Sola fide

since Constantine. The two sides differed significantly in their understanding and interpretation of the Scripture, and of the Christian life. The main points of contention were regarding the understanding of the concepts of Sola Gratia (grace alone), Sola Fide (faith alone), and Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone). The struggle between the Protestant and Catholic understandings of these matters split the church and redirected Christianity forever. Corruption and division within the Papacy, poor…

about whether or not what they have been taught about religion is actually justifiable. According to Bill Pitts, “Protestants stressed their two major principles by the formulas sola fide/sola gratia and sola scriptura” (Pitts, 2013). The formula “sola fide/sola gratia” means by faith along or by grace alone and the formula “sola scriptura” means by scripture alone. This was directed toward the Catholic Church because the Protestant religion thought that some things were exaggerated to benefit…

This October 31, 2017, will be the 500th anniversary of the day Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on Wittenberg's Castle Church door, and essentially sparked the Protestant Reformation. One of the most recognizable Protestant heroes Luther spent most of his life as a monk and a scholar, earning his doctorate and ultimately becoming a professor of biblical studies. Luther’s constant theological study and training led question the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Specifically two central…

the medieval age involves understanding his belief in the reality of Satan and that the Last Days were nigh. Oberman claims these two elements played a critical role in the persistence of Luther’s adherence to his conclusions derived from sola scriptura and sola fide. Oberman points out that Luther’s position on political and public unrest was framed around the belief that, in reality, the world’s conflict was with the devil. Due to the political nature of religion, Luther held sway in politics…

HERE WE STILL STAND THE FIVE SOLAS OF PROTESTANTISM The term Protestant has been maligned, misunderstood and too often misrepresented. It has wrongly been used by some in a political and social sense to label all non-Roman Catholics. Some evangelicals are reluctant to use the term and instead declare they are simply Christians. Others while claiming to be Protestants have embraced the very errors the Protestant Reformers opposed. The Free Presbyterian Church is unashamedly a Protestant Church.…

regulations to combat accusations of corruption such as stricter rules on indulgences. They also made several declarations. One of the declarations was that Catholic tradition is equal to the Scriptures in authority and not Martin Luther's idea of sola scriptura, or the idea that the Scriptures alone were the only authoritative source for how to be a…

are five ways of giving glory to God, which simplifies down to the Five Solas: Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Solus Christus, and Soli Deo Gloria. Glory, in this case, is defined as high renown or honor won by notable achievements; those general achievements, which happen to also be summarizations of the Reformations’ theological convictions, are through the individual Solas. Out of the Five Solas that emerged, Sola Scriptura, where the Bible contains the highest authority, is the…

Protestantism is the Bible. The rest of the unifying characteristics of Protestant religions can be encompassed in the five solas of the Protestant Reformation. The five solas are the central doctrine taught in contrast to that of Roman Catholicism. These solas include Sola Fide, by faith alone; Sola Scriptura, by Scripture alone; Solus Christus, through Christ alone; Sola Gratia, by grace alone; and Soli Deo Gloria, glory to God alone. These ideas were never decided upon formally, but…

Doctrine of What Faith Is William Brodie THEO 202 May 13, 2016 Doctrine of What Faith Is “For it is by grace you have been saved through faith.”1 Faith is a necessary requirement for eternal salvation. People are not saved because of anything that they have done, but because God has given them the gift of salvation. Salvation is the gift of grace given from God. Salvation is completely by grace because it has to be.2 Salvation is the work of God that delivers us from sin and its…

The Protestant Reformation changed the course of history, leading to several conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, among those who defended the permanence of medieval society and those who wanted the freedom of a new era, a new model of society. This paper describes and analyzes the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century and its political impact within the complex religious, social, political and intellectual context that lived Europe then. The text considers the causes of this…