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Cavaganza's Apologist, Trent Horn. There are a lot of definitions of Soul Scriptura.

But one popular definition says that Scripture is the soul and fallible rule of faith for the church.

There can be other rules of faith like traditions and church councils,

but they're always subordinate to Scripture. Of course, what this really means

is that they're always subordinate to an individual's interpretation of Scripture,

since it's the individual who decides which traditions on baptism or salvation cohere with Scripture.

But regardless, Scripture is the only infallible rule of faith.

But why should we believe that's true? Scripture never says it's the only infallible rule of faith,

and the arguments given for this position often engage in circular reasoning.

In today's episode, I want to show that one of the key pieces of evidence for Soul Scriptura

comes from massive assumptions about a single word in the New Testament.

And that when you look at the actual evidence, the case for Soul Scriptura collapses as a result.

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All right, so what is the one word Protestants overly rely on to defend Soul Scriptura?

It's the Greek word Theopnus Stoas. It's found in 2 Timothy 316, which says,

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