If all these denominations claim Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide, yet arrive at wildly different conclusions, it logically means that some are interpreting Scripture incorrectly.
How do you tell which interpretation is correct?
They're not much different than the differences which exist between the Roman Church and the EO.
So it's your opinion that the differences between different Prot denominations is *significant*. That's nice.
Claiming that they are significant and then using it as a club to bludgeon sola Scriptura with is not real solid ground to stand on. ESPECIALLY in light of the differences between the EO and Roman Catholicism.
Catholics on this board have told us that outside of what the church has interpreted there is wide leeway in how Scripture is interpreted.
Why is it OK for Catholics but not Protestants?
And where in Scripture is lockstep adherence to a certain doctrinal position required for salvation?
Have you ever read Romans 14? GOD allows for leeway in "disputable matters". Far more than Catholics do for Prots.
Catholics lay requirements on Prots that God never did.
What's with that?
It is Protestantism that chose the banner of Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide. Catholics didn’t place that on you, nor would we.
But because of that criteria, the metric by which Protestantism is measured differs compared to Catholicism, which has the threefold Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
And yes, I agree that there is leeway in “disputable matters”. But let me ask you: How do you determine what is considered “disputable” and what is considered non-negotiable?
Try to...
Catholics lay requirements on CATHOLICS that God never did.