Questions tagged [sola-scriptura]
the doctrine that the Bible contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness
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Is the Westminster Confession's doctrine of Sola Scriptura incompatible with private revelations?
To clarify what I mean by private revelations, I'm referring to revelations by God through extra-biblical means, such as prophecies, dreams, and visions.
Is the Westminster Confession's doctrine of ...
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Does Sola Scriptura imply that one should expect no personal spiritual experience of the Gospel?
I am seeking answers on the basis of Protestant Trinitarianism.
As referenced in a previous answer regarding Sola Scriptura, Steven Lawson quotes Martin Luther, in a specialised article on Sola ...
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Scriptural support for trusting Scripture over private revelation
Several sects place a high premium on personal spiritual experience and/or personal revelation as a means for discovering Truth. For example: angelic visitations, miracles, dreams, visions, LDS's &...
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Can I still be a Catholic if I don’t believe everything in line with the church?
Morning!
I have a question about churches and baptisms.
My partner and I are marrying in a Catholic Church.
For background, I was raised by agnostic/ atheist parents, and my partner was raised non-...
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Should a Protestant accept the Nicene Creed? [closed]
In chapter 24.1 of his authoritative book on the fourth century Arian Controversy - The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God - Bishop RPC Hanson discusses how the various parties in that ...
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How many prayers (to Heaven) by believers are in the 66 books of the (Protestant) Bible? Are any literally addressed to anyone except God?
I have counted over 200 prayers by believers (though not being thorough in Psalms) but find none addressed to anyone else in Heaven but God, or exhortations to do so.
While support for this is ...
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Are there different Trinitarian foundations?
I read with interest a comment on CSE recently that stated-
Scoping the question to Trinitarians in general may open the door to doctrines that may have some biblical basis, but are mostly based on ...
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Martin Luther's explanation of Sola Scriptura
What was Martin Luther's explanation of Sola Scriptura in his writings? And did he use Sola Scripura by name?
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Church Fathers on Sola Scriptura
Did early church fathers teach about sola Scriptura?
A common definition of sola scriptura is that it:
posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith (source).
P.s- ...
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Are there any Christian churches that believe in both Sola Scriptura and Continuationism?
Are there any Christian churches / denominations that simultaneously
adhere to Sola Scriptura and
believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 12) are still available to the body of Christ?
In ...
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Does Sola Scriptura entail Cessationism?
As a follow-up to my previous question What is the difference between Sola Scriptura and the belief in a closed canon?, I would like to know now about the implications that the doctrine of Sola ...
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What is the difference between Sola Scriptura and the belief in a closed canon?
Does belief in Sola Scriptura entail belief in a closed canon?
Does belief in a closed canon entail belief in Sola Scriptura?
What is the difference between these two concepts?
Is it possible to ...
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According to proponents of Sola Scriptura, what are examples of logical contradictions between doctrines from the Bible and LDS sacred books?
For proponents of Sola Scriptura, only the Bible is inspired and authoritative.
For Latter-day Saints, three additional books are inspired and authoritative too: the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and ...
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How do Sola Scriptura defenders have a list of "scripture" since the list isn't mentioned in scripture?
Sola Scriptura can be broken into two parts:
Sola - Alone
Scriptura - The sacred Scriptures
One aspect of Sola Scriptura is the idea that Scripture is the Sole Infallible AND Authoritative rule of ...
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How do proponents of Sola Scriptura defend the doctrine without scripture being canonized until after the proof texts were written?
Sola Scriptura needs to be defended by Scriptures, because any argument that is given outside the scriptures is not authoritative or infallible, so Sola Scriptura won’t support the argument.
But I ...
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