The Eastern Orthodox Church puts equal importance on Tradition as Scripture, why?

The Eastern Orthodox Church values Scripture and the non-Scripture parts (hence denoted subsequently in this Q as simply "Tradition") of the **Holy Tradition** with equal importance. This is most quickly seen on the OCA website. > Sources of Christian Doctrine. > - Revelation > - Tradition > - Bible > - The Liturgy > - The Councils > - The Fathers > - The Saints > - Canons > - Church Art The above are easily divided into "Scripture" and "Tradition" for the Eastern Orthodox Church, "Tradition" here denoting all non-Scripture parts of the Holy Tradition hinted in the list above. The Eastern Orthodox Church puts equal importance on Tradition as Scripture. Why and on what basis? --- ### For anyone who doubts the axiomatic statement that is presented in the question above, see evidences below: - **The Orthodox Church of America Website** > **None of them stands alone. None may be separated or isolated from the other** or from the wholeness of the life of the Church. - **The orthodox confession of the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Church** by Mogila, Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev, 1596-1646 - **The Scripture’s Teaching on An Authoritative Apostolic Tradition** on **orthodoxchristiantheology.com**, written by Craig Truglia with the blessing of Bishop Luke of Syracuse >Conclusion. In review, **the Gospels attest to Christ teaching extra-biblical tradition to the Apostles.** This tradition was, in effect, the interpretation of these teachings in the parables. One must infer from this that Christ gave the interpretation of many other things, especially the Old Testament (cf Acts 24:32, 45), **without these interpretations being committed to writing.** > >In the writings of Saint Paul, it is simply taken for granted that this **“tradition” is a doctrinal understanding that Christians in absence of the Apostles ought to be faithful to.** The fact that this idea finds its way in three different letters whose composition are separated by several years shows that it was not some minor idea, but **central to Paul’s thought.** - **My orthodox study Bible** - **Scripture is part of Tradition**