Joseph Smith believed the same as well.
The earliest Church Fathers believed Scripture was something more than “quite important”.
But modern Oriental and Latin churches have evolved to the point that Scripture no longer means: God speaking.
It all seems quite ahistorical to me. As if the Church popped up out of time as either the start of the history of the Church or some new dispensation that has no correspondence to the earlier history of the Church as found in Scripture.
Really? Which ones?
"But modern Oriental and Latin churches have evolved to the point that Scripture no longer means: God speaking."
You may want to read this. Its just a page or so but it will explain fairly well where The Church stands vis a vis the Scripture it canonized for The Church and the various ecclesial groups which have sprung up since the 16th century. http://www.serfes.org/orthodox/scripturesinthechurch.htm