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Core Christianity

How Do We Know Scripture Is God's Word? Response to Trent Horn

Core Christianity

Aaron Simon

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8585 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

How much do Catholics and Protestants actually agree about what is considered to be the "word of God"? Reformed pastor Adriel Sanchez responds to  @TheCounselofTrent  and his video "The Protestant 'Word of God' Fallacy."

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In hard soil, how does the church take root and continue to grow?

0:04.7

Now I know it's tempting to become cultural warriors, spending our energy trying to reclaim

0:09.5

what the church is lost.

0:11.4

But there is a better way.

0:13.3

The culture of God's Word by Harold Sankpell and Lucas Woodford calls us back to faithful

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mission in a post-Christian world.

0:24.6

Not to win a culture war, but to plant the seeds of God's word and to trust him for the harvest.

0:27.5

Request your copy today with the gift of any amount at solomedia.org

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slash offers.

0:33.8

In his defense of the Reformation Doctrine of Sola Scriptura,

0:36.9

Protestant divine William Whitaker said that the greatest issue between Protestants and Roman Catholics had to do with the authority of the Bible.

0:44.4

He wrote, the subject is difficult and perplexed, nor do I know whether there is any other controversy between us of greater importance.

0:52.5

Recently, Roman Catholic apologist Trent Horn released a video critiquing

0:55.6

the Protestant understanding of Scripture as the Word of God. I've watched several of Trent's

1:00.1

videos over the years, and I want to start off by saying that I typically enjoy his content.

1:03.8

I've found him to be knowledgeable, respectful, and gracious. So I hope I can offer a fair critique

1:09.1

of someone I admire, but have obvious differences with.

1:12.3

I'm a reformed pastor, and I want to respond to some of the arguments in his video titled

1:16.6

the Protestant Word of God fallacy. Let's dive in.

1:32.3

In his video, Trent begins by stating that Protestants have shifted from using Bible verses to defend Sola Scriptura to arguing on the basis of scripture's ontological uniqueness.

1:37.6

That's referring to the idea that scripture is unique as God's only infallible revelation.

1:43.2

What is Sola Scripura?

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