'Sola Scriptura' - Fr. Stephen De Young

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An edited excerpt from "What is the Bible?" from Fr. Stephen De Young's new book "The Whole Counsel of God: An Introduction to Your Bible".

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[Iam_giannawalker]

That’s good. As I’ve come into Orthodoxy, barely these last few months(becoming a Catechumen this upcoming Lord’s Day…Glory to God), I’ve realized that the argument as to why Protestants are wrong is because of sola scriptura it’s a a common thing my fiancé himself brings up weekly if not, every other day lol. So thank you for explaining this, and giving great reason and definitive evidence as to why we need to look at it differently.

[SpaghettoLive]

Do all the scriptures point to Christ while Christ points to the meaning of everything

[littlefishbigmountain]

Amen. Reminds me of the Lord’s words, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” ~John‬ ‭5‬:‭39‬-‭40‬

[dg_f_Christs]

As a Protestant we're big on the word of God, well isn't it ironic that what we really need to live is the actual Word of God. Us Protestants need to wake up.

[jeffrey]

The Scriptures are "the means" or "a means" to know the person of Christ?

[ProtestantismLeftBehind]

Can’t wait to read your book. Question, why hadn’t Luther and other reformers just decided to go back to the Orthodox Church and leave Rome, instead of a whole other branch of Christianity?

[davidkehrer]

Got be honest, the cursive text looks like sofa scriptura.

[andreiteodorof]

"And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:" Matthew 22:32

[DaudH]

Jesus slaps the tradition and burys it, And he says that those who practice it are blind guides of the blind, together they will fall into the hole:

“Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; and honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭2‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It is not a text taken out of its context, it is a whole teaching of Jesus.

[chriswright]

Very interesting. So from the Orthodox perspective, how does one learn to live a moral life and how to set up a church? Thanks