
There are traditions, then there are traditions, and then you have traditions. Some are condemned in scripture, and some are exalted. The important thing is to separate one from another.
What is condemned is the traditions of man, the trappings of this world and our corrupt culture.
Col 2:8
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.
However, Jesus taught the apostles by preaching, and the apostles didn't write down everything that they were to hand down to us.
1Cor 11:2
I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you.
2Thess 2:14
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours
Blanket condemnations of "tradition" just won't hold water. Especially since everyone who claims to hold to "scripture alone" needs to accept at least one tradition before they can understand what "scripture" means.
Catholic Bible, with deuterocanon?
Protestant Bible, deuterocanon removed?
Book of Mormon?
The Koran?
Does sola scriptura include the table of contents?
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