The teachings of the fathers of the Church are adequately recorded and available to us. We have no problem accessing the Holy Tradition today. The unreliability of the oral transmission has been overcome. Imagine that.
proximity does not guarantee insight or understanding
Well, no, it does not. For example, Judas was among the Apostles, and the Eleven themselves often showed lack of understanding. The Church did a lot of work to harmonize and sort out the memories of Jesus before it could arrive at the complete and accurate picture of the Christian Faith. However, by the time the New Testament got sorted out, the Deposit of Faith was free from aberration. At least, if you believe in the inerrancy of the Scripture like I do, you have to believe that.
These theologians wrote after the Scriptures had been written and as you previously stated their writings are not God Breathed. How does your church consider them equal to Scripture, which we both have agreed is God Breathed.
Also, how do you know what they claim is "tradition" is accurate since their writings are not God Breathed and are their opinions.
The Church did a lot of work to harmonize and sort out the memories of Jesus before it could arrive at the complete and accurate picture of the Christian Faith.
Are you claiming your church edited the Scriptures after the fact? We all know the qualifications of who wrote them, when they were written and who guided them in the writing of them. When exactly and who exactly edited them?
I know I sure don't want to be near those knuckle heads when they are judged.