"Wow...who else used Sola Scriptura? Christ Himself"
You are missing something here. How or why would the Word of God, Jesus Christ, use Sola Scriptura? Why do you try to limit His ability to speak? Is obedience to God's Word found ONLY in writing? Are you saying God ONLY SPEAKS THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE??? I guess God didn't speak much before the OT was written down, hundreds of years after Abraham. And how did God create the universe before the Bible came about, since He only speaks through the written word, according to you?
As to "measuring things by the Word of God", perhaps you should redefine WHAT IS the Word of God? It CERTAINLY isn't JUST the Bible. The events recorded in the Bible occured before they were written, so God doesn't ONLY speak through Scripture. Did the Apostles adhere to Sola Scriptura in Acts 15 at the Council of Jerusalem? Sola Scriptura would have dictated that Christians had to be circumcised. I presume you are aware that the OT was the only scripture during this council.
Another interesting question: Since the Bible is not self-authenticating, how do you even know you HAVE the Word of God, without the Apostolic Tradition?
Sola Scriptura is a deluded, self-defeating, man-made doctrine that attempts to constrain the Word of God to a book, when it is obvious that God's Word came in the Flesh, not in a Book.
Christianity is not about a Book, but about a person, Jesus Christ. Forget Sola Scriptura.
Regards
Never said this...you're putting words in my mouth. After all, Paul had to hear from God BEFORE he WROTE the words, didn't he? However, God will not reveal a doctrine which is CONTRARY to what he has revealed to his servants and they in turn have written down.
The so-called doctine that Mary was sinless at birth is ridiculous because it CONTRADICTS revealed truth in the Bible. Again, God will not contradict ongoing truth in the Scripture which was written down by the writers of the Bible after they heard it from God. This CONTRADICTION will never happen because God is not duplicitous and does not lie.
The depravity of man was taught by Augustine and it tallies with what the prophets and Paul and others said in the Bible.