[kosta50]

Indeed not, but that said, one should never forget that the canon of the NT (and as read the OT too for that matter) is a creation of The Church, and that Church believed an taught then what Orthodoxy teaches today

Yes, the scripture that was 'canonized' (there really never was a Church-wide canonization, if you think about it) in praxis was based on what was believed then, and what is practiced and believed today.

I was simply stating that the Church cannot elevate itself above its own beliefs. So, charges that the Church holds itself "higher" than the scriptures is an oxyomoron.

[Kolokotronis]

“I was simply stating that the Church cannot elevate itself above its own beliefs. So, charges that the Church holds itself “higher” than the scriptures is an oxyomoron.”

I understood. I simply wanted to flesh out your comment in light of what seems to me to be a disturbing level of bibliolatry on the one hand and a certain deficit in knowledge of the history of scripture on the other which shows up on occasion around here among some.