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The five solae (Latin: quinque solae from the Latin sola, lit. "alone"; [1] occasionally Anglicized to five solas) of the Protestant Reformation are a foundational set of Christian theological principles held by theologians and clergy to be central to the doctrines of justification and salvation as taught by the Lutheranism, Reformed and Evangelical branches of Protestantism, as well as in ...
The Shape of Sola Scriptura is a 2001 book by Reformed Christian theologian Keith Mathison. Mathison traces the development of sola scriptura from the early church to the present. Matthison, a Reformed theologian at Ligonier Ministries and Whitefield Theological Seminary , views the Protestant Reformation as a time of recovery of the doctrine ...
Sola scriptura (Latin for 'by scripture alone') is a Christian theological doctrine held by most Protestant Christian denominations, in particular the Lutheran and Reformed traditions, [1] [2] that posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. [2]
First Epistle to Timothy 2:5 – "Because there is only one God, and only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Acts 4:10–12 – "May all of you and all the people of Israel know that this happened in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth […] And there is no salvation in anyone else; for there is no other name under heaven ...
The book After Darkness, Light (a festschrift for R. C. Sproul) has chapters on the five solas (as can be seen on the table of contents page, available on Amazon), but very confusingly, the Google Books page says "A primer on Calvinism's five points and the Reformation's four solas".
The Five solae are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the reformers' basic differences in theological beliefs in opposition to the teaching of the Catholic Church of the day. [1] The Latin word sola means "alone", "only", or "single".
Together with sola fide, sola gratia, sola scriptura and solus Christus, the phrase has become part of what is known as the Five Solae, a summary statement of central tenets of the Protestant Reformation. [9] Although these individual phrases have been used for centuries, it is not clear when they were first put together.
the Five Solas. Sola Fide – by faith alone (no works involved in justification); Sola Scriptura – by scripture alone (the Bible as the sole infallible authority of Christian doctrine and practice as opposed to the belief in tradition or magisterium infallibility)