May God bless you and keep you in protecting and safeguarding the Faith

Well done Karlo and Cy. Keep up the great work! Robert from Sydney, Australia.

2 Thessalonians 3:6, the Greek Lemma, “paradosis,” usually translated, “tradition,” in English, is strangely rendered, “teachings” in the NIV. In the Tyndale, Coverdale and Geneva translations, the word is rendered, “instruction.”

Hello Greets, Love & Blessings from Austria-Vienna. I admire your work and your love, patient, tenderness and attitude you are all having and showing. It is all appreciated a lot and prayers for you and and highly reward for all in heaven and on earth. (english isnt my language but trying my best). what your work and whole attitude amazes me most is that at least on youtube sometimes it seem that protesters mainly trying to make their choosen name honor and to protest and even worst to me it seem like even if JESUS CHRISTUS himself would told and explained them they wouldnt want to believe almost choose too like the pharisee ... and therefore that you are still working to help them in such an Lovely, tender and patient way is admireable for me and i wanted to tell you this that you are an big role model and inspiration. please pray for us/keep us in your prayers, specialy for the addicts - maybe at Holy Mass or one Rosary , the smallest Line is thankfull appreciated. be sure you are all in ours allways 🌹 threw the Immaculat Heart of our most beloved Mediatrix Most HOLY Mother Maria 🌹in the ALLMIGHTY Name of JESUS CHRISTUS ✝️🌹🕊️Amen🌈📿 Ave Maria🌹

Regarding 2Tim@-17, i noticed Prots stress the qualifiers attributed to the man of God ("complete" and "fully" and "every") but fail to stress the qualifer attributed to Scripture which is "All". The qualifier "All" leaves open the possibility of other things being inspired of God. Stressing the qualities of the man of God does not teach Sola Scriptura. Let me give an example: All military documents and manuals are useful/profiitable for making a soldier complete, fully equiped for every military duty. The above does not mean Sola Manual. Soldiers need Military leadership, training, battle field Intel and much more. Prot's only source of Truth is Scripture and yet they don't even understand basic grammatical logic. 2 Pet 3:16 "as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures."

This is proper exegesis. Thank you.

The word of God is the sacred traditions.

✝✝✝✝😀The early church had writings that we don't have today. Papias of Hierapolis had wrote the five books of the sayings of the Lord. We don't have them now. He got them from men that knew the Lord directly by word of mouth not written scriptura. But we do have the tradition and can trust that he was a good bishop and Catholic brother.

It appears that what stands above scripture and tradition, is spiritual discernment, knowing God and charity. Paul makes it very clear that even if we knew and understood ALL mystries of God, but had not charity, it would be in vain, applying the same principle to faith, works, the gift of prophecy, the gifts of the spirit and sacrifices. And that makes a lot of sense, because charity is the purest form of love, and to love in that manner means to know God, and to know God in that manner means to have life eternal. So the scriptures and traditions, as well as revelations, all are given to learn about God in the hope it will lead to "knowing God"... but without spiritual discernment and charity, nothing is of lasting value and benefit..

Wow! Thank you Karlo!

There is no scripture in the Bible. This is Luther's delusion. Show me a passage in the Bible, where is Sola Scriptura? On the contrary, there is a tradition in the Bible. It begins with the sentence: "Now, brethren, keep ye the tradition which ye have received from us by word and by word." This corresponds to the history of the Church.

