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Of course they are not immune, that is why all three; Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium are needed. Together they insulate one another against intentional and unintentional distortion of the revealed Word.

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What UNMITIGATED FANTASY!

Scripture ALONE has the least bit of integrity of those 3.

!!!!TRADITIONS!!!! OF MEN! are not reliable enough to direct much of anything theological more than 5 consecutive minutes running.

And the bureaucratic clique of self-serving, self-righteous, magicsterical power-mongers is even more unreliable. Greed, power-mongering and ignorance piled on top of greed, power-mongering, ignorance and personal turf, personal kingdom building. What a stench.

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Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium

Let's look at these 3 words.

Scripture, the inerrant Word of God.

Tradition, customs practiced for a long time. The Spartans had a custom/tradition of killing deformed babies. So it's easy to see that just because something is a custom doesn't mean it's good, or true.

Magisterium, a bunch of old men who were politically astute enough to rise to the top of a hierarchy. The Politburo of the former USSR was a bunch of old men who rose to the top of a hierarchy and they sure were not good.

So if I'm looking at the 3 words for the source of Truth I know what I'll rely on.