I’ve been engaging with the question of Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone) prompted by this post by Aaron Edwards, or more precisely the follow on discussion on his Facebook page. The big pushback to Aaron’s original post was the claim that there wasn’t such thing as “Sola Scriptura” because Scripture itself doesn’t make such a claim.… Continue reading “But the Bible was written in different languages to very different people”
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How was Sola Scripture possible before the completion of the New Testament?
In the discussion about Sola Scripture which I mentioned in my previous post, it was suggested that it wasn’t possible to talk about Sola Scripture back in the first century when Paul was writing to Timothy for two reasons, first Scripture wasn’t complete and secondly people were illiterate. Let’s deal with them in reverse order. … Continue reading How was Sola Scripture possible before the completion of the New Testament?
Sola Scripture
It’s the 31st October and I’m sat waiting for a locksmith to come to get us out of a bit of a jam, literally . As I’m waiting, I pick up on a Facebook discussion about “Sola Scripture”. Someone is arguing that this idea is nowhere to be found in Scripture. Well, I’m doubly struck… Continue reading Sola Scripture