Once again you avoid the issue, GraceSaves was trying to say that Tradition is less than Scripture in the eyes of the Catholic church, yet that it denied by calling it the Word of God. The Apostles were given authority by Christ so that they could teach that which some of them would write. Luke testifies that what was written, was written so that we could know the exact truth of what we have been taught. He makes it clear that the testimony was given by eyewitnesses who were still alive at the time of his writing.
1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things (1) accomplished among us,
2 just as they were handed down to us by those who (2) from the beginning were (3) eyewitnesses and (4) servants of (5) the [1] word,
3 it seemed fitting for me as well, (6) having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you (7) in consecutive order, (8) most excellent (9) Theophilus;
4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been (10) taught. - Luke 1:1-4 NASB
20 "For it is written in the book of Psalms,
'(41) LET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE,
AND LET N
NE DWELL IN IT';
and,
'(42) LET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS OFFICE.'
21 "Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that (43) the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--
22 (44) beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He (45) was taken up from us--one of these must become a (46) witness with us of His resurrection." - Acts 1:20-22 NASB
Notice that the replacement for Judas had to be somebody who had been with Jesus. To be an Apostle you either had to be with Christ when he was on the Earth or as in Paul's case Christ had to appear to you, and the other Apostles confirm you as an Apostle.
8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, (17) He appeared to me also.
9 For I am (18) the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I (19) persecuted the church of God. - 1 Corinthians 15:8-9 NASB
Paul was the final, Apostle, the last to whom Christ appeared and now nobody else meets the criteria to be an Apostle. Instead we are left with the testimony given by the Apostles so that we could know the exact truth of what we have been taught. Apostolic succession is a lie. The 11 Apostles required somebody who had been with them since the beginning, that rules out anybody alive today. Paul became an Apostle because Christ Himself appeared to him and made him an Apostle and Paul was the last to whom Christ appeared and not only that but the original Apostles who were with Christ are not around to confirm anyone nor do we see the many confirming miracles that the Apostles did, so nobody else can become an Apostle. So once again, we are left with the testimony given by the Apostles so that we could know the exact truth of what we have been taught. This testimony is Scripture, the Word of God.
Another thing that Catholics so completely ignore is that Jesus and the Apostles used the Old Testament extensively refuting the apparent Catholic belief that the early Church had no Scripture:
44 Now He said to them, "(41) These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the (42) Law of Moses and the Prophets and (43) the Psalms must be fulfilled." - Luke 24:44 NASB
23 When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at (29) his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly (30) testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, (31) from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. - Acts 28:23 NASB
