In fact, they truly reject a "sola scriptura" viewpoint in favor of relying on church tradition. That really reminds me of the Pharisees from Jesus's day.
First point: Scripture came out of the tradition of the Church, and the Apocalypse of John took hundreds of years to be accepted - Luther and Calvin both rejected it alongside the Deuterocanon. Ironically, fundamentalists have now given a sort of Revelation Priority of Premillenialism.
Furthermore, if that reminds you of the Pharisees, you have not read Scripture at all. “The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?’ He answered, ‘Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.’” (Mark 2:24-28)
“He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” (2 Corinthians 3:6)
Beware that faith which demands you adhere to the text of Scripture and not the spirit of it, for even the Pharisees did this. Such an interpretation prohibits female ordination, prohibits wedding rings or long hair for men, allows slavery, and was used under the Old Testament, by all the leading scholars, to crucify Christ.
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