What does the term Tradition really mean? Is it opposed to the Bible? The sola scriptura principle of the Protestant Reformation assumed it was — here we examine this assumption in the light of a few key scriptures. 

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.One of the great battle cries of the Protestant Reformation was “sola scriptura!” Many thought that the Catholic Church had cluttered up the simple Christian faith by adding all sorts of practices, customs and doctrines over the centuries. They thought the Church in their day was guilty of exactly the same Pharisaical obsession with traditions condemned by Jesus in Mark 7:1-23. The solution, it seemed, was simple. Let’s purify the Church by ditching all these traditions and keeping the Bible alone.

Tradition – that which is Handed Down …

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