The problem isn't the novel replacing the poem (whatever that means), it's written tradition replacing oral tradition.
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#[0] Yeah tbh that guys always been a pseud who whines about how Christianity isnāt esoteric enough for someone like him
Relying solely tradition means you canāt make up new bs every generation. Look at the difference between 3rd Century and 9th Century Christianity. Both bizarre and neoplatonic but in completely different ways. Thatās why sola scriptura (and by extension the entire modern historical/critical mindset) was formed, the world needed orthodoxy, continuity, stability from generation to generation. It worked but the result for the branches of Christianity that adopted it is something far more dry than what came before.
solely on written tradition* sorry this one went through a couple of drafts.