Regarding scripture as the only source of truth necessary for our salvation and spiritual life, here are some quotes from the church fathers and others: Irenaeus, “We have known the method of our salvation by no other means than those by whom the gospel came to us; which gospel they truly preached; but afterward, by the will of God, they delivered to us in the Scriptures, to be for the future the foundation and pillar of our faith,” Clement of Alexandria “They that are ready to spend their time in the best things will not give over seeking for truth until they have found the demonstration from the Scriptures themselves,” Origen “No man ought, for the confirmation of doctrines, to use books which are not canonized Scriptures,” St. Cyprian of Carthage “Whence comes this tradition? Does it descend from the Lord’s authority, or from the commands and epistles of the apostles? For those things are to be done which are there written . . . If it be commanded in the gospels or the epistles and Acts of the Apostles, then let this holy tradition be observed,” Athanasius “The Holy Scriptures, given by inspiration of God, are of themselves sufficient toward the discovery of truth. Athanasius (concerning the New Testament) "These are fountains of salvation, that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these alone is proclaimed the doctrine of godliness. Let no man add to these, neither let him take ought from these". Cyril of Jerusalem “Not even the least of the divine and holy mysteries of the faith ought to be handed down without the divine Scriptures. Do not simply give faith to me speaking these things to you except you have the proof of what I say from the divine Scriptures. For the security and preservation of our faith are not supported by ingenuity of speech, but by the proofs of the divine Scriptures,”

To those who claim all are given authority to interpret the scriptures: If my opinion on what the scripture says differs from billions of other Christians, who has the correct interpretation?

The traditions of men are, by their very nature, designed to orchestrate our lives in such a way that no one would violate the Laws given by God. But, God’s own laws are fashioned in such a way that no one can keep them perfectly. For example, one of the Laws of the Sabbath require that no one perform any ordinary work but there is also a law that says that on the eighth day after a male child is born the child must be circumcised. If a male child is born on the sixth day of the week (ie. Friday) then a rabbi must then violate the Sabbath law by performing a circumcision on the following Sabbath day. I think the greatest support for Sola Scriptura (though I do not agree with the precept) is Act. 17:2. Paul reasons, “from the scriptures” and not from tradition.

What traditions are sacred?

ive been doing a dive into this trying to help others understand this from a loving standpoint. Too often i feel Catholics get jaded by this conversation and theres always deep resentment and animosity in the conversation. I think if both sides are honest with the conversation that there could be a consensus reached. Sola Scriptura defended conversation. God has spoken, scripture is his revealed word of God. Gods word is found no where else. Scripture is the only thing the Church has that is God breathed. “well who do you think gave you those scriptures?” Moses gave us the law and formed the levitical priesthood and the profits gave us the rest. The Torah is the backbone of scripture. It predates the church and the church cannot survive without the Torah. Jesus and the 11+Paul quote and echo ONLY the Torah during their ministry. The early church after the Jewish 12 were Hebrew deficient and knew nothing of the Torah in detailed comparison to the Gospel. Given the Gospel is a fulfilled reference point of the Torah, it would be an impossibility for Torah deficient men to manifest the NT scriptures. The NT letters and scriptures were written and circulated by-the 11+ Paul while they were alive and well before 70ad with Jerusalem’s destruction. Peter and Paul both affirm this and Pauls writings echo this reality continually. “Well, without the Tradition of the early historical church you only have scripture and your own interpretations.” Scripture interprets its self through and analogy process and always has since Moses. Scripture validates its self. There was never a discouraged interpretive break in scriptural understanding like there is with Rome. Oral tradition over time warped the levitical priesthood to usurp the word of God for Tradition. This is why they missed it with Christ. Tradition expected a conquering King vs a savior of Sin. Christ NEVER condoned tradition and the apostles only likened tradition to the Gospel teachings. Never extra-biblical practices. “Well how do you know you are correct and history is wrong. By what standard do you measure truth?” The word of God is only understood by spirit filled believers in Christ. This is a radical difference between the believing and unbelieving. “The message of the cross is foolishness to those perishing, but to those being saved it is the Power of God. “ The power of God is available to those in repentant obedience. Those in dwelt by the spirit of God in Salvation. Those without forgiveness from the Cross cannot understand the mind of God or scripture. Those of only the flesh are blinded by the god or this world from seeing the light of the gospel. Therefore 2 types of people exist. Unbelieving - unable to understand scripture Believers - scripture is revealed by God by the spirit placed in you. The Text is clear and EASY to understand. The radically changed do not remain complacent but are transformed by the renewed mind and thrusted into holiness by convicted sanctification through the scriptures. And such individuals live God, and love their neighbor. When they love this way, argumentation becomes the sin in the way of fellowship. This is why those in-dwelt by the holy spirit are one church. Catholic, Protestant, all who trust in Christ. “Well, what about the 30,000 denominations. everyone sees things different. None of you are aligned” This is a classic uniformed perception perpetrated by argumentative politics designed to tear down others, so that they can only see One Direction. This is not an opinion from informed knowledge. Truth is revealed to the the person who’s contrite and broken before God. Truth is not revealed to the ambitious power hungry pastor looking to grow his numbers beyond depth to mega-size standards on the skewed scripture twisting of prosperity or themed churches like rapper churches. The message of Christ is the cross, and it’s one message, not an adaptive allegory meant to fit within the human social constructs. So, divergent spiritual views are only problematic in radical contrasts. Theres a major difference in the revealed Torah and Gospel message between the Mormon and Reformed Baptist or the Baptist and Red Hill Churches. Only one is Biblically Formed. ALL faiths must be tested against scripture. All Churches answer to scripture and the evidence of those who are spirit filled revealed will teach a pure rigid Gospel message word for word in holy Scripture WITHOUT personal opinion or side stories or conjecture. The Word of God is sharper than a 2 edge sword and fully sufficient for salvation. ALL must be measured by scripture. Churches who’s sole mission is the Gospel even in the face of congregational, dwindling or collapse are not only biblical but blessed. The Church is not measures by its numbers but by its message. MOST reformed non catholic denominations are unified in scripture with minor divergences like the rapture, communion or tribulation. If we all agree salvation is an inner spirit transformation and radical change by God through his son, minor diverging differences are meaningless until they compromise the message of the Cross. This is why 30,000 denominations are still worldly unified yet minorly different. Those TRULY born from above WITH an obvious radical heart/mind change recognize one another across the spectrum of religion, culture, race, age, gender.

