Catholic Expert Debunks Sola Scriptura w/ Gary Michuta

Sola Scriptura, the popular Protestant belief in "Bible Only," flies in the face of Catholic teaching. Catholic Bible expert—Gary Michuta—talks about why Sola Scriptura is false.

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[journeyfiveonesix]

Oh no, I guess you didn't find Cameron's arguments convincing! :O

[VindexAnimae]

Sola Scriptura doctrine only started during the 1517, its 500 year anniversary is 2017. Christianity is far older than that.

[loganrieck]

Our Lord told us, "Do this in memory of Me, " not, "Read this to learn of Me."

As necessary Sacred Scripture is the Mass and the Eucharistic Sacrifice is the greatest gift of God because it is God giving Himself totally to us as He did on the Cross.

[silveriorebelo]

there is a confusion with the idea of sola scripture that is rarely addressed - protestants think that sola scriptura means that you are faithful to the biblical teaching - and that view is the basic popular idea of why sola scriptura is a sacred principle that cannot be denied - but that is a total illusion: to adopt the principle of sola criptura means simply that protestant Christians decided to depend on the interpretation of some groupo of men that established a particular denomination, and have dogmatized their interpretation of Scripture, pretending it was the real deal - but nothing can warrant that the dogmas that were sanctioned by that group are in Scripture at all - that's exactly the problem with protestantism: penal substitution - forensic imputation of Christ's justice - once saved always saved - God's unconditional election of the saved - the church of Christ as the invisible assembly of the true believres, not a historical community of faith, the rapture, the reduction of the Eucharist and Baptism to mere symbolic ritual, etc etc are clearly invenmtions that were added to the Bible and that contradict the plain teaching of the Bible...

[benmiddleton]

What Authority is higher than scripture? God himself is scripture. It's His Word! Martin Luther was making the point that scripture is the final Authority, not Rome. The Catholic Church is not above God or the final Authority

[reginald]

In the end, it is the true church of God, the church He founded, that will prevail. So far, it is RCC that has prevailed.

[ihavenomindandimustthink]

So are they suggesting that we shouldn't have The Bible as our only source for moral and political, spiritual and Christian living? Because if so then that is blasphemy, The Scripure is Gods Word He is our Lord and we as Christians should only follow Him and His teachings. If you don't belive that then what "god" do you truly beilve in?

[sonus]

"I do not condemn you either" - told Jesus to the woman who committed adultery in John 8.
Altough he could have condemned her based on Leviticus which explicitly says that both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be stoned to death.

So... To me it looks like Jesus was not very mach protestant :- )
And I follow Jesus! Not Luther. Not Kalvin. Not anybody... Only Jesus!

[josereyes-ortiz]

Matt and Gary, thanks for the apologetic.

[ameribeaner]

Liked the first argument, if it’s not defended by scripture it’s not defended. Better than making something up. “For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭7:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.””
‭‭John‬ ‭7:38‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[notme]

Notice that he didn't quote scripture once when trying to refute sola scriptura. Jesus himself taught from OT scripture believing in its inerrancy. Biblical Canon is clear in what Christ taught. He and the Apostles did not teach the Apocrypha nor did it's writers consider them on par with scripture. “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you, ” (Deuteronomy 4:2). “But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God, ” (2 Peter 1:20-21).

[ErnChildofJesus]

God Bless, Brother Matt . Thank you. Excellent teaching.

[jvlp]

Why did St. Paul say, "Hold on to both the Spoken/Oral Tradition and Written (Epistles/letters) Tradition?"... (ref. 2 Thessa 2:15)... because St. Paul knew he would not see the Final Completion of the WRITTEN TRADITION after his martyred down (beheaded) in around 64 A.D. ... The Last to be written down were the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation in around 110 A.D.

According to John 21:25... there were many EVENTS that Christ Jesus had done but were not written down for the whole world can not contain them... Therefore, God had summarized all the EVENTS that Christ Jesus had done and had chosen only those with GREAT IMPORTANCE to Mankind's SALVATION to be written down by Inspired MEN (not women) guided by the Holy Spirit and completed them in around 110 A.D.

