illiterate congregations. For 1,500 years virtually all Scripture reading and teaching was done by Catholic priests. It is inconceivable that Jesus, who promised that, Mt 16:18 “... the powers of death shall not prevail against it,” and, Mt 28:20 “I am with you always,” allowed fifteen centuries, 60 generations, of His followers to pass into eternity without true teaching.