AUTHORITATIVE ORAL TRADITION (INCLUDING \u201cWORD\u201d AND \u201cWORD OF GOD\u201d)<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>
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\nMatthew 13:19\u00a0<\/b>When any one hears the\u00a0<\/b>word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.<\/p>\n
Matthew 13:20<\/b>\u00a0As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears\u00a0<\/b>the word\u00a0<\/b>and immediately receives it with joy; (other instances of \u201cthe word\u201d: Matt 13:21-23; Mk 2:2; 4:14-20,33; Lk 1:2; 8:12-13,15; Jn 1:1,14 [of Jesus]; Jn 14:24; Acts 6:4; 8:4; 11:19; 14:25; 16:6; Gal 6:6; Eph 5:26; Col 4:3; 1 Pet 3:1)<\/p>\n
Luke 5:1<\/b>\u00a0While the people pressed upon him to hear the\u00a0<\/b>word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes\u2019aret. (other instances of \u201cword of God\u201d: Lk 3:2; 8:11,21; Acts 6:2; 13:5,7,44,48; 17:13; 18:11; Rom 9:6; 1 Cor 14:36; Eph 6:17; Phil 1:14; Col 1:25; 1 Tim 4:5; 2 Tim 2:9; Titus 2:5; Heb 6:5; 13:7; 1 Jn 2:14; Rev 1:9; 20:4)
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Luke 11:28<\/b>\u00a0But he said, \u201cBlessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!\u201d
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Acts 4:4<\/b>\u00a0But many of those who heard\u00a0<\/b>the word\u00a0<\/b>believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.<\/p>\n
Acts 4:31<\/b>\u00a0And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the\u00a0<\/b>word of God with boldness.<\/p>\n
Acts 6:7<\/b>\u00a0And the\u00a0<\/b>word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.<\/p>\n
Acts 8:14<\/b>\u00a0. . . Sama\u2019ria had received the word of God . . .<\/p>\n
Acts 8:25<\/b>\u00a0Now when they had testified and spoken the\u00a0<\/b>word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. (other instances of \u201cword of the Lord\u201d: Acts 15:36; 16:32; 19:10,20; 1 Thess 1:8; 4:15)<\/p>\n
Acts 10:36-44<\/b>\u00a0You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest; not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. While Peter was still saying this, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.<\/p>\n
Acts 11:1<\/b>\u00a0Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the\u00a0<\/b>word of God.<\/p>\n
Acts 12:24<\/b>\u00a0But the\u00a0<\/b>word of God grew and multiplied.<\/p>\n
Acts 13:46<\/b>\u00a0And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, \u201cIt was necessary that the\u00a0<\/b>word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Acts 13:49<\/b>\u00a0And the\u00a0<\/b>word of the Lord spread throughout all the region.<\/p>\n
Acts 14:3<\/b>\u00a0So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the\u00a0<\/b>word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. (cf. Acts 20:32: \u201cword of his grace\u201d)<\/p>\n
Acts 15:7<\/b>\u00a0And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, \u201cBrethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the\u00a0<\/b>word of the gospel and believe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Acts 15:27<\/b>\u00a0We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by\u00a0<\/b>word of mouth.<\/p>\n
Acts 15:35<\/b>\u00a0But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the\u00a0<\/b>word of the Lord, with many others also.<\/p>\n
Acts 17:11<\/b>\u00a0Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessaloni\u2019ca, for they received\u00a0<\/b>the word\u00a0<\/b>with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.<\/p>\n
Romans 10:8<\/b>\u00a0But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the\u00a0<\/b>word of faith which we preach);<\/p>\n
Romans 16:25<\/b>\u00a0Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the\u00a0<\/b>revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 1:18\u00a0<\/b>For the\u00a0<\/b>word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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1 Corinthians 14:29-30<\/b>\u00a0Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be silent.
