It sounds better to say "sacred tradition" rather than "There is no scripture to back it up".
It sounds better to say "sacred tradition" rather than "There is no scripture to back it up".
But then, that's the rub isn't it? For nowhere does the Bible tell us "Bible alone." Of course, at this point, you'll cite the Bereans and how they were so approved for testing Paul's teaching against scripture.
But I often wonder, did Paul teach them that which he taught the Corinthians when he noted that the Israelites in the time of Moses all drank the same spritual drink from the same spiritual Rock that followed them in the desert and that that Rock was Christ?
The reason why I find this interesting is because there is nothing in the Old Testament which tells us the Rock followed them in the desert. There was, however, within Jewish oral tradition at that time a belief that the Rock followed them in the desert. Hence, St. Paul is drawing on this oral tradition in teaching the Corinthians. I wonder, Stephen, would you take St. Paul to task for teaching something withoug 'scripture to back it up?'