was being taught and practiced in the Roman church on the basis of his sustained engagement with the text of Scripture. Sola Scriptura meant for him that all other authorities, as venerable as they may be, stand under the authority of Scripture and are to be tested by what is taught in Scripture. At the point of the final word, Scripture stands alone. Other Reformers would build on Luther’s insights in the light of the challenges that inevitably came.
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