I can appreciate your position. Your security in what is authentic Christianity rests on a methodology you have created for yourself. Otherwise, you would have to have faith.
I can corroborate the written word (i.e. I can know that this is what was written by the apostles). Unfortunately, I cannot corroborate any similar basis for purely orally propogated tradition which may or may not hearken back to the time and tradition of the apostles.I can appreciate your position. Your security in what is authentic Christianity rests on a methodology you have created for yourself. Otherwise, you would have to have faith.
My FAITH is in JESUS, nothing more, nothing less.