The Doctrine of Sola Scriptura is found nowhere in the BibleI

[Soutane]

The opposite is in fact found there-reliance on Holy Tradition(which is all the Catholic Church had for the first 300 years) and the admonition that the Church is the Pillar and foundation of all Truth(magisterium)

 

[JonNC]

The opposite is in fact found there-reliance on Holy Tradition(which is all the Catholic Church had for the first 300 years) and the admonition that the Church is the Pillar and foundation of all Truth(magisterium)

Lutherans do not deny the reliance on Tradition, or even teachers. We just contend that they are both subject to scripture. But a couple of points, because I know you will discuss in fairness, honesty and charity:

1. How can you prove that the Pillar and foundation of all truth is found with the Bishop of Rome, and not the other patriarchs?
2. You are saying that the Catholic Church only had Tradition for the first 300 years. If so, why did Christ say on numerous occasions (including the temptation in the desert, which was our Gospel lesson for today) “it is written”?

Jon

 

[AmericanJosiah]

The opposite is in fact found there-reliance on Holy Tradition(which is all the Catholic Church had for the first 300 years) and the admonition that the Church is the Pillar and foundation of all Truth(magisterium)

1. Please reference the post immediately above this. Jon makes some EXCELLENT points, I will not repeat.
2. There is no doctrine of Sola Scriptura. It is the PRAXIS of embracing Scripture as the rule (“straight edge”) / canon (“measuring stick”) / or as it is called in epistemology, the norma normans (“the norm that norms”) in matters of doctrine. The function of the Rule of Scripture in theology is similar, in some ways, to the function of the Rule of Law in civil matters. ALL disciplines have a norma normans (it’s not always as clear as it should be, however, lol). My degree is in physics, we use math and experimental observation as our canon. The norma normans is regarded as most sound if such is as objective as possible, outside and above and beyond all parties involved in the norming, knowable by all and alterable by none, with a strong embrace by all as reliable for this purpose. The Catholic Church rejects the Rule of Scripture for the norming of theology NOT because it has an alternative, better or worse (it doesn’t) but because it rejects accountability and thus norming in the singular, exclusive, sole case of it itself alone. It claims that it alone is incapable of error (in these matters) and thus exempt from accountability (thus also norming and any norma normans).
3. Actually, using Scripture normatively is found all over Scripture - exampled as praxis is. From the time Scripture first appeared on Mount Sinai, it was regarded as normative. What is NEVER found in Scripture is the practice of WHATEVER The Catholic Church alone teaching being regarded as infallible, unaccountable and exempt from norming. It’s the Catholic claim that has no basis in Scripture. We see Sola Scriptura employed all over the Bible.

Thank you.

Pax

• Josiah

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