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Originally posted by Beryana
Did you know that Martin Luther wanted to throw out most of the New AND OLD Testaments because they didn't follow with his views of Christianity? Did you know that there is NOTHING in the Bible to support Sola Scriptura or Sola Fidai (sorry, my Latin is VERY poor - I'm refering to the protestant teaching of Faith Alone).
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Ummm, just so we don't get the bias thing going both ways, it's a pretty gross (and anti-Lutheran) overstatement to say that Luther wanted to "throw out"
most of the New and Old Testaments. I'm aware of one book he had "issues" with -- James -- and there certainly may have been more, but I think
most is really going way too far.
As for their being nothing in the Bible to support Sola Scriptura or Sola Fide (Sola Gratia is the remaing prong), I think it's fair to say that, assuming the idea of Faith Alone is properly understood and not mischaracterized because of anti-Lutheran or anti-Protestant bias, that portions of Scripture, the Letter to the Romans comes to mind, can be understood to support the idea. After all, even the Vatican and the World Lutheran Federation recently signed an agreement saying that they basically agree when it come to the idea of justification by faith, although they may talk about it in different ways.