[Mrs. Don-o]

Absent Tradition, I perceive a big hole at the very outset of the historic evidence. You need an explanation for the authority of the Church in the transmission of the faith before there was a written NT.

I am convinced there is an explanation. Tagline.

[mountn man]

Absent Tradition, I perceive a big hole at the very outset of the historic evidence. You need an explanation for the authority of the Church in the transmission of the faith before there was a written NT.

And that ladies and gentleman is the answer to the $64,000 question.

The Catholic church feels they need authority, so they MAKE STUFF UP and call it "TRADITION" and then when questions arise, they point back to "tradition" and when questions about traditions arise they again point to traditions.

Circular reasoning.

We can look to the Bible for authority, because its the Word of God. We can't rely solely on tradition, because it's stuff just made up along the way. Traditions can be USEFUL, but SHOULD NEVER be put on equal footing as scripture or referenced as extra Biblical AUTHORITY.

It amounts to saying "I have authority because of Traditions."
And then when someone asks "Where do the traditions come from?"
And then the first person answers saying "Me!"