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To: Anthem

So I am assuming that you support the Bible only?

The nest two paragraphs continue to point to Holy Tradition.

** The “Reformers” read Jesus’ critique of the Pharisees’ traditions in this Sunday’s Gospel and thought they’d recognized the same pharisaical approach in the Church of their day. The solution, it seemed, was simple: Let’s purify the Church by ditching all these traditions and keep the Bible alone.

But if we read this portion of the Bible closely, the Lord is not telling us that tradition is a dirty word. His Apostle Paul, in fact, tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2:15 to “hold fast to the traditions you received from us, either by our word or by letter.”**

How do you interpret Paul's words then? What traiditon to you 'hold fast' to?


18 posted on 09/04/2006 9:36:49 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation
--So I am assuming that you support the Bible only?

No, I could probably be accurately described as heterodox. My point is why are we looking to Paul or David when we have Jesus' words on the subject? I am holding fast to his teaching.

As to Jesus reading Isaiah, he did as part of the traditional service, but his teaching directly after that was anything but traditional, thus their anger. The truth often makes people angry, especially when it shows the error in their tradition. The people in the synagogue revered Elijah, yet Jesus points out that few accepted him in his time.

20 posted on 09/04/2006 10:12:14 PM PDT by Anthem (One can not lie their way to the truth.)
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