Sola Scriptura is merely a method of discerning the truth by using scripture as the final authority.
This "final" part is not in the scripture, so it is a superstition: belief in an supernatural quality of a object contrary to logic or divine revelation. Most certainly the scripture is an authority, and that is how I use it extensively on this thread. The final authority on the interpretation of the scripture belongs to the Church.
No it belongs to the Holy Spirit. People, fallible people make up the church. You in effect, worship yourselves.
Praying to saints is not in contradiction to it and is a form of worshiping God.
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Sometimes I can't believe my eyes on this thread.
Gotta keep my barf bag closer.
I've seen a lot of twisted logic in my day but that about takes the cake. We shall see how much God agrees--or does NOT--agree with that assertion.
I can't imagine ANYONE of any denomination who's a true Christian in any core meaning of the term
AND WHO HAS HAD EVEN A GLIMPSE OF
GOD HIGH AND LIFTED UP--HIS TRAIN FILLING THE TEMPLE--
who would come within a trillion galactic clusters of writing or thinking such a travesty.
"Th epurgatory is plain uin the scripture"
How can it be plain in the scripture when it runs afoul of basic Roman Catholic soteriology; that one can't know he/she is fully saved until after he/she dies and the account books are opened? If the person in "purgatory can't do anything to help him/herself and must rely on God and the prayers, good deeds or indulgences of those left behind, how can anyone know that the dead isn't already in hell and all their efforts are a waste of time and they are just "whistling by the graveyard"?
The same goes to praying to the saints. How does anyone know that anyone except Jesus made it eternally into heaven, with the possible exception of Moses and Elijah since they appeared on the mount of the transfiguration?
Both of these beliefs run counter to the works based salvation taught by the Roman Catholic Church since no one knows what kind of life anyone lived in the spirit here except God and He ain't telling anyone here.
So, based on your definition, both of those beliefs and rituals are superstitions: "belief in an supernatural quality of a object contrary to logic or divine revelation" since they both are based on nothing but wishes since no one knows where the people are they are praying to or for or whether what they are praying for will ever be heard.