Sola Scriptura - Proof Text

[Nicea325]

yes, so the authority starts with/comes from the people just as you say…WRT the a church claiming to speak for God…that authority could come from God or it could be a claim manufactured by the church itself

…I believe that Christ left it to each and every individual to decide who he was…are you opposed to that sort of personal decision?

No! Are you claiming the “common” people in the U.S. decide, and interpret laws? That is not what they teach in high school civics my friend.

So the U.S. Constitution was formulated and determined by Joe farmer and the common people?

Jesus wanted to people to second guess as to who He truly was here on earth? I guess that is why Protestanism is so divided and splintered due to “individual” determination.

 

[Erich]

Why limit yourself just to doctrines established by the Catholic Church since the 7 councils that are not found in scripture? Lutherans would agree that public revelation ended with the death of the last Apostle … but how/where do Lutherans come by this (non-scriptural) belief? What is the specific source?

Here’s another one… the doctrine that all human life, from conception to natural death, is sacred? As former evangelical Mark Shea put it…

Here’s another one… the doctrine of monogamy. Again, as former evangelical Mark Shea put it…

Not hard. They rightly reflect the teachings of the historic Church and scripture.

You asked, “of the doctrines established by the Catholic Church since the 7 councils, or later, since the Schism, and are not found in scripture, which ones are attributable, specifically, to the others who did not write things down?”

A doctrine doesn’t have to be post-conciliar or post-Schism to not be found in scripture, that’s why I asked why limit yourself to such.

I’ll certainly agree that the doctrine that public revelation ended with the death of the last Apostle, the doctrine that all human life from conception to natural death is sacred, and the doctrine of monogamy all reflect the teachings of the historic Church… but my point was that these doctrines are not attested (or, at best, loosely attested) in scripture, and yet they’ve “been there from the beginning.”

So… how/where do Lutherans come by these (non-scriptural) beliefs? If the source is – as you say – the teachings of the historic Church, doesn’t that kinda blow Sola Scriptura out of the water? This is, after all, a Sola Scriptura thread!