For those Protestants:
Tradition is NOT more important than Scripture, it is COMPLEMENTARY to Scripture. The Bible didn't arrive by fax from God, and Jesus passed his teachings orally to His Apostles, who in turn passed it verbally on to their own students and disciples in Christ, LONG before any of it was written down. Paul's epistles were written 30-50 years after Jesus died, and the Gospels 50-100 years after He died.
Where was Scripture in that time? Oops, there wasn't any in the New Testament! Did Christianity disappear in between when Jesus died and the New Testament was written? Most Protestants think so, but if you are able to open your eyes and do a bit of research, you will see that TRADITION CAME DIRECTLY FROM JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND IS THE FIRST BASIS OF CHRISTIANITY AFTER HIS DEATH.
Guess what? The Catholics and Orthodox had it right all along.
Research, logic and questioning the accepted status quo isn't a sin, but ignorance, is!
2007-10-16
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