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> “Sola Scriptura” is a thing for some Protestant denominations. And, infamously and comically, isn't exactly well supported by the text itself.
by alabastervlog 1y ago
> “Sola Scriptura” is a thing for some Protestant denominations.
And, infamously and comically, isn't exactly well supported by the text itself.
- whynotminot 1y agoIndeed. You can find yourself in some very frustrating loops, down to the parsing of words back to the original languages they were translated from, when trying to argue the Bible as a sole foundation for literally everything. Source: grew up in churches that tried to do just that.
- dylan604 1y agoMemories of using Strong's reference to do this very thing.
- alabastervlog 1y agoOMG I haven't thought about Strong's Concordance in so long. Memory unlocked, haha. For the (fortunately) uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong%27s_Concordance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong%27s_Concordance
- ImJamal 1y agoWhich leads to many Protestants saying the Bible is infallible, but which books belong to the Bible is not infallible. Which, don't tell them, means they have no clue if the books they think are infallible are actually infallible.