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The chapter says the early Christians, the Apostles, and Jesus used the Septuagint, and it describes the later abandonment of it as a “man-made tradition”; how should Christians weigh long-standing religious traditions when they appear to differ from the practices of Jesus and the earliest believers?
Another way to ask: The chapter says Jesus, the Apostles, and early Christians used the Septuagint, but later Christians left it behind as a man-made tradition. How should Christians judge old church traditions when they do not match what Jesus and the earliest believers did?

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According to the transcript, long-standing traditions should not be accepted merely because they are old or widely practiced; they should be tested against Scripture, history, and the practices of Jesus, the apostles, and the early Christians. The chapter specifically frames the abandonment of the Septuagint as a later “man-made tradition,” not as something automatically authoritative.

Support from Transcript

- The speaker states that “the Septuagint was used by the early Christians, the Apostles, and Jesus.” - A recommended lecture gives “conclusive evidence from the Scriptures and history” about this issue. - The abandonment of the Septuagint is described as “the Roman Catholic and later Protestant man-made tradition.” - The Septuagint is called “the Scriptures used by Jesus and his original saints.” - The speaker recommends further investigation through Septuagint resources at Scroll Publishing.

Discussion Follow-ups

The transcript does not provide a full method for evaluating every tradition, but it clearly urges investigation rather than passive inheritance.

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