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2 Corinthians 3:6<\/b>\u00a0who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life.<\/p>\n
Ephesians 1:13<\/b>\u00a0In him you also, who have heard the\u00a0<\/b>word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, (cf. 2 Tim 2:15: \u201cword of truth\u201d)<\/p>\n
Philippians 2:16<\/b>\u00a0holding fast the\u00a0<\/b>word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. (cf. 1 John 1:1: \u201cword of life\u201d)<\/p>\n
Colossians 1:5<\/b>\u00a0because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the\u00a0<\/b>word of the truth, the gospel<\/p>\n
Colossians 3:16<\/b>\u00a0Let the\u00a0<\/b>word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.<\/p>\n
1 Thessalonians 1:6<\/b>\u00a0And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;<\/p>\n
1 Thessalonians 2:13\u00a0<\/b>And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you\u00a0<\/b>heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.<\/p>\n
In 1 Thessalonians \u201cScripture\u201d or \u201cScriptures\u201d never appear. \u201cWord,\u201d \u201cword of the Lord,\u201d or \u201cword of God\u201d appear five times (1:6,8, 2:13 [twice], 4:15), but in each instance it is clearly in the sense of oral proclamation, not Scripture.<\/span>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n2 Thessalonians 2:15<\/b>\u00a0. . . stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth, or by letter.<\/p>\n
2 Thessalonians 3:1<\/b>\u00a0Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the\u00a0<\/b>word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you,<\/p>\n
2 Timothy 1:13-14<\/b>\u00a0Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me . . . guard the truth which has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.<\/p>\n
2 Timothy 2:2<\/b>\u00a0And what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.<\/p>\n
2 Timothy 4:2<\/b>\u00a0preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.<\/p>\n
Hebrews 1:7\u00a0<\/b>Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the\u00a0<\/b>word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.<\/p>\n
Hebrews 2:1-4<\/b>\u00a0Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.<\/p>\n
Hebrews 4:12<\/b>\u00a0For the\u00a0<\/b>word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<\/p>\n
Hebrews 5:13<\/b>\u00a0for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the\u00a0<\/b>word of righteousness, for he is a child.<\/p>\n
James 1:18<\/b>\u00a0Of his own will he brought us forth by the\u00a0<\/b>word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.<\/p>\n
James 1:22-23<\/b>\u00a0But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer of\u00a0<\/b>the word\u00a0<\/b>and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror;<\/p>\n
1 Peter 1:23<\/b>\u00a0You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding\u00a0<\/b>word of God;<\/p>\n
1 Peter 1:25<\/b>\u00a0\u201cbut the\u00a0<\/b>word of the Lord abides for ever.\u201d That word is the good news which was preached to you.<\/p>\n
1 Peter 2:8<\/b>\u00a0. . . they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.<\/p>\n
2 Peter 1:19, 21<\/b>\u00a0And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. . . . no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.<\/p>\n
1 John 1:5<\/b>\u00a0This is the message we have\u00a0<\/b>heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.<\/p>\n
1 John 2:7<\/b>\u00a0Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is\u00a0<\/b>the word\u00a0<\/b>which you have heard.<\/p>\n
1 John 2:24<\/b>\u00a0Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.<\/p>\n
1 John 3:11<\/b>\u00a0For this is the message which you have\u00a0<\/b>heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,<\/p>\n
2 John 1:6<\/b>\u00a0And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have\u00a0<\/b>heard from the beginning, that you follow love.<\/p>\n
Revelation 1:2<\/b>\u00a0who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.<\/p>\n
Revelation 3:10<\/b>\u00a0Because you have kept my\u00a0<\/b>word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.<\/p>\n
Revelation 6:9<\/b>\u00a0When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the\u00a0<\/b>word of God and for the witness they had borne;<\/p>\n
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NEW TESTAMENT ALLUSIONS TO AUTHORITATIVE ORAL TEACHING NOT RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Matthew 13:3\u00a0<\/b>And he told them many things in parables, . . .
