This is intended to be nothing more than an objective look at scripture in order to extract from inspired scripture, what scripture actually says or strongly and justifiably infers concerning religious traditions. How does scripture treat the religious traditions of men, in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament?

This is not intended to be an argument for or against tradition, but only to find out what scripture says about it. Does scripture speak favorably and/or unfavorably about tradition, and what does it say of either/both?

Is tradition subservient to, on par with, or elevated above scripture? When we find out what scripture actually says about it, we should be able to assign tradition in it’s proper place in our lives as professors of Christ as Lord and Savior.

Once scripture has defined the proper place of tradition in our Christian walk and experience, we need only to obey.

By scripture I mean the contents of the NT and OT Canon, minus the apocryphal writings. I mean no disrespect. I merely want to narrow our objective analysis.