the doctrine that the Bible contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness
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How does Sola Scriptura understanding of the Bible affect the anagogical sense of the Bible?
A few times on this site, I've mentioned Jesus' commands that we should take Mary into our home when he tells John to 'behold his mother'. This is based on the idea that much of scripture can also be interpreted for its 'eternal significance', not…
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Does the doctrine of Sola Scriptura prohibit the use of empirical information to understand the bible?
As an example, what about examining Jesus' interaction with the Roman Centurion using historical documents explaining how the Roman Army was run?
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Protestants and Sola Scriptura adherents: When was scripture alone sufficient?
Sola Scriptura is defined as "the Protestant Christian doctrine that the Bible contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness."
Is the concept of Sola Scriptura only applicable to Christians under the New Covenant, or (in hindsight)…
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Between Sola Scriptura Churches, has it happen that there is a difference interpretation to the same verse?
For example, to the 1 Samuel 28 verse,
Sola Scriptura Church-A teach "it's Samuel himself who talk"
while Sola Scriptura Church-B teach "it's the demon who talk, not Samuel".
Or it will never happen a different teaching something like that because…
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