“either by word of mouth or by letter”
Translation: Tradition AND Scripture.
When did or begin to mean and?
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...