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This is what I see: Tradition from the Apostles given by the Spirit of God has equivalent authority, and is inspired interpretation as well. The Word (John 1) is the LORD God of Israel speaking, not every line of scripture that survived. Every word He ever spoke is incarnate in Jesus, perhaps that He ever thought. The ever expanding waves of this are beyond my understanding. Tradition must agree with the scripture, and the scripture cannot be broken; Your spirit, in the Holy Spirit, must agree as well, else how can you receive it ?. If you are not holy how can you reliably judge? So you must humble your pride, be holy, and go by the light that you have, which is enormous. The Canon of scripture gives you everything you need to make your decision to live or die forever. The secret things belong to the LORD: but those things that are revealed belong unto us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

This is what I see: Tradition from the Apostles given by the Spirit of God has equivalent authority, and is inspired interpretation as well.

See this from 2 days ago: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3115093/posts?page=946#946

The apostles did orally preach the inspired Word of God, (1Thes. 2:13) and the whole church went everywhere "preaching the Word," (Acts 8:4) as do evangelicals, that of Scripture truths, but Scripture was and is to be the standard for obedience and testing and establishing Truth claims, (Acts 17:11) as is abundantly evidenced . Moreover, what the apostles preached as Tradition was not some ancient stories such as the Assumption Of Mary that is lacks in early evidence, but such were known truths recently taught, which could be written, as was the norm for that which is called the "word of God/the Lord.

And in contrast, there is zero evidence these were not subsequently penned. Nor can Catholics tell us what any of these oral traditions were, without essentially presuming to be like the apostles and inspired writers.

Tradition must agree with the scripture, and the scripture cannot be broken

But this conflation is asserted by Rome under the premise that she cannot be wrong in any conflict, for she has interpreted herself to perpetually possess assured veracity when speaking authoritatively. Which is cultic, not Christian.