The Word of God alone is supreme. This Word is transmitted
both through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition:
2 Th 2:15: So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.
The interpreter of the Word of God is the Church:
..the pillar and ground of the truth. 1 Tim 3:15
guided by the Holy Spirit:
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all that I have said to you. Jn 14:26
So there you have it: God revealing and God interpreting.
Good night. Someone else can go on from here.
Ever heard of the phrase "self-authenticating"? If the Word alone was supreme, it would possess final ability and authority to interpret itself - your church could not claim final authority or ability to interpret it. But since your church does not recognize the Word's ability to interpret itself apart from the church, your church claims for itself the tiebreaker vote.
Yesterday saw...a forceful plea from a key papal advisor [Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, the rector of the Lateran University and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life] to reject the idea of Christianity as a “Religion of the Book”...........the big debate over Dei Verbum at the time of the council pitted what was then known as the “two-source theory,” which held that Scripture and tradition are essentially two separate streams of revelation, against the “one-source theory,” which posited that Scripture is the lone source of revelation and tradition is an elaboration of it. In effect, Dei Verbum held that Scripture and tradition are interdependent and integrally related to one another.
-- from the thread Synod: Christianity not a 'Religion of the Book'
Thank you. We're done here.