[NKP_Vet]

“either by word of mouth or by letter”

Translation: Tradition AND Scripture.

[OneWingedShark]

>> “either by word of mouth or by letter” > > Translation: Tradition AND Scripture. What? Why would it refer to tradition? Word-of-mouth would have been an acceptable communication format when the cost for an entire set of [old testament] scriptures would have been years of work [link, granted that his work was impeded by health issues and the whole bible].

[CynicalBear]

When did or begin to mean and?

[Iscool]

“either by word of mouth or by letter”

Translation: Tradition AND Scripture.

Naw...You might get away with perverting the scriptures in front of each other but not here...

It does not say 'tradition' and 'scripture'...

it says traditions; whether by word, or our epistle.

The oral is the tradition...The letter is the tradition...

So to put that in a Catholic context, we are to stand fast to the Catholic oral tradition or the bible written tradition...Not both...Which ever one we happened to hear...