My thinking on this was shaped by the work of a Catholic theologian of whom you may have heard. His name is Joseph Ratzinger.
And in particular by his work as a peritus at Vatican II, and especially his work on the drafts of Dei Verbum (Vatican II's dogmatic constitution on divine revelation). 
One of his key insights is inviting us to acknowledge that Scripture and Tradition may be means of revelation, but revelation in se is something other than these means.
I hope you will understand that I rate his thinking on this somewhat higher than yours.