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Solus Christus or In Christo solo (Latin in + ablative, sōlō Christō, meaning "in Christ alone") is one of the five solae that summarize the Protestant Reformers' basic belief that salvation is by faith in Christ alone.
Solus Christus is the teaching that Christ is the only mediator between God and man, [20] and that there is salvation through no other. For this reason, the phrase is sometimes rendered in the ablative case , solo Christo , meaning that salvation is "by Christ alone".
solus Christus: Christ alone: A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that Jesus is the only mediator between God and mankind. Also rendered solo Christo ("by Christ alone"). solus ipse: I alone: solvitur ambulando: it is solved by walking
It affirms the principles of the Reformation: Sola scriptura (Scripture alone), Solus Christus (Christ alone), Sola gratia (Grace alone), Sola fide (Faith alone), and Soli Deo gloria (Glory to God alone). The RCUS has membership concentrated in the Midwest and California.
The Catholic Church teaches salvation by grace alone in contradistinction with salvation by faith alone: [3]. The Catholic Church teaches that good works done after regeneration (at baptism) and justification are (if certain conditions are met) meritorious and can contribute to salvation and attainment of eternal life, but only hand-in-hand with, soaked in, enabled by, grace, which alone saves us.
Justificatio sola fide (or simply sola fide), meaning justification by faith alone, is a soteriological doctrine in Christian theology commonly held to distinguish the Lutheran and Reformed traditions of Protestantism, [1] among others, from the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian and Anabaptist churches.
Detailed image of the central piece of altar. As in almost all cases of Cranach Post-Reformation altarpieces, there is also a great deal of Christocentric Lutheran symbolism, Christian allegory and Protestant theological concept of Five solas depicted in the Weimar altarpiece, with each image referring to salvation alone in Jesus, emphasizing the sacrifice of Jesus in Solus Christus.
Solus Christus – Christ alone (Jesus Christ as the only mediator between God and man as opposed to Intercession of saints or Mary) Soli Deo Gloria – glory to God alone (no veneration of Mary, angels or the saints)