501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?

by Dave Armstrong

For Protestants, Scripture alone is the source and rule of the Christian faith. Protestantism takes an "either/or" approach, but Catholicism has a "both/and" perspective. Tradition is the handing on of beliefs and practices by oral as well as written means. The Bible, though uniquely inspired, is part of a Tradition larger than itself, of which it is an encapsulation. Catholics describe Scripture, Tradition, and the Church as a "three-legged stool."

Should the Bible be fully expected to teach sola Scriptura it in its pages; does it necessarily have to do so for sola Scriptura to be true?

Scripture is, we are told, clear enough in its main outlines to be understood by the layman without necessary help from any church body or ecclesiastical communion. Yet despite this claim, many profound inter-Protestant disagreements continue and show no sign of cessation. This difficulty and many others will be examined in this book.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2009

About the author

I was received into the Catholic Church in 1991 (was evangelical); conversion story in the book Surprised by Truth (1994). Articles: The Catholic Answer, This Rock, Envoy, & The Coming Home Journal. Many nationally syndicated Catholic radio appearances including Catholic Answers Live; Faith and Family Live. My website, Biblical Evidence for Catholicism, was online from March 1997 to March 2007. My blog began in February 2004 & contains more than 2500 papers (including more than 50 separate web pages and 570+ dialogues). Sophia Institute Press has published four of my 23 books: A Biblical Defense of Catholicism (2003), The Catholic Verses (2004), The One-Minute Apologist (2007), and Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009). I am co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for The New Catholic Answer Bible (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), & editor for The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes Quips and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton (Saint Benedict Press / TAN Books: 2009).

Happily married to Judy since October 1984: three sons & a daughter.