[CynicalBear]

>>Unless you demonstrate that something WAS a tradition at the time of the Apostles, it was not Apostolic Tradition. Until you demonstrate that, you have not answered the question.<<

Exactly! And all they are left with is faith in men relying on word of mouth passed through untold generations. Even secular laws understand that to be unreliable.

[metmom]

ampu:>>Unless you demonstrate that something WAS a tradition at the time of the Apostles, it was not Apostolic Tradition. Until you demonstrate that, you have not answered the question.<<

cb:Exactly! And all they are left with is faith in men relying on word of mouth passed through untold generations. Even secular laws understand that to be unreliable.

It would certainly not hold up in a court of law.

Pretty sad, isn't it, when the secular world has higher standards for integrity and reliability than the church?

Just another example of the world outdoing the church when it should be the other way around.