It was the very atmosphere breathed at the Bible college I attended, in seminary, in every church I’d been a part of or pastored.
Among Protestants, there is a popular misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Roman Catholic Church…
Theologians and historians point to the five "solas" - Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, Sola Scriptura, and Soli Deo Gloria as the pillars of the Reformation. There are a lot of “solos” sung by our Protestant brethren: Sola Fide (saved by faith alone), Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone is the rule of faith), and sola gratia (grace alone).
The first is that God, not man, takes the initiative in drawing us to Himself and making it possible for us to respond to Him. Among Protestants, there is a popular misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on grace. The sola gratia (grace alone) then, is an integral aspect of the Catholic doctrine of justification.
Catholics agree with Protestants that Scripture is a “standard of truth”—even the preeminent one—but not in a sense that rules out the binding authority of authentic apostolic Tradition and the Church.
In fact, one of the slogans that came to define Reformation teaching was sola gratia, which is Latin for “by grace alone.” Christians are saved by the grace of God alone. Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible "Grace" is the English translation of the Greek χάρις (charis) meaning "that which brings delight, joy, happiness, or good fortune. Each of these “solas” will be considered in the next few articles, beginning with the first of these watchwords: grace alone (sola gratia). The Septuagint translates as χάρις the Hebrew word חֵ֖ן (ẖen) as found in Genesis 6:8 to describe why God saved Noah from the flood. It was the very atmosphere breathed at the Bible college I attended, in seminary, in every church I’d been a part of or pastored. For a Roman Catholic, and even apparently for some evangelicals, the problematic album is the one Morse released in 2007, titled Sola Scriptura.
Catholic Bible 101 - The Five "Solas" - Catholicbible101 is the website that explains Catholic teachings in plain, easy to understand English. In fact, one of the slogans that came to define Reformation teaching was sola gratia, which is Latin for “by grace alone.” Christians are saved by the grace of God alone. Among Protestants, there is a popular misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on grace. 1. And then the time came when I was challenged with the questions: is sola … The Reformers (Luther, Calvin, et al.)
In fact, one of the slogans that came to define Reformation teaching was sola gratia, which is Latin for “by grace alone.” Christians are saved by the grace of God alone. In its theology, the Catholic Church argues that man is saved by (and only by) grace alone. They are more commonly recognized within the Reformed (Calvinist) perspective.