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RC4Ever
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What is Sola Scriptura?
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Emmaus
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"Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition or the Church’s magisterium (teaching authority) to help one understand it. In the Protestant view, the whole of Christian truth is found within the Bible’s pages. Anything extraneous to the Bible is simply non-authoritative, unnecessary, or wrong—and may well hinder one in coming to God.
Catholics, on the other hand, recognize that the Bible does not endorse this view and that, in fact, it is repudiated in Scripture. The true “rule of faith”—as expressed in the Bible itself—is Scripture plus apostolic tradition, as manifested in the living teaching authority of the Catholic Church, to which were entrusted the oral teachings of Jesus and the apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly. "
catholic.com/library/scripture_and_tradition.asp
catholic.com/library/What_Your_Authority.asp
Check out the two links above. The quote above is from the beginning of the article at the first link.
Catholics, on the other hand, recognize that the Bible does not endorse this view and that, in fact, it is repudiated in Scripture. The true “rule of faith”—as expressed in the Bible itself—is Scripture plus apostolic tradition, as manifested in the living teaching authority of the Catholic Church, to which were entrusted the oral teachings of Jesus and the apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly. "
catholic.com/library/scripture_and_tradition.asp
catholic.com/library/What_Your_Authority.asp
Check out the two links above. The quote above is from the beginning of the article at the first link.
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chimakuni
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I don’t know - can you find it for me in the bible?
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RC4Ever
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Dear Emmaus,
Thank you for your response. It’s very clear to me now after reading the Catholic Answers sites you provided.
The Latin sola scriptura is “solely scripture” or more simply put, Bible alone.
Thanks again.
Thank you for your response. It’s very clear to me now after reading the Catholic Answers sites you provided.
The Latin sola scriptura is “solely scripture” or more simply put, Bible alone.
Thanks again.
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CatholicSamurai
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What I have noticed with Sola Scriptura is that it takes the Bible and uses it like some legal document. If the Holy Book is treated this way, contradictions can be encountered (and some presumptions are made).
However, if the Bible is taken like a diary or a collection of love letters, you begin to see a story. :bible1:
However, if the Bible is taken like a diary or a collection of love letters, you begin to see a story. :bible1:
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aman
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Now, I don’t mean to oversimplify history, but let’s say that you want to break away from the Catholic Church and the Apostolic Tradition to start your own church. You need followers and your followers, most of them Catholics, still desire salvation. So what are you left with, assuming that you still want to preach some form of Christianity? The Bible alone, right?
But here’s the crux of the problem -nowhere in the Bible will you find that it claims (or proclaims) itself as the sole rule of faith.
P.S. I like your take, Samurai. Very clever, chimakuni.
But here’s the crux of the problem -nowhere in the Bible will you find that it claims (or proclaims) itself as the sole rule of faith.
P.S. I like your take, Samurai. Very clever, chimakuni.
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Athanasiy
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In my opinion its a believe, that every body is born as great as Thomas Aquinas.
Every body is able to find out the Trinity, the Deity of Christ, and many other doctrines, just reading the Bible alone.
Its a believe in Constitution without the Court of Law.
Its a believe in Christianity without the Church.
In the Church History the most learned Scholars were gathered for the Councils to acknowledge the truth which is written in the Holly Scriptues , but Sola Scriptura is a believe that every individual can take his Bible and decide by himself and for himself whether the writtings which he reads and translate were doctrinally correct.
Every individual by the Spirit of Discerning is so able that he can learn the Judaistic traditions and all ancient meanings and terms, even being ignorant of the Historical context of those writings.
I think that without the Church Cathechism, very probable that we shall read things into Scripture that are not there and miss things in Scripture that are there.
Therefore the Scripture REQUIRES and DEMANDS the Church.
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RNRobert
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From my experiences in life and on this forum, I’ve discovered there are different variations on the theme of Sola Scriptura. The fundamentalist form of SS I knew as a Baptist (what some call ‘solo scriptura’) meant we used the Bible and nothing else. However, I’ve talked with Lutherans on this board who use the Bible as the sole rule of faith but also listen to the early church fathers.
However, IMHO at the end of the day it all comes down to the same thing: Scripture says what one wants it to say. Frank Schaeffer (son of Evangelical minister Francis Schaeffer) said it best: “Sola Scriptura is the first line of ‘I Did It My Way.’”
However, IMHO at the end of the day it all comes down to the same thing: Scripture says what one wants it to say. Frank Schaeffer (son of Evangelical minister Francis Schaeffer) said it best: “Sola Scriptura is the first line of ‘I Did It My Way.’”
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