Apparently like yourself, I have no idea what you're talking about here. Try again.
I know exactly what I was talking about.
The way you've previously chosen and are still using in the OP of this thread (if we don't have a writing of Jesus saying it explicitly, he didn't teach it!) to ignore the biblical teaching of SS is the underhanded trick of say that if a person never explicitly says/writes something, than they couldn't have meant or taught it, which is pure nonsense... wholly besides the fact that Christ is actually THE word of God and explicitly identified in a very intimate way with the content of the bible beyond the "red letters."
Jesus wasn't on vacation somewhere and not paying attention when the left side (or any other part of) of the book was being inspired.
Correct, Jesus knew absolutely nothing of the 16th-century Protestant doctrinal invention called sola scriptura.
I wasn't agreeing with you.
Go ahead and post your definition of "sola scriptura." I only know the definition I was taught at both Evangelical Protestant university and Evangelical Protestant seminary. :chuckle:
you mean, the one I've posted at least twice in these exact same kinds of threads? They're not hard to find, you know.
I'll wait until you provide your definition of sola scriptura before commenting on this text.
Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 1, Section VI:
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfected, thoroughly furnished to every good work.
This reference contains all the meanings of the quotation from the WCF up to the semicolon.
For beyond the semicolon:
Colossians 2:1-4
For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And I say this that no one may beguile you with persuasive words.
All things worth knowing and all wisdom worth having is hidden in Christ.
I Corinthians 2:11
For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of a man within him? So also no one has known the things of God except the Spirit of God.
So only The Spirit can know the things of God - and only God's prophets have given us his word, in written form, by the means of the inspiration of The Spirit; - which we have in the bible... and this bible disclaims the romish idea of a continuing tradition beyond the close of the canon.
And this is not the only reference to the futility of non-biblical "knowledge" ...:
Galatians 1:8-9
But even if we or an angel from Heaven preach a gospel to you beside what we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we said before, and now I say again, If anyone preaches a gospel to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.
No other gospel...
Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
No other eschatology...
2 Thess 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly, and not after the teaching which he received from us.
Do not walk after teachings which you were not given by the apostles... and note, there is no mention of any continued apostolic tradition here...
Isaiah 8:19-20
And when they shall say to you, Seek to the mediums and to wizards who peep and mutter; should not a people seek to their God, than for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because no light is in them.
Those who speak not according to the scriptures have no light...
I Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
and:
Isaiah 44:24-25
So says the LORD, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, I am the LORD who makes all things; who stretches out the heavens alone; who spreads out the earth; who was with Me? who brings to nothing the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
and:
I Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool so that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, "He takes the wise in their own craftiness." And again, " The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."
God has made the worldly "wisdom" of man foolishness.
The bible quite clearly teaches that it is fully capable of equipping a man for all good works and life, and that no other source outside of the bible can do so - that in fact, extra-biblical sources of "truth" have been reduced to foolishness by God.
Not only does this biblical text say nothing whatsoever about "Scripture alone," it doesn't even say anything about "Scripture" period. Try again.
Again, with the nonsense. Do you understand the concept of addition? Do you realize that words "add up?" If I were to say that:
All men are mortal,
Socrates is a man,
Therefore Socrates is ()
Would you be able to fill in the () without having to do any sort of information search? The 2 timothy reference states what the scriptures are sufficient for, the other references exclude ALL other sources of information as sources for ANY truth.
Merely a Straw Man Fallacy on your part, since I have never claimed any such position as you describe here.
False. The bible teaches SS.
Cite a single biblical text which even hints at the 16th-century Protestant notion of sola scriptura.
Who said "explicitly"? I asked for a single biblical text that actually teaches sola scriptura. You're welcome to offer one if you'd like.
As for your OP; at least you've expanded; now you're just saying that if it's not in red ink, it wasn't taught by Christ, which is also nonsense. Did Christ teach and believe things that are not in "red ink?" If he did, what's your reason for saying that he didn't affirm or believe that his word alone gives man access to truth?
You mean the authoritative Catholic Council of Nicea held in 325 A.D.? Of course I affirm its decrees, including those on the Incarnation and Trinity.
... and yet the trinity is not something that can be found in any single verse... or passage. Probably not even in any book. It is a *necessary consequence* that is nowhere explicitly taught in scripture.
On inspiration: Than that's sorted as an episode of confusion between us. Moving on.