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I see you like to yell! and can’t respond to what I post. The Catholic Church and its doctrines are all grounded in the Sacred Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition as expressed by the Church Fathers starting with St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Justin Martyr, Ireneaus,.....St. Ambrose of MIlan, St. Hillary of Potiers, St. Augustine, St. Basil, St.Jerome the firs 4 Councils of the early Church [Nicea-325AD, Constantinopile-381AD, Ephesus-431AD and Chalcedon-451AD].
Every Protestant tradition at some level [some more than others] is nothing more than a system based on the theological opinions of 16th century men such as Calvin, Zwingli, Thomas Crammer, Martin Luther.
So which Tradition is more “the teachings of a man” who elevated their own personal opinion to Dogmatic Truth. That is the Protestant groups and sects.
Those men went back to Scripture alone for the foundation for their faith.
The teachings and dogmas of men are things like placing *holy tradition* in the same level as Scripture, indulgences, annulments, fables about Mary, praying to anyone besides God, to name a few. All of which the Catholic church advocates, none of which Scripture supports.
The Catholic church is just basing itself on older traditions than it's accusing Protestantism of being based on. Age doesn't make right. Scripture does.
It's hypocritical to accuse Protestantism of being a false religion for being based on traditions of men when the Catholic church is based on the traditions of men itself. Just because they're older, doesn't mean they're right.