Pre-conciliar tradition cannot be the certain foundation of faith in Scripture
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Nor may one fall back on some Church tradition, as if before the councils that fixed the number of sacred books tradition itself had been the foundation of faith concerning Scripture.
Rome grants that tradition is a means the Church uses in judging matters of faith.Yet on Rome's own terms tradition is as doubtful as the books of Scripture, and is no certain foundation of faith until a public Church judgment has proved it.
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XXXVII. Neque hic recurri potest ad traditionem aliquam Ecclesiae, quasi ante Concilia quae librorum sacrorum numerum definierunt, Ecclesiae traditio fuerit fidei de Scriptura fundamentum. Nam Pontificii volunt traditionem esse quidem medium quo Ecclesia utitur in dijudicandis eis quae fidei sunt, attamen traditionem dubiam esse volunt, non minus quam libros Scripturae, nec esse certum fidei fundamentum, antequam publico Ecclesiae judicio probata fuerit.