Nor has any FReeper ever established that Catholic premise justifies the demand for blanket acceptance of anything the Catholic church deems as "sacred tradition" as truth sent from God.
Even if, *IF*, "Sacred Tradition" was a legitimate basis for determining truth, Catholics are still in a position of having to prove that everything they claim is from God really is, including praying to the dead, praying for the dead, sacraments etc.
And the same authority of the "sensus fidelium" --- "big-T Tradition," the actual practice of the actual churches of Asia, Africa and Europe--- which gave us the Canon of Scripture, gave us also the Sacraments, praying for the dead, praying with the Saints in Heaven, veneration for Beata Maria Semper Virgineand other beliefs and practices still carried on by over a billion Christians to the present day
Over a billion CATHOLICS everyday.
Or are you presuming that everyone is supposed to be a Catholic is truly a Christian?
Yes...AND, the only true and COMPLETE form of Christianity on Earth.