You ask what is my point. My point is that the phrase sola sciptura is not in the Bible. Many use that phrase as a sort of talisman upon which all thought stops. Now please understand, I am not referring to you as you appear to be reasonable.
Other thoughts: the scripture Paul was referring to was only the Old Testament. The New Testament had not been written.
In other writings of Paul he recognizes the authority of Apostolic tradition. See, e.g., 1 Cor 11:1, 2 Thess 2:15,Eph 2:20.
You state that most Catholic rituals are not contained in the Bible. I would agree. However I do know that confession and the Lord’s Supper are mentioned in scripture. Which rituals did you have in mind?
You state that most Catholic rituals are not contained in the Bible. I would agree. However I do know that confession and the Lord’s Supper are mentioned in scripture. Which rituals did you have in mind?
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Confession of sin is in the Bible, but never mentions that is to be to a priest. We don’t need a middleman. I have access to confess to the throne through my high priest Jesus. To use a surrogate, in my opinion, cheapens the sacrifice of the cross. We can also confess our sins directly to those we sinned against.
Communion. Jesus tells us to do this in remembrance of him and we should. Nowhere does it say it must be administered by proxy. You can break bread and give thanks for his sacrifice on your own.
The catholic church has appointed itself the link between God and man. Baptism, communion, forgiveness and repentance must come through the catholic church. The catholic teaching implies the path to God was not through Christ alone but through Christ by way of the catholic church; demeaning to Christ, arrogant, ignorant, and foolish.
Neither are any of these phrases, so if sola Scriptura is to be disqualified as legitimate because the phrase is not found in the Bible the way Catholics would like it to be, then so would these doctrines and teachings of Catholicism.
trinity
catholic
pope
eucharist
sacraments
annulment
assumption
immaculate conception
mass
purgatory
magisterium
infallible
confirmation
crucifix
rosary
mortal sin
venial sin
perpetual virginity
apostolic succession
indulgences
hyperdulia
catechism
real presence
transubstantiation
liturgy
free will
holy water
monstrance
sacred tradition
apostolic succession
Benefactress
Mediatrix
Queen of Heaven
Mother of God
beatific vision
To do otherwise would be hypocritical, applying a double standard for some teachings and not others.