I know that Jesus was tough on the commandment to honor your father and your mother because the people weren't caring for their elderly! Here we are in the 21st century...and people either put their elderly in a home to let "others" care for them! It's much easier then doing it ourselves, and putting our lives on hold for them! We forget very quickly what our parents put on hold for us..or how much they gave up for us! Or you get those who don't even bother with their care...and they should just be ashamed of themselves! Trust me...when they are gone..your gonna miss them more then you know! God bless our elderly! ♥

So writings of Paul is not Scripture, it's not the Bible?

I think Paul was talking about Mohammed....

Psalm 138:2 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. Job 23:12 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. I can’t find the scripture where tradition is elevated above God’s name or more necessary than one’s food.

This is what Sola Scriptura means: Luke 1:4 Scripture is what gives certainty of doctrine. John 5:39 We have eternal life from the Scriptures only because they bear witness about Christ. John 10:35 Scripture cannot be broken. John 20:31 The Gospel of John alone is enough to tell us what to believe so that we can have life in Jesus' name. John 22:24 The Gospel of John is a true testimony. No authority may contradict it. Acts 17:11 We are to examine the Scriptures daily to see if anything taught as doctrine is true. Acts 24:14 We are to believe everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets. Romans 15:4 Scripture was written for our instruction to encourage us and give us hope. 1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he must acknowledge that the things Paul wrote to us are a command of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 1:13 Paul did not write anything other than what lay people of Corinth and Achaia could read and understand. Some partially understand; some fully understand. Paul will boast of all on the day of the Lord. Galatians 1:20 Paul did not lie in what he wrote. Galatians 3:22 The Scripture imprisoned everything else under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 1 Timothy 3:15 This letter tells us who may and may not become overseers and deacons. 1 Timothy 4:13 We are to devote ourselves to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 2 Timothy 3:15 The scriptures are able to make us wise for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 3:16 Scripture is profitable for correction in righteousness. No doctrine that isn't supportable by scripture may correct scripture or render it unprofitable. 2 Timothy 3:17 Scripture makes preachers (men of God) complete. Scripture fully equips preachers for every good work. 1 Peter 5:12 This letter is the true grace of God. We must stand firm in it. 2 Peter 3:2 We are to obey the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through his apostles. 2 Peter 3:16 Those who twist the scriptures do so to their own destruction. 1 John 1:3-4 The writings of the apostles are what give us fellowship with the apostles, with the Father, and with His Son. James 2:8 Love of neighbor as taught by scripture is enough to keep us busy for the rest of our lives.

