So if Sacred tradition is the Word of God why was it left out of the Bible,also what about the below verse
Revelation 22:18
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
I LOVE it when Protestants quote this passage from Revelation.
Tell me something - WHAT is this passage talking about?
As for your question about why Sacred Tradition is not written down in the bible - I would think the answer is blindingly CLEAR to you:
Because it is ORAL Tradition - not WRITTEN Tradition.
I await your answer to my question . . .
The meaning of the verse is in the verse,simply do not add to the Word of God.....
"It's not in the scripture's because it's oral"Sooo how do you all no what they are?
You are in Texas wanting to go to New York so you head for Seattle Wash..... that is what you are doing... you are making this very
difficult to explain because the Tradtions you have in your mind something strange and hidden from Christians.
Let me attempt to explain it too you.... When Jesus left, and he said, "Go preaching the Gospel to all nations..
There was not any written gospels... just the Apostles and their voice sermons.....
These sermons, contained the Good news of Jesus being the Messiah.... these sermons were the traditions of the church.....
Preached by the Apostles who did not need any written word to take the gospel to the people...
They also preached a very direct sermon topic which said, the end of the world was coming any day...
They did not think there was any need to write anything down... there would not be enough time left for it....
The Apostles went to different parts of the then known world... and they set up a church.... they had classes where they
taught catechism lessons on how to preach the gospel.. John had a very large one in Asia Minor...
Thirteen years after the conversation of St. Paul he began to write letters to some of the churches he visited.. to settle some
disputes.. some of the people in those churches asked the bishop of their section could they read some of Paul's letters during church services and
letters from other writers.. and the Bishop informed them, that they could AS LONG as the letters did not go against the traditions
the Apostles had been preaching since the beginning....
If you will goggle the history of the bible, and the lost gospels you will find a long list of the letters which were allowed to be read in the church.
It is quite common among theologians who agree that one of the first writings written and from which the first three gospels were based off of
was another writings, which was known by different names and one is: The sayings of the Apostles....
After awhile there were called councils which discussed the letters which the church was to make their official New Testament.. this process took
many many years... I believe the last council which finally decided the new testament books was in 1587 or close to it..
There has been many letters accepted as inspired works for the laity to read and be inspired by...
With the history of the traditions of the Catholic church, and the many books which were accepted to be read in church.. and the stipulation that
these books had to go with the traditions of the church.. it is quite easy to see that the bible came from the traditions.. one CAN NOT separate
them... The Traditions decided the contents of the new Testament....
one could say, and hold a point when said, that Traditions gave us the old testament too...there was, and is two different Torahs which the Jewish faith has been arguing over for the past 2500 years... when the Jewish church was separated in 587 BC there was allowed in the Northern Kingdom a commentary of the Torah which was blended in with the Torah... The southern Jews rejected it then and reject it now... Any Commentary is considered a "tradition" of a certain group who has studied the scriptures and come out with their beliefs for what those said scriptures are saying...
In Jesus' time there was a separation of the Jewish faith... Jesus was of the Pharisaic beliefs.. but at the same time, but has since died out, another group of Jews.. They are the Sadducee'. Even in the new testament Jesus went head to head with them.. they did not believe in body resurrection
nor spirits including angels... and they are the ones who questioned him about who's husband the woman would have after she was married to the seven brothers.... in the other world...etc..
The old testament was not hand written until eight hundred years after the events took place in Egypt.. These stories were kept alive by oral
preaching, and what is called the oral traditions...
There is ample examples of traditions being used in the new testament... to show the examples of it being used even then....
Matthew, states that Joseph was told to go into Nazareth where Jesus would be from, as it was to fulfill the prophets who said he was to
be a Nazarene. How ever there is not mention of this prophecy in the old Testament.... written down... This prophecy was known by tradition alone.
Go study the history of the bible, and you will learn many new and interesting facts of the faith...