The B I B L E: Sola Scriptura BtP 7.21.2024
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The Faulty Promise of Constantine
The Faulty Promise of Constantine
A centralized Church unified with government provides a flourishing environment.
A centralized Church unified with government provides a flourishing environment.
Actual Results…
Actual Results…
Unqualified political leadership (generally clergy)
Unqualified political leadership (generally clergy)
Unregenerate church leadership.
Unregenerate church leadership.
Unfulfilled ministry in the Church
Unfulfilled ministry in the Church
Accumulation of power and wealth
Accumulation of power and wealth
Neglect of the needs of the flock for the ornamentation of the fold.
Neglect of the needs of the flock for the ornamentation of the fold.
Previews and Problems
Previews and Problems
Why not the Bible? How did the Church come to rely so much on tradition?
Why not the Bible? How did the Church come to rely so much on tradition?
What was dark, and where during the “Dark Ages”?
What was dark, and where during the “Dark Ages”?
First flights of Renaissance humanism, expanded higher learning.
First flights of Renaissance humanism, expanded higher learning.
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
More Bible
More Bible
Less clerical abuse.
Less clerical abuse.
Erasmus
Erasmus
Scholarly detachment.
Scholarly detachment.
Use of satire/sarcasm/humor.
Use of satire/sarcasm/humor.
Change from within.
Change from within.
He was fully a “creature” of the church he criticized.
He was fully a “creature” of the church he criticized.
The First Premise of the Reformation
The First Premise of the Reformation
Sola Scriptura…by Scripture alone.
Sola Scriptura…by Scripture alone.
Luther’s background.
Luther’s background.
Reverent but superstitious peasant stock.
Reverent but superstitious peasant stock.
Expanding opportunities for advancement.
Expanding opportunities for advancement.
Personal experience drove him to the monastery.
Personal experience drove him to the monastery.
“If ever a monk could be saved by monkery; i was that monk.”
“If ever a monk could be saved by monkery; i was that monk.”
Luther and Scripture…
Luther and Scripture…
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”