Hello somebody ask here if anïmals also have soul ang spirit???

Its going to get so hard wen we invent robotic "life"

So we should measure tradition of the Catholic Church by scripture Hello I think the problem is putting “tradition” on the same level as scripture What Catholics seem to do is say they can trace their authority back to Peter, and since they think they are a succession of that authority, then what is taught from that seat of authority is truth The problem is that’s the same thing the Pharisees did They sat on the seat of Moses They were supposed to be successors of Moses so their tradition would be true But what did Jesus say about their tradition?? And why did he say it was wrong and how did he conclude it? Compared it to scripture If you teach tradition on the same authority level as scripture and it’s not founded in scripture and contradicts it then it’s wrong So saying “we are successors of Peter” doesn’t make your tradition true, let alone the same level as scripture Because it’s the same thing the Pharisees did “We are successors of Moses therefore our tradition is true and authoritative” Now insert Peter for Moses and that’s basically the Catholic argument I don’t think it works

Hello, I was raised Catholic all my life and attended mass but I always felt empty and wondered why God couldn't speak to me like He did to other people in the Bible. So I started to study the Bible and pray asking God to guide me. And I came to find the truth from God and that is only Jesus Christ is the only way to God. There is no such thing as Mary's intercessions or saints, purgatory or confession to priests. If you are searching for truth with your honest heart allow God to lead you and not man, because man errors many times Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jesus said, God is spirit and true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. Let the Lord lead you. John 4:23 Please don't follow religion. Follow Jesus Love in Christ. :)

Four areas the Roman Catholic Church negate the Word of God. Concerning Mark 7:13, the Catholic Church does indeed negate the Word of God because it elevates one man (Their Pope) to be the head of the Church. But, the Scriptures clearly teach us that only Christ is the head of the body of Christ, the Church. “And He (Christ) is the head of the body, the church” Colossians 1:18 Moreover, in claiming that the pope is the “Vicar of Christ,” the Catholic Church again negates the Word of God which tells us that Christ is our one and only High Priest (Hebrews 3:1). And it is Christ alone who mediates for us (1 Timothy 2:5) and intercedes for us (Hebrews 7:25) before the throne of God. No priest or Pope can mediate or intercede for us. ONLY CHRIST. Thus, the Catholic Church negates the Word of God. St. Paul wrote, “Therefore God exalted him (Christ) to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven AND ON EARTH and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11). The fact that the Pope readily receives the adulation of the masses, is again an area where the Catholic Church negates the Word of God, which teaches us that only Christ is to receive such adulation and honor and glory. (Again, see Philippians 2:9-11 above) To bow down or kneel before a priest, bishop, or pope is to give undue allegiance and/or honor to a mere man, and again this negates the Word of God, which tells us… “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD, OUR MAKER!” (Psalm 95:6). No Pope, should ever accept such allegiance or honor from men. And likewise, nowhere in the New Testament do we find the Apostles readily accepting such allegiance or honor from men. ... and this is only the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to how the Roman Catholic Church negates the Word of God. thanks, harry murphy

Catholicism started from Thomas Aquinas. You have no tradition prior to that.