Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Hey everyone, so today I'm trying something new with my Rebuttal videos.

Usually I take a single video and I reply to just the arguments in that video, and I'll

probably still continue to do that.

But I think I might be more helpful to rebut a particular argument or claim that shows

up in a lot of different videos.

So in today's video, I'm going to address claims that the Bible explicitly teaches the

doctrine of solar scriptura, and we'll see how a variety of Protestant apologists make

their case.

Now, let's end it up taking a lot longer than I thought.

So I probably won't do another video like this soon, but I am interested in kind of putting

together a team that could help me compile different clips so I could address a single argument

comprehensively in videos.

All right, so let's jump into the topic.

Matthew Barrett in his recent book, God's Word Alone, defines solar scriptura this way.

Solar scriptura means that only scripture, because it is God's inspired word, is our

inherent, sufficient, and final authority for the church.

All things necessary for salvation and for living the Christian life and obedience to God

and for his glory are given to us in the scriptures.

The 1646 Westminster Confession says the same thing.

It says the whole Council of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's

salvation, faith, and life is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary

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