Ecclesiastical traditions fall under Isaiah — later pastors' human precepts
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Note Rome's own concession: Christ rebuked traditions from teachers later than Moses and the Prophets.
By the same right, so-called Ecclesiastical traditions fall — rites and worship practices invented by later pastors and doctors, not by Christ or the Apostles — and those make up much of Rome's system.
They are no less human commandments than the Jewish elders' once were.
Isaiah's words, cited and confirmed by Christ, fit them equally: In vain they worship Me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men (Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:9; Mark 7:7).
Latin
XXIX. Praeterea valde notandum est quod in sua responsione adversarii concedunt, nempe Christum ibi reprehendere traditiones quasdam a quibusdam Mose & Prophetis recentioribus acceptas. Etenim inde sequitur pari saltem jure damnandas, & rejiciendas esse traditiones illas quas Pontificii Ecclesiasticas vocant, id est, multa quibus putatur Deus coli, & quae tamen nec Christus, nec Apostoli ejus instituerunt, sed Pastores & Doctores posteriorum saeculorum: quae certe traditiones magnam partem constituunt institutorum Ecclesiae Romanae. Nam traditiones illae non sunt minus mandata & praecepta hominum quam quae olim a senioribus Judaeorum instituta erant. Ideoque non minus in illas congruunt Isaiae verba a Christo prolata, atque confirmata, Frustra colunt me docentes doctrinas & mandata hominum.