The Anglican View of Scripture

River Devereux explains how the Anglican Formularies - particularly the Homilies - teach that Scripture is infallible, perspicuous, sufficient, and efficacious for salvation, and also teach the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, finally, he looks at how the Formularies understand canonicity.

Defending Sola Scriptura:

Sola Scriptura and Nicaea II / veneration of images:

Sola Scriptura and the Canon of Scripture:

Mike Winger on 1 Corinthians 14 and silence in the church:

Why women can't be Pastors:

[chrislarson]

Another banger! Love these sermons, very unique In the YouTube world. Please continue blessing us with these.

[presbygoose]

The evolution of your background decor over time has been interesting to watch. Great video!

[clivejames]

I know this is weak - but I like icons, I like the aesthetics of holy images :( I'm not going to 'worship' them. They 'remind' me of my faith but yep - I'd like to say to God, they look great in my home! (and frankly, they seem far less grievous to my soul than supporting same sex unions or even women priests).

[dawnelias]

What do you do if you are aNGLICAN since birth, and now your church here in Canada has changed and is allowing things like same-sex marriage and gender identity and a bunch of things that are contrary to scripture what do you do do you do your prayer book on your own and pray for CHURCH because it’s not just one CHURCH. It is the entire ANGLICAN CHURCH of Canada now allowing things like same-sex marriage and women priests which go against the teaching of God and the more worldly my church becomes the less I want to go there but the more I want to cling to God and my prayer book but now I don’t get communion so what would you suggest?

[jonathanvickers]

Is that the Reformation Study Bible behind you?

[redknightsr]

How do you feel about Lent and specifically receiving the ashes on Ash Wednesday?

[marksmale]

Holy Scripture may be infallible, but it needs to be his interpreted. Hence the multitude of churches and sects which differ in their interpretations of lots of things.

Does the doctrine of Sola Scriptura forbid beliefs which are not explicit in Scripture (like the Trinity: the only explicit reference to it is a gloss, because it is not in the oldest manuscripts) but do not contradict what is explicit in Scripture? The Assumption of Mary is not in Scripture but does not contradict Scripture. After all, Enoch - about whom we know nothing except that he walked with God - was assumed into heaven. Mary is perhaps slightly more important than Enoch.

[jessedutch]

I will be watching this when I have time. @ Riven, I was wondering, have you read the book Anglican Theology by Mark Chapman? If so, I was wondering what your thought on it was.

[jamessheffield]

All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them Canonical. 39 Articles of Religion

[grneal]

but how do we define what is "scripture"? is it only the canonized books of the Bible?

[knightrider]

Mere Christianity is a great book. Not the Bible, but well worth reading.

[paterson]

N. T. Wright is wrong. Women’s ordination is a violation of the order of creation before the fall of mankind.

[okuonzimorris]

Christ gives st Peter and his successors the authority of binding and loosing Matthew 18:18, John 20:23, Matthew 16:18-20, John 21:15-19 and St Paul tells St Timothy to hold hold fast to the traditions he has passed on as an apostle, both written and orally 2 Thessalonians 2:15, In the letter to St Timothy Paul writes that the Church not the Scripture is the pillar and foundation of the of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15) nor is the scripture as some Christians claim, fully self- interpreting. as 2 Peter notes, for example, in St Paul's letter there are things hard to understand that the Ignorant and unstable distort to their destruction, just as they do the other scriptures (2 Peter 3:16). The Catholic Church avoids such dangers by relying on authoritative interpretation of the sacred magisterium in the light of Tradition by authority of Christ of sending them to teach and baptize. no prophecy of scripture is a matter of self interpretation, for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy spirit spoke under the influence of God (2 Peter 1:20), so respect Gods choice of choosing apostles and sending the Holy spirit upon them on pentecost, nothing is impossible, if the Holy spirit could make Simon Peter infallible in the first Council of the Church, the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15) why not his successors by special authority given by Jesus as the one who holds the keys to heaven whatever is bond or loosened by his successors is also bound or loosened in heaven (Matthew 16:18) I wonder the Sola Scriptura you are studying if you can't recognize all these in the Scriptures you have been studying since Childhood, any way this is a punishment to protestants for disobedience to authority instituted by Christ. finally the sacred tradition, sacred Scripture and teaching authority of the Church, in accord with God's most wise design, are so linked and joined together that one cannot stand without the others, and all together and each in its own way under the action of the one Holy Spirit contribute effectively to the salvation of souls so violation of any leads to disorder as the protestant churches are facing now

[Zwerchhau]

The problem I have with the idea of Sola Scriptura, is what constitutes the scripture itself is a product of Church tradition. It was various Ecumenical councils which determined what the canon was in the first place. Sola Scriptura is a self-defeating argument, since what constitutes the scripture was determined not by scripture but by the Church.

[DD-bxrb]

We can believe in the canonised books of the Bible because after 300 years of dispute, there was an organ of infallible teaching authority to declare which books were inspired. Chirst established His Church on Peter and the apostles and their successors, and guaranteed it would teach His truth, in His Name, in every generation, until the end. "The church is the pillar and foundation of the truth" (1Tim 3:15), and not private interpretation. Without it there is doctrinal chaos.

[timadamson]

But the Scriptures say that The Church is the pillar and ground of

[motouser]

You don't believe the bible is infallible. No Christian does.

[YahuahsRefiner]

You cannot pick and choose whta suits you best and ditch the rest. Christ never did thta to us! You are not Catholic, it makes zero sense to try to justify in some mental gymnastics that you are. If Christ fid whta you are doing, He would have cut you off and the rest of us off a long time ago. Please, be consistent and stop being hypocritical to His Church.

[daviddragona]

PLEASE COME HOME ENOUGH YOUR SYMBOL SERVICES WILL BECOME THE EUCARIST NO CATHOLIC CANNOT GO TO THEIR WORSHIP SERVICES ENOUGH OF THE FLUFF REPENT NOW