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For the Reformers, traditional interpretation of the Scriptures was a useful addition but did not have the same authority as the Bible itself. “Sola scriptura” did not mean that the Bible was the one and only book worth knowing, but it did have definitive authority.
Jun 9, 2017 · Thus, the middle class in the Reformation had, for the first time in history, the opportunity to own, and thus to read, a personal Bible. The ultimate climax of the printing revolution is that today anyone can read the Bible in almost any language, essentially for free because of digital reproduction.
Not only did the Reformation return the Scriptures to the church, but the Reformers laid down fundamental principles of biblical interpretation which the church has followed to the present.
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Summary. This essay will highlight the intellectual context of the Protestant Reformation and survey the leading theological emphases of the movement: sola Scriptura, sola fide, the biblical prescription for worship, love of neighbor, covenant theology, and predestination. It will also briefly highlight the distinctives of Anabaptism.
Aug 10, 2016 · What both Henry and Protestants agreed on at least was that the papacy needed to be removed and that the Bible supported their reformation. The option to release an English translation of the Bible appears, then, to have been a natural idea to both sides.
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May 6, 2017 · The Reformation and Reformers. Martin Luther (1483-1546 A.D.) and Erasmus (1466-1536 A.D.) pushed forward a strong return to earlier principles favored by the School of Antioch years ago. These men and other Reformers rediscovered the priority of the literal, historical sense of Scripture.
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Oct 15, 2012 · There were three primary views which emerged during the Reformation. First, there was the position that “there is no place for tradition in the interpretation of the Bible. Every individual or community is free to interpret the Bible without reference to the Christian past” (McGrath a, 100).