Dr. Keith Mathison (of Ligonier Ministries/Reformation Bible College, etc.) wrote "The Shape of Sola Scriptura" back in 2001. In it, he exposes the errors not only of Rome and Orthodoxy, but also of Evangelicalism and modern Reformed with its false doctrine of solo (not sola) scriptura. He shows how this SOLO scriptura is not the position of the actual Reformers (who held to SOLA Scriptura and can trace that doctrine back to the early church fathers and of course to Scripture itself) of the 15th and 16th centuries and is really a post-Enlightenment relativism and man-made tradition. On the one hand, this seems obvious to me and those I talk to in the Reformed world. But then again, I was blessed to go to Reformation Bible College, I took the time to listen to R.C. Sproul's teaching series, I have done some reading on this, and I largely avoided the errors and deviations of Evangelical and even many Reformed seminaries today. Mathison himself notes that this was the situ...
Sola Scriptura, Tradition, The Early Church Fathers, the Value of the Early Creeds, Differences with the Roman and Orthodox Churches, etc.
CHURCH HISTORY CLASS The Reformed Doctrine of Sola Scriptura, Tradition, The Early Church Fathers, the Value of the Early Creeds, Differences with the Roman and Orthodox Churches, etc. This is not at all an exhaustive consideration. Also, for another treatment, consider this 1 hour and 45 minute video we recorded here: https://youtu.be/aJFmHPdYJOA?si=Q95-qIjNnbLHlThk The Doctrine of Sola Scriptura vs. Living or Ongoing and Unwritten Apostolic Traditions: 1. “Scripture Alone”/ Sola Scriptura means that Scripture is the only infallible, inerrant, revelation of God, given to us today; it is the complete and sufficient revelation of God and for doctrine and life for man. a. It does not mean that we reject God’s creation or nature, the real, observable world around us, the knowledge or learning of even unbelievers, for these are also sources of God’s truth. b. ...