Scripture alone

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

In brief: Scripture alone (from the Reformation slogan Sola Scriptura) is the teaching that the Bible is the Church's only infallible and sufficient rule for deciding issues of faith and practices that involve doctrines. None of this denies that tradition is valuable, but it does imply that tradition must be tested by the higher authority of the Scriptures.

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Overviews

• An overview of Sola Scriptura
• Scripture alone (theopedia)

Articles and opinions

• Comments about Scripture alone

Quotes

• Quotes about Sola Scriptura

See also

• Biblical inerrancy
• Five solas

External links

• Favourable
  • Sola Scriptura, by A.A. Hodge
  • The authority and sufficiency of Scripture, by Scott McClare
  • Many articles on Sola Scriptura from a Protestant perspective
  • Why King James Version Onlyism Denies Sola Scriptura
  • What Do We Mean by Sola Scriptura?, by W. Robert Godfrey
• Critical
  • A Catholic rebuttal to Sola Scriptura
  • A Treatise on Sola Scriptura by Gary Hoge (Catholic)
  • An Eastern Orthodox rebuttal to Sola Scriptura
  • Bible-only Christians DRBO.org

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