The Sola Slogans: Difference between revisions

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"Sola" is a Latin adjective that means "alone." When someone sings solo, that person is singing "all alone."

Wikipedia lists "five solas" that sum up essential features of Protestantism.

Latin	English	Catholic view
Sola fide	By faith alone	Faith acts in love: "Faith without works is dead" (James 2:20-26).
Sola scriptura	By Scripture alone	Tradition produced and interprets the canon of the Scriptures. "Sola scriptura" is not a Scriptural teaching.
Sola gratia	By grace alone	Grace cooperates with nature. God's grace empowers our free response.
Solus Christus^[1] Solo Christo	Christ alone By Christ alone	Catholics agree that we are saved by Jesus' death on the Cross. If the slogan is taken to deny the need for saints, sacraments, virtues, or the works of faith, then that interpretation of the slogan must be denied.
Soli Deo gloria	Glory to God alone	Catholics agree that God alone is the object of worship, but God has chosen to glorify the saints.

↑ "Solus Christus" is in the nominative case. "Solo Christo" is in the ablative case, as are the first three sola slogans.

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+|Solus&nbsp;Christus<ref>"Solus Christus" is in the nominative case.  "Solo Christo" is in the ablative case, as are the first three sola slogans.</ref><br>
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+|Catholics agree that God alone is the object of worship, but God has chosen to [[Communion_of_saints#God_is_glorified_in_the_glory_of_the_saints|glorify the saints.]]
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