And again, sir, you are incorrectly saying that the Gospels must trump the rest of scripture. Rather, what is true is that The Gospels are the main central point of scripture and the Epistles etc., “elaborate” on that — why? because the Gospels are the Words and Deeds of Christ and they were the testing stone used in the determination of canon.
Our friend Forest Keeper knows all this. His is just being a lawyer, right FK? :) Many of us (Orthodox/Catholics) have told him the same thing, and you certainly put it superbly, so there is no chance of any misunderstanding.
The Jews place the Torah (which they believe was written by God before the foundation of the world) as the central part of the Tanakh (Old Testament), with Prophets and Writings basically expounding (through inspiration of human writers) on what the Torah revealed.
The New Testament is treated exactly the same way: the Gospels are narratives of what Jesus said, the Epistles are inspired teachings of human authors based on those words.
Actually, that is almost exactly what I just said to Mark in response to his saying that the rest of scripture must be read through the Gospels. I see these ideas as conflicting. From my 10773:
Mark: We say that the Gospels are the pinnacle of God's revelation to man, and that every other revelation, including the rest of Scripture needs to be read through the Gospels.
FK: But the vast majority of the rest of the NT (if not all of it), especially Paul's epistles serve as clarification and explanation of the Gospel books. I don't see how one can read the more specific THROUGH the (in many cases) less specific. I would have to add that when it is said that the rest of scripture must be read through the Gospels what that means to me is that it must be read through the Latin Church's interpretation of the Gospels. Again, it seems backwards to me to interpret the less specific first, and then make the more specific conform. It seems much more natural to me to look at a given Gospel passage and if it is crystal clear then fine, but if not then look to the rest of scripture for context and clarification. All of it is God's word.
If the epistles elaborate, clarify, explain, etc., then it doesn't follow to me that those passages must be interpreted IN LIGHT of the passages they are supposed to be interpreting! That seems backwards.