Monday, April 4, 2022

"Sola Fide Checklist"

Often, Protestants will abuse biblical and patristic texts to support Sola Fide, such as 1 Clement. However, an author or text extolling "faith" or even the term "faith alone" is not enough to justify (pun intended) the Protestant reading of such texts. The following "checklist" is what an author/text must teach to support a Sola Fide reading of a passage:


Sola Fide "Checklist" (taken from Perry Robinson [EO])


Defining Sola Fide


Created Righteousness

Faith an empty/worthless virtue

Instrumental extrinsic cause

Conduit of Justification

Forensic/Taxonomic Reclassification (Nominalist)

Transfer of Created Merit

Separation of Activities

Zero Sum

Quantitative

No Merit simpliciter




The above comes from his lengthy (5 hours!) refutation of Anthony Rogers (Reformed):


AN ORTHODOX RESPONSE TO ANTHONY ROGERS: THE CHURCH FATHERS AND SOLA FIDE





Further Reading


An Examination and Critique of the Theological Presuppositions Underlying Reformed Theology


Response to a Recent Attempt to Defend Imputed Righteousness