Sola scriptura

Sola scriptura (Latin for "by scripture alone") means "The Bible only". Protestants believe that they should only read the Bible to find out what God wants. They do this instead of listening to the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church.

Sola scriptura was a principle of the Protestant Reformation of the reformer Martin Luther and is a principle of Protestants today (see Five solas).

Other pages

• Ijtihad, the Islamic concept of interpretation of religion and law not limited by tradition

Other websites

• Many articles on Sola scriptura from a Protestant perspective
• Many articles on Sola scriptura from a Catholic perspective
• "A Critique of the Evangelical Doctrine of Sola Scriptura", an excerpt from The Shape of Sola Scriptura (2001) by Keith Mathison (himself a Calvinistic evangelical)
• A written debate on Sola scriptura between Douglas Jones and Gerald Matatics from Antithesis Magazine
• A formal written debate on Sola scriptura between Julie Staples and Apolonio Latar
• A Catholic rebuttal to Sola scriptura
• An Orthodox Christian rebuttal to Sola scriptura