Solus Christus: The Key Issues Of The Protestant Reformation
Solus Christus is one of the five Solas that have come to summarize the key issues of the Protestant Reformation. It means “Christ Alone,” in Latin. These 5 Solas are introduced by Martin Luther to explain the foundation of the Protestant faith. Because there were so many abuses and mistakes that are repeated in the Roman Catholic Church. The other four Solas are Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone, Sola Fide: Faith Alone, Sola Gratia: Grace Alone, and Soli Deo Gloria: for the Glory of God Alone. Rome was very influential in the 16th century, especially with the power of indulgences, purgatory, unbiblical traditions, and the absolute power of the pope who calls himself the vicar of Christ, in the Roman Catholic Church. According to this Church,
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But rather on this stone which is the revelation of the messianic identity of Jesus, "Christ (Son of the living God)." And Jesus specifies for Peter and for the other disciples that this revelation is a gift from God. Because, He says, flesh and blood cannot reveal that to you. Luther argued, “the papacy, through this sacramental system, had usurped the prerogatives of Christ, making itself the dispenser of God Grace.” Therefore, the pope has no reason to rise like the father of the Church, for Scripture alone says that Jesus alone is the head of the Church. It is the stone that was predicted by Isaiah (Isa. 28:16), which was rejected by the builders but became the chief of the corner (Mark 12:10 Ps. 118:22). Believers who have faith in him alone are living stones of the Church (1 Pet. 2:7). "So nowhere in the Bible do we see Peter elevated to the rank of supreme leader." Because it would be contradicted by the Sola Scriptura and it could also diminish the superiority of Jesus Christ. Because Jesus himself said: "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.” (Matt.
But rather on this stone which is the revelation of the messianic identity of Jesus, "Christ (Son of the living God)." And Jesus specifies for Peter and for the other disciples that this revelation is a gift from God. Because, He says, flesh and blood cannot reveal that to you. Luther argued, “the papacy, through this sacramental system, had usurped the prerogatives of Christ, making itself the dispenser of God Grace.” Therefore, the pope has no reason to rise like the father of the Church, for Scripture alone says that Jesus alone is the head of the Church. It is the stone that was predicted by Isaiah (Isa. 28:16), which was rejected by the builders but became the chief of the corner (Mark 12:10 Ps. 118:22). Believers who have faith in him alone are living stones of the Church (1 Pet. 2:7). "So nowhere in the Bible do we see Peter elevated to the rank of supreme leader." Because it would be contradicted by the Sola Scriptura and it could also diminish the superiority of Jesus Christ. Because Jesus himself said: "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.” (Matt.