And others through the filter of three solas.
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the Bible says,....’Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.’.....it does not say, “Obey the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”.... it is always careful to identify ‘the object of our faith’. Our faith, our trust, our dependence, must be in the Lord Jesus Christ.
No, I believe that IS what Scripture teaches. It is true regardless if a denomination or individual taught it or not. We can know whether or not something is true because we can get it straight from Scripture. From Scripture I can know that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, to the glory of God alone. The idea of sola scriptura, though not spelled out exactly, is certainly evident throughout the Bible. Logic also tells me that Scripture, because it is God-breathed making it Divinely-inspired, is the infallible authority we have been given so that we can know what God desires for us to know.
Rather than someone reading Scripture through the lens of the CC Catechism, I think it should be the other way around. Read the Catechism through Scripture, That way you are better able to verify if what is being taught really is how it is taught in Scripture. Of course, I know that Catholics are not encouraged to trust Holy Scripture above what they are told is Holy Tradition and what their Magesterium deems is of the faith. I think that is why there is much disagreement between us about the doctrines and dogmas.