The Norm which Norms and is Not Normed

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In light of Reformation Sunday, we will offer a short series of discussions on the five Solas which have served as a shorthand slogan for the chief concerns of the Protestant movement.

To kick things off, we discussed the most widely cited of the Solas, Sola Scripture.

Sola Scriptura = Scripture Alone

"There was no New Testament for the first 150 years of the church; thus the rule that the writings there collected are authoritative for the life of the church is itself a pure piece of churchly tradition. The use of sola scriptura to enforce "not tradition" is thus a mere oxymoron and fosters the delusion that we could ignore the centuries of theological reflection and debate that actually join us to the primal church without the loss of scripture itself. The church received the New Testament as a controlling part of her tradition, not as a substitute for it."

— Robert Jenson

Next Monday, we will talk about Sola Fide, faith alone.

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