The Advent Truth
The real reason Catholics attack sola scriptura is because if they admit it’s the truth, they’d have to let go of their idolatrous beliefs.
That’s the issue.
Sola scriptura does not mean Christians cannot learn from pastors, history, or other believers. It means Scripture alone is the final, infallible authority for doctrine and practice.
And Scripture repeatedly points us back to the written Word.
Isaiah 8:20 — “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
2 Timothy 3:16–17 says Scripture is inspired by God and able to make the man of God “perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
Acts 17:11 praises the Bereans because they tested even Paul’s preaching by the Scriptures.
Jesus Himself repeatedly answered religious controversy with, “It is written.” (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10)
Why does this matter?
Because once Scripture becomes the final authority, every doctrine has to stand before its judgment.
Where does Scripture command Christians to pray to Mary?
Where does Scripture teach us to invoke dead saints?
Where does Scripture authorize the veneration of images in worship?
Where does Scripture establish a human priesthood with power to absolve sins?
Where does Scripture teach purgatory?
Where does Scripture give one bishop universal supremacy over the church?
If a doctrine cannot survive the Bible, adding “tradition” does not make it biblical.
Jesus specifically warned about allowing religious tradition to override God’s Word:
“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.” — Mark 7:13
That is why the authority question comes FIRST.
If Scripture is merely one authority alongside an institution claiming authority to interpret Scripture and preserve binding tradition, that institution can defend doctrines Scripture never teaches.
But if the Bible is the supreme standard, tradition must bow.
Don’t ask, “What has my church always taught?”
Ask, “What saith the scripture?” — Romans 4:3
Truth has nothing to fear from an open Bible.
The real reason Catholics attack sola scriptura is because if they admit it’s the truth, they’d have to let go of their idolatrous beliefs.
That’s the issue.
Sola scriptura does not mean Christians cannot learn from pastors, history, or other believers. It means Scripture alone is the final, infallible authority for doctrine and practice.
And Scripture repeatedly points us back to the written Word.
Isaiah 8:20 — “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
2 Timothy 3:16–17 says Scripture is inspired by God and able to make the man of God “perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
Acts 17:11 praises the Bereans because they tested even Paul’s preaching by the Scriptures.
Jesus Himself repeatedly answered religious controversy with, “It is written.” (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10)
Why does this matter?
Because once Scripture becomes the final authority, every doctrine has to stand before its judgment.
Where does Scripture command Christians to pray to Mary?
Where does Scripture teach us to invoke dead saints?
Where does Scripture authorize the veneration of images in worship?
Where does Scripture establish a human priesthood with power to absolve sins?
Where does Scripture teach purgatory?
Where does Scripture give one bishop universal supremacy over the church?
If a doctrine cannot survive the Bible, adding “tradition” does not make it biblical.
Jesus specifically warned about allowing religious tradition to override God’s Word:
“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.” — Mark 7:13
That is why the authority question comes FIRST.
If Scripture is merely one authority alongside an institution claiming authority to interpret Scripture and preserve binding tradition, that institution can defend doctrines Scripture never teaches.
But if the Bible is the supreme standard, tradition must bow.
Don’t ask, “What has my church always taught?”
Ask, “What saith the scripture?” — Romans 4:3
Truth has nothing to fear from an open Bible.
The Advent Truth
The real reason Catholics attack sola scriptura is because if they admit it’s the truth, they’d have to let go of their idolatrous beliefs.
That’s the issue.
Sola scriptura does not mean Christians cannot learn from pastors, history, or other believers. It means Scripture alone is the final, infallible authority for doctrine and practice.
And Scripture repeatedly points us back to the written Word.
📖 Isaiah 8:20 — “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
📖 2 Timothy 3:16–17 says Scripture is inspired by God and able to make the man of God “perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
📖 Acts 17:11 praises the Bereans because they tested even Paul’s preaching by the Scriptures.
Jesus Himself repeatedly answered religious controversy with, “It is written.” (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10)
Why does this matter?
Because once Scripture becomes the final authority, every doctrine has to stand before its judgment.
Where does Scripture command Christians to pray to Mary?
Where does Scripture teach us to invoke dead saints?
Where does Scripture authorize the veneration of images in worship?
Where does Scripture establish a human priesthood with power to absolve sins?
Where does Scripture teach purgatory?
Where does Scripture give one bishop universal supremacy over the church?
If a doctrine cannot survive the Bible, adding “tradition” does not make it biblical.
Jesus specifically warned about allowing religious tradition to override God’s Word:
“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.” — Mark 7:13
That is why the authority question comes FIRST.
If Scripture is merely one authority alongside an institution claiming authority to interpret Scripture and preserve binding tradition, that institution can defend doctrines Scripture never teaches.
But if the Bible is the supreme standard, tradition must bow.
Don’t ask, “What has my church always taught?”
Ask, “What saith the scripture?” — Romans 4:3
Truth has nothing to fear from an open Bible.
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