The Bullshit of Sola Scriptura
One of the central tenants of the Protestant movement is the idea of Sola Scriptura, or "Only Scripture." It's the tenant that in many Evangelical and Protestant circles holds up the idea of the Bible as the Fourth leg of the Trinity, or worse, believes that when the Bible talks about the "Word" it means itself, and not the Logos (Christ). There are several problems I have with Sola Scriptura. The first is that it limits the ongoing revelation of God, and His restoration of creation. If creation is indeed being restored to what it should have always been, then God is moving. And it means that the bible needs to be understood in it's own context. But for many Protestants, this view of scripture has elevated it from the Inspired Word of God, which (to borrow from the Orthodox Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko), writings which constitute the true and genuine expressions of His Truth and His Will for His People and for the whole world , and instead becomes a frozen...