Do fundamentalists know what the doctrine of Sola Scriptura is?

Question

It means "the Bible only" ? Do you know who invented it? Martin Luther. Do you know what year? 1517? Where is the yaer 1517 written in the Bible?

The question is do you know where your doctrines came from or not and whether or not Martin Luther and the yaer 1517 are mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

I am a fundamentalist Christian and I have checked into the doctrine of "sola scriptura" and while it sounds like it might be the same thing, I do not think that it is.

"Fundamental Christianity" is all about, in as much as humanly possible, being like Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the primary example of a fundamentalist Christian, for the fundamentalist Christian.

There may be many similarities. The Bible itself teaches us that the Bible alone is not enough, that we must be saved and have the Holy Ghost living inside of us in order to properly understand the Word of God and to live a Christian life which is proper before God.

The Bible itself says that God's word is above all of God's name indicating that God is God's Word. The Bible even says directly that God's Word is God. Still, in order to understand this fully, one must have God as the God of their life.

These things do not come from Martin Luther at all, but rather from the Word of God. While Luther may have acknowledged these things, or discovered the Catholic cover-up, Luther did not invent these concepts.

Fundamentalist Christians worship the Word of God as God, but this Word of God is not just a book, it is the living God, the Lord Jesus Christ. This means that there is an infinitely powerful added "dimension" (for lack of a better word) to fundamentalism over "sola scriptura". The Holy Ghost living inside of us is the necessary added ingredient.

In order to have God living inside of someone, they need to have faith in God, to acknowledge God as the true God, to repent from their sinful lives, and to turn to God as their Personal Lord and Saviour, accepting His free gift of love which is through the blood (the death and resurrection) of the Lord Jesus Christ which is God come in the flesh.

Jesus Christ died on our behalf, living the perfect life which we could never live, and presented it to us as a free gift to show before God at the Judgement. Also, Jesus Christ died for our sins, taking upon Himself the punishment for us all. Out of love, He offers us something which is referred to as a proposal of marriage, and if we accept, we become the Bride of Christ, destine to live forever as one with Him after the same manner a married couple live as one.

Looking at all this, one can see that "sola scriptura" addresses these issues, is necessary, but by itself, it is incomplete in form and in nature.

Answer 2

So, what's the question????

Is it "Did Martin Luther print his version of the Bible?" and, does the print date show up as 1517?

Well, I don't think so!

If anyone has the original copy of the first edition, he's a multi-millionaire!

Pax vobiscum, pax dominic.

Simon Templar

Edit,

I did not want to comment upon your use of the terms "fundamentalists" and "invented", which show a certain lack of strength in your English as much as the second mis-spelling of "year" displays.

Since you insist on saying things, may I suggest that you kindly read up what you can find on "Prima Scriptura" and "solo verbo Dei"?

Incidentally, the other gentleman is right about the ending "a" and "o" making a gender difference in Latin.

Answer 3

Well I think the writings of those early apostles, have a lot more value than those of later centuries in general. So although you can look at later writings and learn, if the later writings deny the gospel and epistles I will be careful.

Eg the great thinker St Augustine implied that miracles had pretty much passed away. So his reputation inhibitted people moving in miracles as that doctrine got into Catholic and Protestant theology. It took the Azusa street revival to break the non-biblical idea that miracles can only happen rarely.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter when he said it ,Paul says it,Peter says it,and John says it .Things like ,"Let God's word be true and every man a liar","Do not add or take away from scripture",Jesus told the Pharisees "Why do you follow man's traditions instead of the word of God?"
No where in the Bible is ther Infant Baptisim,Christian priests,unmarried clergy( a pastor is to be the husband of one wife, the selling of Indulgences,confessing to a priest or asking the "Saints" to intercede for us.Paul says "There is one Mediator between God and man,that is Christ Jesus".
That's why Sola Scripturas is so important.I don't care if he said it in 1930 the thought is not dogma but truth.

Answer 5

If God has intended that man should learn His religion from a book, the Bible, surely God would have given that book to man. Christ would have given that book to man.

Christ did not say, "Sit down and write Bibles and scatter them over the earth, and let every man read his Bible and judge for himself." If Christ had said that, there would never have been a Christianity on the earth at all, but a Babylon and confusion instead, and never one Church, the union of one body. Hence, Christ never said to His Apostles, "Go and write Bibles and distribute them, and let everyone judge for himself." That injunction was reserved for the Sixteenth Century, and we have seen the result of it. Ever since the Sixteenth Century there have been springing up religion upon religion, and churches upon churches, all fighting and quarreling with one another, and all because of the private interpretation of the Bible.

It is Divine Faith alone by which we give honor and glory to God, by which we adore His infinite wisdom and veracity. That adoration and worship is necessary for salvation.

Answer 6

You are incorrect. "SolA" is not the same as SolO".

That one letter does makes a difference. You have a misunderstanding of the doctrine of Sola scriptura, I see.


Most Protestant churches do NOT believe that human tradition is inherently bad; we simply believe that tradition is subordinate to the Bible.

Roman Catholicism believes that human tradition is superior to the Bible, because they view the Bible as a product of tradition itself.

You are not going to convince anyone that you are right, and they are wrong, if you make yourself sound ignorant of the very issue that you are trying to debate.

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Try reading the article at the link below if you want to sound educated about protestant doctrine. Otherwise, you make yourself sound foolish, and no one is going to listen to someone who sounds ignorant.