Thursday, October 20, 2011  Antidote to William Whitaker's Sola
Scriptura Arguments, Part 18: Further Rebuttals of Whitaker's
Absurd Attempted Biblical Arguments Against Apostolic Tradition
or Any Tradition Whatsoever  Whitaker's words will be in blue.
Page numbers will correspond to the above book version.  * * *
I come now to another argument, the last of those touched upon
by Bellarmine, and derived from various passages of scripture
wherein traditions are condemned: as, Matth. xv. 6, "Ye have
made the commandment of God of none effect by your traditions;"
and the words of Isaiah, c. 29, alleged by Christ in that same
chapter, "In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men:" and Galat. i. 14, where Paul says that,
before his conversion, he was "zealous for the traditions of his
elders." From these and the like places, we reason thus: Christ
and the apostles condemn traditions: therefore, they are not to
be received; and consequently scripture is sufficient. (pp.
637-638)  This