“…it [the Bible] wasn’t given to man from the beginning and, secondly, when it was given it was’nt the only authentic text, with regard to the salvation of human souls, because before it there was the Holy Tradition. Many years before Moses began writing the first books of the Old Testament, there was sacred piety in the community of the people of Israel. Similarly, the books of the New Testament began to be written ten years after the formal foundation of the Church, which took place on the day of Pentecost. The Church chose and sealed as inspired by God the books of the two Testaments…”

(Elder Cleopa of Romania+ ‘The Truth of our Faith’)