The Obscurity in Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity - Couverture rigide

Casey J. Chalk

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 164585227X ISBN 13 : 9781645852278

Editeur : Emmaus Road Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Turn on Christian radio anywhere in the United States and see how long it takes before someone declares that "Scripture clearly teaches [fill in the blank]." There's a reason for that, and it has to do with the very origins of Protestant Christianity more than five hundred years ago.

The Protestant Reformation coalesced around five core doctrines: sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solus Christus, and soli Deo gloria. But another founding principle served as bedrock for all of them: the doctrine of clarity, or perspicuity. According to this doctrine, which was upheld in various forms by all the major Reformers and remains central to Protestantism today, the Bible is clear enough so that any Christian, relying on the Holy Spirit, will be able to determine at least what is necessary for salvation, if not much more.

The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity catalogues and analyzes the historical, theological, and philosophical dimensions of perspicuity and finds the doctrine not only confused but erroneous, destructive, and self-defeating. The Obscurity of Scripture exposes the hopeless dead ends of clarity and, through a consideration of Catholic teaching on the Bible, offers the only way out.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emmaus Road Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 164585227X
• ISBN 13: 9781645852278
• Reliure: Gebundene Ausgabe
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