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\nMatthew 28:20<\/b>\u00a0teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.
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\nMark 4:2<\/b>\u00a0And he taught them many things in parables, . . . . .
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\nMark 4:33<\/b>\u00a0With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
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\nMark 6:34<\/b>\u00a0As he went ashore he saw a great throng, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
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\nLuke 11:53<\/b>\u00a0As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
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\nLuke 24:15-16, 25-27<\/b>\u00a0While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. . . . And he said to them, \u201cO foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?\u201d And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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\nJohn 16:12\u00a0<\/b>I have yet\u00a0<\/b>many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
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\nJohn 20:30<\/b>\u00a0Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; (cf. Jn 21:25: \u201cmany other things which Jesus did\u201d)
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\nActs 1:2-3<\/b>\u00a0until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.\u00a0
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NEW TESTAMENT CITATIONS OF OLDER NON-BIBLICAL ORAL TRADITIONS<\/b>
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Matthew 2:23<\/b>\u00a0And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, \u201cHe shall be called a Nazarene.\u201d<\/p>\n
This notion cannot be found in the Old Testament, yet it was passed down \u201cby the prophets.\u201d Thus, a prophecy, which is considered to be \u201cGod\u2019s Word\u201d was passed down orally, rather than through Scripture.<\/span><\/p>\nMatthew 7:12<\/b>\u00a0So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.<\/p>\n
Matthew 23:2<\/b>\u00a0The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses\u2019 seat;<\/p>\n
The phrase or idea of\u00a0<\/span>Moses\u2019 seat<\/i>\u00a0cannot be found anywhere in the Old Testament. It is found in the (originally oral) Mishna, where a sort of \u201cteaching succession\u201d from Moses on down is taught.<\/span><\/p>\n1 Corinthians 10:4<\/b>\u00a0and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.<\/p>\n
The Old Testament says nothing about such miraculous movement, in the related passages about Moses striking the rock to produce water (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13). But rabbinic tradition does.<\/span><\/p>\n2 Timothy 3:8<\/b>\u00a0As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith;<\/p>\n
These two men cannot be found in the related Old Testament passage (Exodus 7:8 ff.), or anywhere else in the Old Testament.<\/span><\/p>\nJames 5:17<\/b>\u00a0Eli\u2019jah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.<\/p>\n
The reference to a lack of rain for three years is absent from the relevant Old Testament passage in 1 Kings 17.<\/span><\/p>\n1 Peter 3:19<\/b>\u00a0in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,<\/p>\n
This is drawn from the Jewish apocalyptic book 1 Enoch (12-16).<\/span><\/p>\nJude 9<\/b>\u00a0But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, \u201cThe Lord rebuke you.\u201d
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\nJude 14-15<\/b>\u00a0It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, \u201cBehold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Direct quotation of 1 Enoch 1:9.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \\\"This Rock\\\" (now called \\\"Catholic Answers Magazine\\\"), \\\"Envoy Magazine\\\" (Patrick Madrid), \\\"The Catholic Answer,\\\" \\\"The Coming Home Journal,\\\" \\\"Gilbert Magazine\\\" (American Chesterton Society), and \\\"The Latin Mass.\\\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \\\"The Michigan Catholic\\\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \\\"Catholic Answers Live\\\" (twice), \\\"Faith and Family Live\\\" (Steve Wood), \\\"Kresta in the Afternoon,\\\" \\\"Son Rise Morning Show,\\\" \\\"Catholic Connection\\\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \\\"The Catholics Next Door.\\\" His large and popular website, \\\"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\\\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \\\"index\\\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \\\"Surprised by Truth\\\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \\\"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\\\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \\\"The Catholic Verses\\\" (2004), \\\"The One-Minute Apologist\\\" (2007), \\\"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\\\" (2009), \\\"The Quotable Newman\\\" (editor: 2012), and \\\"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\\\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \\\"The New Catholic Answer Bible\\\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \\\"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. 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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. 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