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I have shown an openness to the idea of Sola Scriptura meaning that other sources can be used to develop the Christian's thoughts. I also explained that if Scripture is your "primary" authority, on a plane all by itself, that it is essentially "alone." It is this that I mean -- other sources can affect the mind, but Scripture holds the status as ultimate judge of any other source. It is the sole source used to judge the others. It is alone as the primary authority. Scripture. Alone.

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All well and good. This is, then, not the "Sola Scriptura" you attacked previously?????

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You just figured this out? What do you think we've been talking about for the last 158 threads? Since we discount "Sola Scriptura" (Scripture Alone) you must have guessed that we didn't consider Scripture alone ("by itself") as authoritative. SD

All well and good. This is, then, not the "Sola Scriptura" you attacked previously?????

The one, same, and only Sola Scriptura. I accept that folks (well, some folks) will use philosophy, history, tradition, their God-given minds, etc., to develop their Christian thoughts. However, if they submit these thoughts to examination by the light of Scripture as their "primary" authority, then they are engaging in "Scritpure Alone," or Sola Scriptura.

It doesn't matter where one gets their ideas from, or how many sub-authorities one deigns to submit to. When push comes to shove there is only one authority which is, ahem, authoritative. This authority stands alone, no other claim is given the least bit of creedence if it contradicts the one authority. This authority is solitary. There may be secondary and tertiary sources which are plural; but singular, one, is the final (or primary) authority.

There is thus only one authority. It is single. It stands alone, on its own plane, at the summit of judgeship. It is solitary, the only authority to which final judgment is rendered.

In other words it is Alone. Scripture is this authority. Hence it can safely be said that any Christian who holds Scripture as his "primary" authority holds it as his only authority. Ultimately. What other source of authority are you suggesting they hold as a "co-primary" authority?