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To: vladimir998
Your premise can only be the following: “Gee, we all know Catholics make stuff up so when they cite St. Paul on tradition they must assume he meant that it was okay to make up stuff and pass it off as sacred tradition.” Isn’t that what your suggesting?

I'm suggesting that you open yourselves up to that accusation when you justify every tradition that's come down over the last 2000 years by claiming that Paul proactively okayed it with his statement regarding traditions that had been established up to that point.

By the way, I don't have any problem with new traditions developing, as long as they don't contradict scripture (which is, incidentally, the actual meaning of sola scriptura, in contrast to the way it tends to be misportrayed in these debates).

97 posted on 07/14/2014 11:22:17 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: william clark

“I’m suggesting that you open yourselves up to that accusation when you justify every tradition that’s come down over the last 2000 years by claiming that Paul proactively okayed it with his statement regarding traditions that had been established up to that point.”

Okay, so I was right - the premise I posted seems to be your premise. Now, about your comment above: What does it matter if we open ourselves up to FALSE accusations by ignorant people? If we have done what is right in the eyes of God what does it matter if fools think we have done something wrong? Remember, it’s a false accusation. We are more than willing to suffer the slings and arrows of those who hate Christ or His Church.

“By the way, I don’t have any problem with new traditions developing, as long as they don’t contradict scripture (which is, incidentally, the actual meaning of sola scriptura, in contrast to the way it tends to be misportrayed in these debates).”

I have no problem with new traditions either - as long as they are small “t” traditions. The Advent Wreathe is a new tradition Catholics borrowed from Protestants. I don’t have a problem with that. That’s not the kind of Tradition we’re talking about.


105 posted on 07/14/2014 11:36:42 AM PDT by vladimir998
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