Do Protestants follow 'Sola Scriptura'?

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Lets look at what is the definition of 'Sola Scriptura': "Bible Only"
Latin: "Sola" = Alone
Latin: "Scriptura" = Scriptures
Latin: "Sola Scriptura" = Bible Only
Sola scriptura (Latin ablative, "by scripture alone") is the assertion that the Bible as God's written word is self-authenticating, clear (perspicuous) to the rational reader, its own interpreter ("Scripture interprets Scripture"), and sufficient of itself to be the only source of Christian doctrine.

Sola scriptura may be contrasted with Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox teaching, in which the Bible must be interpreted by church teaching, by considering the bible in the context of Sacred Tradition, and with the concept of modern revelations and prophecies in the Charismatic movement......

Now we find that 'Sola Scriptura' was a foundational doctrinal principle of the Protestant Reformation and was clearly held by Martin Luther and is claimed to be a definitive principle of Protestants today. But is it, do Protestant follow what scripture says, or do they follow traditions of man that Roman Catholic church brought in which are contrary to the Bible.

I came across the following which gives a example of how the Protestants clearly do not follow 'Sola Scriptura'.

"... 1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man.

2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, yes, the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulation of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws...

It is always somewhat laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legislation, demand the observance of Sunday, of which there is nothing in their Bible." Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Magazine, USA (1975), Chicago, Illinois,Under the blessing of the Pope Pius XI

So nothing can be more clear and easy to understand on what the Bible says on this, and no one can deny that it is in there. It is acknowledged by everyone who reads their Bible that the day which God appointed to be kept holy was Saturday, not Sunday. But yet those who come from the Reformation, who profess to go by 'Sola Scriptura', the Bible and the Bible only fail in this most basic truth and important a manner as the observance of one day in seven as the holy day, they go against the plain letter of the Bible. They put another day in the place of that day which the Bible has commanded, so how can they claim they only follow 'Sola Scriptura'?.
 
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