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In our countdown of the nine arguments against Sola Scriptura , we are now at argument two, the Bible contradicts Sola Scriptura . Is it just that Cameron seems to think that it does since he is predisposed to reject Sola Scriptura and I think it does not because I may be predisposed to accept Sola Scriptura ? Is it only our biases based on the churches we attend, or does Scripture help us understand which perspective is correct? If Scripture is the Word of God, can it really contradict the concept of Sola Scriptura and show that Scripture is NOT our only infallible source for faith and practice as Cameron’s argument charges? Is there Scripture that definitively shows that Scripture is not the only infallible source for the Christian’s faith and practice? Are there reasons to believe that there are other infallible sources that can be relied upon? Are there examples of the ‘magisterium’ in Scripture and do they show its ability to infallibly interpret Scripture? Does Scripture show t...

Well, we’ve made it to the final three arguments in Cameron Bertuzzi’s Nine Arguments Against Sola Scriptura . Here in Argument #3, Cameron attempts to make the case that ‘Scripture Alone is Imperfect’ and this rebuttal will become part 36 of my Sola Scriptura series. So that no one gets the wrong impression about what he is actually saying in this argument, Cameron is not saying that something is inherently wrong with Scripture or that it is somehow flawed or mired in error. He simply means that Scripture is not enough, that there is more information the believer needs that is not contained in Scripture itself. Its content is still infallible, but Scripture is not the sole source of authority in the believer’s life. For the Catholic, there are other sources of infallible authority, which is why Scripture alone is considered imperfect. Using the same type of definition, the Protestant would say that Scripture alone is considered perfect since it is what the believer needs for life and ...