In building an argument map, I frequently run into this argument in some form:
Protestants have always accepted apostolic teaching that was oral in nature and which preceded its inscripturation. But apostolic revelation which God desired to preserve has been inscripturated in its entirety. Scripture never designates "oral tradition" as a continuing source of revelation. Scripture reserves this norm for itself alone.
I have spent several weeks reading many resources with this argument but I have not been able to find any that provide a Biblical reference for:
- "apostolic revelation which God desired to preserve has been inscripturated in its entirety"
- "Scripture reserves this norm (continuing source of revelation) for itself alone"
- the implied end point of the validity of using oral apostolic revelation.
bolding is mine as the primary element in the assertion that needs a Biblical reference. Literally all I want is references - no discussion of how they fit the bill, no discussion of whether or not the interpretation is correct. In my argument map I want to show the best arguments of each side.
The Topic Guide and the Theological Guide did not provide the answer nor did any obvious search. A technique to find these references would be even more valuable than the actual references.
