In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the question “Does Matthew 16:18 establish the Papacy?”. Listen to our Weekly Quick Challenge Question Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher. New episodes are released every Thursday. Don’t see your podcast listening platform? Email us and we will add them to our distribution list. You can […]
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In a sense, sola gratia is a step behind sola fide. Yes, you are saved only by faith and not your works, but where did that faith come from? Are we expected to discover or develop it ourselves? This was significant in the protestant reformation for much the same reason as sola fide. Reformers like Martin Luther argued that scripture is clear. Our salvation does not come by works, and no pope or indulgence will change that. It is only by the grace of God and his gift of faith that we can be saved.
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Nearly every other religion in the world teaches that we work our way to salvation. Sola fide, or “Faith Alone” must be understood by Christians today.
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Any one of these points on their own may not be enough to fully discredit and understand why protestants don’t include the Apocrypha. When the arguments are all laid out together, the books simply do not stand up. The Apocrypha is not scripture.
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The dozen or so books in the Apocrypha were all written during the 400 years between the old and new testaments. They are useful history and teaching but were never meant to be taught as scripture.
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