The phrase “Sola Scriptura” is from the Latin Sola- meaning ‘alone’, and the word Scriptura- meaning ‘writings’- referring to the Scripture. Sola Scriptura therefore means that Scripture alone is authoritative for the faith and practice of the follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible, to the true Christian, is complete, authoritative, and true. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” II Tim. 3:16 In Geneva, Switzerland, there are many references throughout that city of the reformation. One of the most impressive is the statues of Boza, Calvin, and Zwingli; and on the wall behind them is the inscription “SOLA FIDE, SOLA SCRIPTURA, SOLA GRATIA”, which was the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation. For centuries, the Roman Catholic religion had made its traditions superior in authority to the Bible, such as prayer to the saints, to Mary, the immaculate conception, infant baptism, transubstantiation, indulgences, and papal authority. Martin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran Church and father of the Protestant Reformation, was publicly rebuking the Catholic religion for its unbiblical teachings. The papacy threatened Martin Luther with excommunication and death if he did not recant. Martin Luther’s reply was, and should be the reply of every true Protestant today: “unless therefore I am convinced by the testimony of Scripture, or by the clearest reasoning, unless I am persuaded by means of the passages I have quoted, and unless they thus render my conscience bound by the Word of God, I cannot and will not retract, for it is unsafe for a Christian to speak against his conscience. Here I stand, I am can do other; may God help me! Amen!
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 08:46:43 +0000
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