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Who exactly is attacking scripture? I'm not. Read the article please

Scripture, by which we mean the Old and New Testaments, was inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16). The Holy Spirit guided the biblical authors to write what he wanted them to write. Since God is the principal author of the Bible, and since God is truth itself (John 14:6) and cannot teach anything untrue, the Bible is free from all error in everything it asserts to be true.

The notion, "The Bible is all I need," is not taught in the Bible itself. In fact, the Bible teaches the contrary idea (2 Pet. 1:20–21, 3:15–16). The "Bible alone" theory was not believed by anyone in the early Church.

It is new, having arisen only in the 1500s during the Protestant Reformation. The theory of SOLA Scriptura is a "tradition of men" that nullifies the Word of God, distorts the true role of the Bible, and undermines the authority of the Church Jesus established (Mark 7:1–8).

Sacred Tradition should not be confused with mere traditions of men, which are more commonly called customs or disciplines. Jesus sometimes condemned customs or disciplines, but only if they were contrary to God’s commands (Mark 7:8). He never condemned sacred Tradition, and he didn’t even condemn all human tradition.

Sacred Tradition and the Bible are not different or competing revelations. They are two ways that the Church hands on the gospel. Apostolic teachings such as the Trinity, infant baptism, the inerrancy of the Bible, purgatory, and Mary’s perpetual virginity have been most clearly taught through Tradition, although they are also implicitly present in (and not contrary to) the Bible. The Bible itself tells us to hold fast to Tradition, whether it comes to us in written or oral form (2 Thess. 2:15, 1 Cor. 11:2).

Sacred Tradition should not be confused with customs and disciplines, such as the rosary, priestly celibacy, and not eating meat on Fridays in Lent. These are good and helpful things, but they are not doctrines. Sacred Tradition preserves doctrines first taught by Jesus to the apostles and later passed down to us through the apostles’ successors, the bishops.

The WORD OF GOD is Christ and glory be to God alone. The WORD of GOD is not just ONLY scriptures -- and I am objecting to that man-made tradition called "SOLA Scriptura". The Word of God is more, much, much more.

Thanks for your reply, but I still believe you are attacking Christ. Your first part regarding the inerrancy of Scripture is correct. The nullification of Scripture by the Traditions of Men is not.

The sinfulness of man and his suppression of the truth (Romans 1) indicates that man by his very nature will use tradition, just as the Pharasees did to nullify the Word of God. He warned the severely regarding even on the simple part of giving a gift to the synagog rather to parents.

God's Word is indeed written by God and is preserved by God despite the Traditions of man; including a ban on Scripture (which was an attempt to ban Christ).

The attack upon Christ here is upon His preeminence and an attempt to supplant the Holy Scriptures with the Traditions of Men.