Sola Scritpura was a return to the church not a deviation from it
How did the early church KNOW that Jesus was the Christ and the apostles? They searched the scriptures to look for prophecy..
The reformation was a return to the practice of the early church..God is immutible..if he said something here he will not change His mind later...check it against the word..Sola Scriptura..
Rnmom there were no Protestants in the early church. None who believed as you do. There were no people who said that the Eucharist is merely a symbol. The New Testament is a tiny fraction of all the things that were circulating in the early centuries which purported to come from the Apostles. There were DOZENS of Gospels. There were dozens and dozens of books with titles named after Apostles and attributed to them. And it was the Catholic Church, because it had been given the power of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles that was able to identify the true books of the gospels from those that were false. It did not happen for almost 300 years after Jesus ascended to heaven! But it was the Catholic Council of Hippo, in 393 and the Catholic Council of Carthage in 397.... Catholic Counsels, that taught Catholic docterine, that gave YOU the New Testament. Why then cannot the Church that same Church teach from their own bible with authority? The Church that gave you the New Testament IS THE EARLY CHURCH!!!!! And the bible is a Catholic book.