[Mrs. Don-o]

Rom 1:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

SR, Thank you for your good thoughts, and even your good cut-and-pastes. I appreciate your time and also your insight.

Every reference to the "Gospel" in St. Paul --- certainly all which you quoted --- confirm the point about the essential role of tradition, since at the time Paul's letters were written, the entire Gospel was Oral Tradition.

I am referencing the generally agreed fact that Paul's Epistles were all written before his death (duh!) around 67 AD, and this was before at least 3 of the four gospels were written, and probably even before Mark.

This means people were constantly being urged to keep, cling to, follow, be faithful to, be obedient to, the Gospel as transmitted by Apostolic preaching. Which is what we mean by Oral or Apostolic Tradition.

[Elsie]

Which is what we mean by Oral or Apostolic Tradition.

Sure it is!

But a LOT more stuff gets swept under THAT rug, too!

[CynicalBear]

>>This means people were constantly being urged to keep, cling to, follow, be faithful to, be obedient to, the Gospel as transmitted by Apostolic preaching. Which is what we mean by Oral or Apostolic Tradition.<<

Then it would be required that proof be given that the teachings of the Catholic Church today are exactly what the apostles were teaching. That's not happening. That makes your statement above untrue.