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Meaning of sola scriptura | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The Protestant Christian doctrine that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of doctrine and practice.

uncountable

Examples

“In spite of the difficulties arising from this character of the Wittenberg Doctor, early orthodox Lutheranism taught that he had set up the “sola scriptura” as the “formal principle” of the new doctrine.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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