I have a comment to further affirm your response to Objection 1. When Paul says on 2 Thessalonians 2:15 "So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by US, either by OUR spoken word or by OUR letter". So who was "US" in this verse? Who is Paul referring to when he says "OUR" spoke word or our letter? Paul was specifically talking about a specific group of people. When he says OUR, US/WE, he refers to: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. He was not referring to words spoken by a random group of Christians. He was NOT telling the Thessalonian church to go ahead and pay attention to what was taught by other Christians BUT by a very specific group of THREE PEOPLE that he had already identified in the salutation/greeting verse (2 Thess 1:1"Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ..."). Regarding their words, we only have those that were written down and are part of the written tradition since we have no other way of knowing what they spoke or taught other than what was passed down to us through the written tradition in scripture.
“All Scripture is inspired by Godand profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.”
-2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV
This was written in the first century, hundreds of years before the Catholic Church as we know it existed. Scripture testifies of itself and like all authorities it commands or denies man’s allegiance. For man the Bible it is the very Word of God, the message of salvation, the divine revelation of a thrice holy God, or is it the blabbering of a tyrant.
I have a comment to further affirm your response to Objection 1. When Paul says on 2 Thessalonians 2:15 "So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by US, either by OUR spoken word or by OUR letter". So who was "US" in this verse? Who is Paul referring to when he says "OUR" spoke word or our letter? Paul was specifically talking about a specific group of people. When he says OUR, US/WE, he refers to: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. He was not referring to words spoken by a random group of Christians. He was NOT telling the Thessalonian church to go ahead and pay attention to what was taught by other Christians BUT by a very specific group of THREE PEOPLE that he had already identified in the salutation/greeting verse (2 Thess 1:1"Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ..."). Regarding their words, we only have those that were written down and are part of the written tradition since we have no other way of knowing what they spoke or taught other than what was passed down to us through the written tradition in scripture.
“All Scripture is inspired by Godand profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.”
-2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV
This was written in the first century, hundreds of years before the Catholic Church as we know it existed. Scripture testifies of itself and like all authorities it commands or denies man’s allegiance. For man the Bible it is the very Word of God, the message of salvation, the divine revelation of a thrice holy God, or is it the blabbering of a tyrant.