What kind of "tradition" is discouraged?

[Retro_Ace]

I know tradition upheld by man and not God is avoided, but what does that include? I know this sounds silly, but does it include Graduation? Video Game Anniversaries (like most recently Year Of Luigi)? Family Tradition? Passing on heritage?

What kind of tradition is to be avoided?

 

[bzkoss236]

I think it should be understood more as tradition of Man that is put in place of tradition of God.

So, having man-made traditions isn’t sinful in itself, but it is when those traditions are put in place of or in exception to traditions which honor and glorify God. So, celebrating merely a material Christmas (buying presents) while ignoring the “reason for the season” (i.e. the birth of Jesus Christ), would be sinful.

 

[Will_B]

Reminds me of a story:
A new bride is preparing her first ham dinner. To prepare the ham, she cuts the end off the left and right side of the ham… Her husband watches and asks “Why do you cut the ends off the ham?”… The bride replies “That’s the way Mom taught me to prepare ham”

A month later the bride and her husband go to visit Mom… Mom is preparing ham in the kitchen, so her daughter asks “Why do we cut the ends off the ham”… Mom answers “That’s the way my mother taught me, so that’s the way it is done”

Well, the young bride goes to the living room where her grandmother is watching TV… The bride sits next to grandma and asks “Why do we cut the ends off the ham before we cook it?”… Grandma’s answer “Because it’s the only way the ham would fit in the pan Grandpa bought me when we first got married”

So… This is the kind of tradition to discourage.

 

[Hmgbrd]

Reminds me of a story:
A new bride is preparing her first ham dinner. To prepare the ham, she cuts the end off the left and right side of the ham… Her husband watches and asks “Why do you cut the ends off the ham?”… The bride replies “That’s the way Mom taught me to prepare ham”

A month later the bride and her husband go to visit Mom… Mom is preparing ham in the kitchen, so her daughter asks “Why do we cut the ends off the ham”… Mom answers “That’s the way my mother taught me, so that’s the way it is done”

Well, the young bride goes to the living room where her grandmother is watching TV… The bride sits next to grandma and asks “Why do we cut the ends off the ham before we cook it?”… Grandma’s answer “Because it’s the only way the ham would fit in the pan Grandpa bought me when we first got married”

So… This is the kind of tradition to discourage.

 

[Bonnie]

The “traditions of men” that are taught against are the teachings of men that supercede or weaken the commandments of God. See Mark 7:7-9 and Colossians 2:7-9.

There are some Catholic teachings that our Protestant brothers call “traditions of men” because they aren’t explicit in the Bible.

 

[LegoGE1947]

The “traditions of men” that are taught against are the teachings of men that supercede or weaken the commandments of God. See Mark 7:7-9 and Colossians 2:7-9.

There are some Catholic teachings that our Protestant brothers call “traditions of men” because they aren’t explicit in the Bible.

Traditional traditions?

 

[Fr_of_Jazz]

I know tradition upheld by man and not God is avoided, but what does that include? I know this sounds silly, but does it include Graduation? Video Game Anniversaries (like most recently Year Of Luigi)? Family Tradition? Passing on heritage?

What kind of tradition is to be avoided?

The word “tradition” is used in some negative contexts in the NT, but they are all either regarding Pharisaic tradition (Mt 15:2-6; Mk 7:3-13) or pagan magical traditions (Col 2:8; cf Gal 4:3,8). Gal 1:14 is simply a factual statement about Paul’s past. All six times the word is used with reference to Christianity as a noun, paradosis, (1 Cor 11:2; 2 Thes 2:15; 3:6) or a verb, paradidomi, (Rm 6:17; 2 Pet 2:21; Jude 3) it is affirmative and sometimes ordered.