Other written books after the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation around 110 A.D. onward were no longer included in the WORD OF GOD (Holy Scriptures)... such as the written Gospel of Peter, Thomas, Magdalene, Mary, Judas, Enoch, Pontius Pilate, etc...

After the Written WORD of God was Finally COMPLETED in around 110 A.D., it became more AUTHORITATIVE than the Oral Tradition. (ref. 2 Timothy 3:16)... As long as the Oral Tradition does not contradict the Written Tradition, that means, God still wanted them to be practiced... However, if not, the Written Tradition must supersede, overrule, and remove that particular Oral Tradition to be practiced by True Christians...

This was God's WILL (Prerogative), for if it (Oral) is still required/needed, God would allow them to be written down in the first place... logically speaking.

The Oral and Written Traditions must be UNITED as ONE w/o Division/Confusion... One (United) God, One WORD (Scripture), and One (Spiritual) TRUTH...

St. Paul warned all True Christians, "DO NOT GO/EXCEED WHAT IS WRITTEN, " and God's CURSE for those who will DO. (ref. 1 Corin. 4:6 & Gal. 1:8)...

Facts and Truth, Biblically and logically speaking... Praise be to God in Christ Jesus... Amen.

[MyImmaculateQueen]

Sola scriptura a'int in the Bible :)

[nibs]

Christ ordained the Apostles, from whom came the doctrine by the Holy Spirit.
It seems as though the early church valued "that which was older over that which was newer." Irenaeus, Tertullian, and others upheld apostolicity. The Apostles, along with the other 109 formed the first church.

Thus, apostolic doctrine, as was always the tradition of the church, was the test of authenticity. It was not the church that gave us the Scriptures, rather the Lord by his apostles and those associated with them.
Where do we find the sayings of the Apostles best? In the Scriptures. This was the primary Canon. It was not given by the church, but by the Lord himself to the church, "whatever you bind in earth, will be bound in heaven."
Beyond that also, is the real aspect of inspiration. In reality, it was the Holy Ghost that authored the Scriptures, and as such, they are the very word of God.
The church always recognized apostolic doctrine, which was their main sticking point in dealing with heresy. They almost always asked which apostle they could trace the teaching to. Every heresy originated in some place other than an apostle. Apostolicity is the primary rule for NT scripture.
To the final point: the apostles authority still speaks through the Scriptures they left us, and to that, they are the final rule over all others. Scriptures then should remain the final authority of faith and practice for the church.

[memerguy]

The founder of protestantism changed the words of GOD to make his own statements true! And his name was taken out of the book of life
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Revelation 22:19
Protestantism debunked

[mattrivera]

I'm not trying to be difficult. However, doesn't the Catholic church attempt to claim authority based on Peter being "The Rock" (Not Dwayne Johnson) and having the "Keys to the Kingdom" via scripture? You said "through history, " but would that history not go back to scripture itself?

Again, not trying to be difficult or disrespectful. I love you guys and while some Catholics may not view me the same, I look at you and Orthodox as brothers and sisters.

It's just concerning, because I engage Muslims and Orthodox Jews as well. A lot of their deviations come from authoritative literature outside of their scriptures ( not saying the Quran is...) and I hear the "oral law"argument from them as well. However, it's clearly flawed, because Rabbincal Jews can't back up their atonement without blood. sacrifice. Islam doesn't even seem to address atonement.

Now, Orthodox also claim apostolic succession. Who am I to believe? The people with better oral tradition? I would LOVE to watch a debate between these two sides on the matter. It would be very interesting.

[saintfrancisprayforus]

Many people take sacred scripture to be the Word of God but CHRIST was the Word incarnate. GOD’s Word is not man’s word. Sacred scripture are inspired writings, the law indeed - but not THE WORD.

[browncony]

*150+ verses say Jesus, Apostles and NT Church appealed to Scriptures Only for doctrines. Not once they took doctrines from traditions of Moses or Pharisees. This already proves Sola Scriptura.*

*Roman ctists love defying God and His Words.*

[ChrisTian-tzeq]

The Hebrew Scriptures:The Torah (First 5 Books of Moses), and The Prophets, and The Psalms etc... Are the "scriptures" that Jesus and the Early Church, referred to... and are what the "noble Bereans" used to test Paul's words to see if what he was telling them was true!
(Acts 17 : 10 - 11 ) ...