No unwritten tradition equals Scripture — sole rule of faith
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So there is no unwritten tradition that should be matched in authority with the divine and Apostolic writings.
Scripture is the sole rule of faith; nothing else can be joined to it with the same power to bind conscience and constrain faith.If Scripture were not enough and did not hold all that belongs to faith, the Church would lack a sufficient rule, and her salvation would not have been adequately provided for.
Latin
XXXVI. Unde patet nullam esse traditionem non scriptam, quae authoritate comparari debeat cum scriptis divinis & Apostolicis: adeoque Scripturam esse unicam fidei regulam, cui alia non possit adjungi quae vim eandem habeat obligandi conscientiam, & fidem obstringendi. Ac proinde, si ipsa sufficiens non esset, neque omnia, quae ad fidem pertinent, contineret, sequeretur Ecclesiam ejusmodi regula sufficienti carere, nec illius saluti sufficienter fuisse provisum.