If “sola scriptura” was mentioned in Scripture you would have a point, but “sola scriptura” is actually a 16th century man-made invention.
Additionally, the Church has NEVER suggested that the mother of God is a goddess.
Jesus never called on “tradition”, in fact, He spoke against it. Jesus appealed to the Torah and the Prophets when He said, “It is written”.
Jesus Himself invented sola scriptura when He proclaimed, “It is written”. It was His appeal to written scripture which flummoxed the authorities of the day, just as it does now.
“If “sola scriptura” was mentioned in Scripture..”
It is repeated in the Bible several times that the Word is to be searched and is good for instruction.
It is also repeated several times in the Bible that the doctrines of man and the doctrines of demons are to be completely avoided and are bad for instruction.
Well, after removing the last two from consideration, the only thing left is the Bible, hence, learn from the Word alone.
“Additionally, the Church has NEVER suggested that the mother of God is a goddess.”
Additionally, if something walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and is worshiped like a goddess...
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
It HAS acted it out in 10’s of millions of incidents many times over for centuries.
And the words are plenty damning as Ferraro’s book brazenly demonstrates.
Does your church teach this or are you just making it up on your own...
If you won't study the scriptures, at least study your own church fathers...
The earliest church fathers said if it ain't in scripture, it ain't from God...
Additionally, the Church has NEVER suggested that the mother of God is a goddess.
Yes it has, since it first invented the fallacy...You guys just avoid using the term 'goddess'...
Every day on the way home from work, I pass a house with one of those old cast iron bath tubs planted vertically in the ground with a statue of Mary in the tub...One of these days I'll snap a picture and post it...
And these obvious Catholics apparently found no reason to construct a shrine to Jesus, nor the Cross...
Actually Wag many of the ECF were sola scriptura in practice.
Wag what is the measuring rod you personally use to know if a teaching or tradition is true?