Is Sola Scriptura idolatry?

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One entry found for idolatry. Main Entry: idol·a·try m-w.com/images/audio.gif
Pronunciation: -trE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -tries
Etymology: Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eidOlolatreia, from eidOlon idol + -latreia -latry
1 : the worship of a physical object as a god
2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something
 
Great question. I don’t know if it’s idolatry, but it sure is anti-intellectual.
 
In my opinion, there are those who cling to the notion of sola scriptura with blind faith…
 
**Colossians 2:8 **See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world 3 and not according to Christ.

The Bible is clear to express that sacred tradition is to be respected and adhered to. Sola Scriptura was made up by Martin Luther at the time of the “Reformation.” If that doesn’t qualify as “an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition”–I don’t know what does.:ehh:

The adherence to Sola Scriptura DESPITE what the scriptures themselves say seems to me idolatrous. It raises the concept above the Truth revealed by God.
 
st_felicity said:
**Colossians 2:8 **See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world 3 and not according to Christ.

The Bible is clear to express that sacred tradition is to be respected and adhered to. Sola Scriptura was made up by Martin Luther at the time of the “Reformation.” If that doesn’t qualify as “an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition”–I don’t know what does.:ehh:

The adherence to Sola Scriptura DESPITE what the scriptures themselves say seems to me idolatrous. It raises the concept above the Truth revealed by God.
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Exactly what tradition should be respected and adhered to according to the scriptures?
 
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The Sacred Tradition per the Deposit of Faith revealed to the Apostles.
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What I am trying to ask is what traditions do the scriptures explicitly state that we should adhere to?

Does your church have any evidence that the apostles taught the church at Corinth any of the distinctively Catholic beliefs such as prayers to the saints, the assumption, immaculate conception, etc…
 
Calvinator said:
What I am trying to ask is what traditions do the scriptures explicitly state that we should adhere to?
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Well the most obvious in my opinion is the hierarchial Church authority.

Also–the fact of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is pretty blatent in the NT.
Does your church have any evidence that the apostles taught the church at Corinth any of the distinctively Catholic beliefs such as prayers to the saints, the assumption, immaculate conception, etc…
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Are you asking if anything like those traditions are mentioned in Corinthians?
 
Calvinator said:
Exactly what tradition should be respected and adhered to according to the scriptures?
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The Traditions that were delivered by the Apostles whether by word of mouth or by epistle (2 Thes 2:15).

Many blessings,

E.C.
 
Calvinator said:
What I am trying to ask is what traditions do the scriptures explicitly state that we should adhere to?

Does your church have any evidence that the apostles taught the church at Corinth any of the distinctively Catholic beliefs
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Yes Scripture themselves show that, but because Protestants and others take Scripture and interpret it the way they want, we have confirmation from the Church Fathers, for instance. In the letter to the Corinthians by Ignatius of the Antioch (who was disciple of John and Paul) and the letter to the Corinthians by Clement of Rome (who was a disciple of John and Paul), you find many doctrines that are maintained by Catholics today, but that are rejected by protestants (what you call Catholic beliefs).

IT is important to know what the Early Church Fathers taught, because they had the words of the Apostles still ringing in their ears, and in the Case of the Apostolic fathers (Clement, Polycarp, Ignatius), for instance, they received their teaching, and therefore CORRECTION when needed from the Apostles themselves… Protestants and others that simply take scripture and interpret it, they have no one to correct them.

Many blessings,

E.C.
 
Calvinator said:
What I am trying to ask is what traditions do the scriptures explicitly state that we should adhere to?

Does your church have any evidence that the apostles taught the church at Corinth any of the distinctively Catholic beliefs such as prayers to the saints, the assumption, immaculate conception, etc…
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The evidence is that the Catholic Church is the church that has historical and organizational continuity (apostolic succession) with the Church established by Jesus Christ and He made a promise about His Church:

Matthew 16:18

**18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. **

If the gates of Hell shall not prevail in His Church, then doctrinal error cannot prevail over His Church.

God Bless,
Michael
 
Is Sola Scriptura idolatry?
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Of course it is, but no one actually practices it.

Even the most extreme “Bible Alone” people learn the Bible from outside sources.
 
mikeledes said:
The evidence is that the Catholic Church is the church that has historical and organizational continuity (apostolic succession) with the Church established by Jesus Christ and He made a promise about His Church:

Matthew 16:18

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

If the gates of Hell shall not prevail in His Church, then doctrinal error cannot prevail over His Church.

God Bless,
Michael
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Mike,

I appreciate your answer but thus far either no one has understood what I am asking or they have chosen to dance around the question.

I’ll try to make it more clear later.
 
Calvinator said:
Mike,

I appreciate your answer but thus far either no one has understood what I am asking or they have chosen to dance around the question.

I’ll try to make it more clear later.
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Didn’t I give you two examples?

In Corinthians, Paul warns one must discern the Body and Blood of Christ in communion. That is a Church “tradition” not explicitly stated as such biblically and yet referred to by Paul in Corinthians.
 
Calvinator, I believe your question is answered here:

1 Cor 11:2
I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.

2 Thess 2:15
So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.

2 Thess 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

The KJV uses “tradition/s” in the verses from Thessalonians. In 1 Cor 11:2, the KJV uses “ordinances.” However, it is the same word in Greek for all 3 verses.

Lastly, Jn 21:25
But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Can you doubt that some of those unwritten things were passed down by word of mouth, and became “traditions”?

Ruthie
 
If the person holds so tightly to strict Bible only teaching that they ignore other parts of the faith it could essentially be called idolatry. Some people neglect all influences except what they themselves discern from the King James Bible only. The revere this version of the Bible and accept no other and believe in it and it only as their saving grace. This is a form of idolatry. I have known several here in the South to practice this. Not from ignorance but from a devout passion. Misguided perhaps but not insincere.
 
Calvinator said:
Exactly what tradition should be respected and adhered to according to the scriptures?
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Calvinator, I understand your question. First, we are told to “hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.” 1 Thessalonians 2:15. This gives scriptural authority to oral tradition (“Sacred Tradition”). However, scripture contains no list of “Sacred Traditions” we are to observe. If it did, the particular beliefs on the list would have a scriptural basis and would not be “Sacred Tradition.” Therefore your question can never be answered satisfactorily.
 
Zenas said:
Calvinator, I understand your question. First, we are told to “hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.” 1 Thessalonians 2:15. This gives scriptural authority to oral tradition (“Sacred Tradition”). However, scripture contains no list of “Sacred Traditions” we are to observe. If it did, the particular beliefs on the list would have a scriptural basis and would not be “Sacred Tradition.” Therefore your question can never be answered satisfactorily.
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Thanks for your reply.

This is what it boils down to…for me at least.

The question is, “What exactly did Paul have in mind when he penned 2Thess 2:15 and used the word “tradition”?”

I see no reason to believe that Paul meant the immaculate conception, assumption, treasury of merit, etc…at least not without accepting Rome’s authority.
 
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