It is widely known that the time of the Reformation, far from bringing in new doctrines was indeed a time of actually returning to the Biblical views of many truths. It was from this time that the Sola Scriptura emerged.
Listen as Jerry Johnson briefly encapsulates where the controversy is and its cause.
1 Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")Over many generations of church history scriptural truths had been subverted and undermined such that the established church had come to a large degree- not to represent the true freedom that Christ promised- but became a source of unbridled political power and corruption. The re-forming of the church under the broad head "Protestantism" was to reclaim the view (among others) that that most important of doctrines we know as "salvation by faith" was reclaimed from its languishing as a doctrine of works. Unfortunately as many also will know "He who does not learn from the lessons of History is doomed to repeat its mistakes".
2 Sola fide ("by faith alone")
3 Sola gratia ("by grace alone")
4 Solus Christus or Solo Christo ("Christ alone" or "through Christ alone")
5 Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone")
Listen as Jerry Johnson briefly encapsulates where the controversy is and its cause.
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