“When Catholics at FR bring up sola scriptura - according to how it is actually stated, defined and used in the Protestant world we are often told that we don’t understand sola scriptura. It seems Protestants here use “sola scriptura” in such a way that it isn’t whatever the Catholic just said it was even when the Catholic is using a Protestant source for the definition.”
I’ve never seen a Catholic around here use an actual valid Protestant source for their definitions. They either pull a definition out of their own nether regions, or they find a poor, misinformed ex-Protestant like the author, and get them to cite a mangled remembrance of the principle.
“I’ve never seen a Catholic around here use an actual valid Protestant source for their definitions.”
Well, I know I’ve done it in the past. I used the definition from CARM for instance not too long ago and that is not the only one I have used: http://www.equip.org/article/what-is-sola-scriptura/
And the discussion usually ends up like this: http://209.157.64.200/focus/religion/3283268/replies?c=69
or this:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/religion/3250227/replies?c=109
or this:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/religion/3216634/replies?c=106
“They either pull a definition out of their own nether regions, or they find a poor, misinformed ex-Protestant like the author, and get them to cite a mangled remembrance of the principle.”
Well, what you just said there doesn’t apply to anything I’ve ever done so what will you say now?