Expert: Marco - 1/6/2008

Question
does the roman church believe the Bible is infallible

could you briefly define why you believe sola scriptura is unbiblical

can you briefly give scriptures that support your belief that sola
scriptura is unbiblical


thx
s

Answer
Dear S,

"sola scriptura" is unbiblical because such idea is not stated in the Bible. If you accept the idea that all religious principles must be stated in the Bible, than you should be able to find some verse in the Bible stating that "all religious principles must be stated in the Bible". The point is that no such verse exists. Therefore "sola scriptura is unbiblical, and this is a striking inconsistency in protestantism.

The teaching of the Roman Catholic Church are given in the Catechism and I report one of its verses below:

136 God is the author of Sacred Scripture because he inspired its human authors; he acts in them and by means of them. He thus gives assurance that their writings teach without error his saving truth.

Observe that this verse points out that the Bible teaches without errors "the saving truth"; since history, geography or science has nothing to do with the saving truth, there is no reason to expect that the Bible cannot contain scientific or historical errors.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco