False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to trash Sola Scriptura are refuted.

"Luther and Calvin contradicted themselves because they claimed to use the Bible only, then went on to write creeds in addition to the Bible."

"Though he may have coined the slogan, the fact is that Luther himself did not practice Sola Scriptura. If he had, he'd have tossed out the Creeds and spent less time writing commentaries." (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 21)

Sola Scriptura: Luther and Calvin indeed contradicted themselves when they used creeds in addition to the Bible!

1. We completely agree with this criticism. Luther merely replaced Catholic creedalism with a system of his own. Luther and Calvin practiced "pseudo-Sola Scriptura" because they did use creeds in addition to the Bible.
2. Anti-sola Scriptura proponents, merely point out the error in Luther's consistency, without changing the fact that Luther was indeed right in advocating the Bible alone. Just for the record, all our churches have absolutely no creeds, not even the Nicene or Apostles Creed! So not only do we use the Bible alone, unlike Luther, we are above criticism because we are totally anti-creed. We also have a much higher level of doctrinal unity, than is seen in those churches that use creeds!
3. So Catholics/Orthodox and Luther/Calvin are two versions of the same kind of problem: Creedalism. Neither groups are true Sola Scriptura!
4. Click to learn why all creeds are evil.

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by Steve Rudd

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