Sola Scriptura (An Historical Defense)

William Webster, Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith: Volume II, [Battle Ground: Christian Resources, 2001]. Some of which may be read online: Part 1 and Part 2.

William Whitaker, A Disputation on Holy Scripture: Against the Papists, Especially Bellarmine and Stapleton, trans. & ed. William Fitzgerald, [Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1849]. See also: archive.org

William Goode, The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice: In Three Volumes: Vol. I: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, [London: John Henry Parker, 1853]. See also: archive.org.

William Goode, The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice: In Three Volumes: Vol. II: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, [London: John Henry Jackson, 1853]. See also: archive.org.

William Goode, The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice: In Three Volumes: Vol. III: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, [London: John Henry Jackson, 1853]. See also: archive.org.

Keith A. Mathison, The Shape of Sola Scriptura, [Moscow: Canon Press, 2001], Part One: The Historical Context, pp. 19-153.

Nathan Busenitz, “The Ground and Pillar of the Faith: The Witness of Pre-Reformation History to the Doctrine of Sola Scriptura;” In: The Inerrant Word: Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives, ed. John MacArthur, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2016], pp. 115-133. Preview.

Primary Source Readers.

David T. King, William Webster, eds., Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith: Volume III, [Battle Ground: Christian Resources, 2001].

Tradition.

A. N. S. Lane, “Scripture, Tradition and Church: An Historical Survey;” In: Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 37-55.

Heiko A. Oberman, “Quo Vadis, Petre? Tradition from Irenaeus to Humani Generis;” In: Heiko A. Oberman, The Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1992], pp. 269-296.

Cf. Heiko A. Oberman, “Quo Vadis, Petre? The History of Tradition from Irenaeus to Humani Generis;” In: The Harvard Divinity Bulletin 26, no. 4 (1962): 1-25. 

Cf. Heiko A. Oberman, “Quo Vadis? Tradition from Irenaeus to Humani Generis;” In: Scottish Journal of Theology 16 (1963): 225-255.

Martin Chemnitz, Examination of the Council of Trent: Part I, trans. Fred Kramer, [St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1971], Second Topic: Concerning Traditions, pp. 223ff.

Richard Bauckham, “Tradition in Relation to Scripture and Reason;” In: Scripture, Tradition and Reason: A Study in the Criteria of Christian Doctrine, eds. Richard Bauckham, Benjamin Drewery, [London: T&T Clark International, 2004], pp. 117-145.

Cf. Richard Bauckham, God and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives, [Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002], 5: Authority and Tradition, pp. 91-115.

Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Vol. I, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1871], Introduction, Ch. 5, §. 6, pp. 113ff. See also: archive.org (1883) ; monergism.com and ccel.org.

Oscar Cullmann, “Scripture and Tradition;”

In: CrossCurrents, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Spring 1953): 262-277.

Heiko Augustinus Oberman, The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism, [Durham: Labyrinth Press, 1983], Chapter 11: Holy Writ and Holy Church, pp. 361ff.

Oscar Cullmann, The Early Church, ed. A. J. B. Higgins, [London: SCM Press, 1956], IV: The Tradition, pp. 57ff. 

John Jefferson Davis, Foundations of Evangelical Theology, [Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1984], Chapter 7: Tradition as Theological Authority, pp. 221ff. 

Everett Ferguson, “Paradosis and Traditio: A Word Study;” In: Tradition & the Rule of Faith in the Early Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J., eds. Ronnie J. Rombs & Alexander Y. Hwang, [Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2010], pp. 3-29.

Burke Aaron Hinsdale, Ecclesiastical Tradition: Its Origin and Early Growth; Its Place in the Churches; and Its Value, [Cincinnati: Standard publishing Co., 1879].

Emil Brunner, The Misunderstanding of the Church, trans. Harold Knight, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1953], Chapter Four: The Christian Fellowship and Tradition, pp. 35ff.

D. H. Williams, Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1999].

D. H. Williams, Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005].

Cf. D. H. Williams, ed., Tradition, Scripture, and Interpretation: A Sourcebook of the Ancient Church, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006]. Preview.

Joseph F. Kelly, ed., Perspectives on Scripture and Tradition, [Notre Dame: Fides Publishers, 1976].

F. W. Dillistone, ed., Scripture and Tradition, [Greenwich: The Seabury Press, 1955].

J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines: Revised Edition, [San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978], II. Tradition and Scripture, pp. 29-51.

Peter Toon, Evangelical Theology, 1833-1856: A Response to Tractarianism, [Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1979], Chapter Four: The Rule of Faith, pp. 113-140.

Development of Doctrine (Newman).

Peter Toon, The Development of Doctrine in the Church, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1979].

J. B. Mozley, The Theory of Development: A Criticism of Dr. Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine: Reprinted from ‘The Christian Remembrancer’ January 1847, [London, Oxford, and Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1878].

William Cunningham, Discussions on Church Principles: Popish, Erastian, and Presbyterian, [Edinburg: T. & T. Clark, 1863], Chapter II: Romanist Theory of Development, pp. 35ff.

William Archer Butler, Letters on Romanism: In Reply to Mr. Newman’s Essay on Development: Second Edition, ed. Thomas Woodward, revised by Charles Hardwick, [Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1858].

James Orr, The Progress of Dogma: Second Edition, [London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1907].

Robert Rainy, Delivery and Development of Christian Doctrine: The Fifth Series of the Cunningham Lectures, [Edinburg: T. & T. Clark, 1874], especially Lecture V, pp. 175ff.

W. H. Griffith Thomas, The Holy Spirit of God: Second Impression, [Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Ass’n, 1913], Part IV, Chapter XXVI: The Holy Spirit and Development, pp. 211-226.

Robert Letham, Systematic Theology, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2019], 2.7.3-5, pp. 229-241. Preview.

Peter Toon, Evangelical Theology, 1833-1856: A Response to Tractarianism, [Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1979].

Vittorio Subilia, The Problem of Catholicism, trans. Reginald Kissack [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1964], pp. 32ff.

George Salmon, The Infallibility of the Church: Second Edition, [London: John Murray, 1890], Lecture XV: The Gallican Theory of Infallibility, especially pp. 275-277.

William Goode, The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice: In Three Volumes: Vol. I: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, [London: John Henry Jackson, 1853], pp. 434-444.

Charles Smith Bird, A Defence of the Principles of the English Reformation from the Attacks of the Tractarians: Or, A Second Plea for the Reformed Church, [London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1843], especially pp. 99ff.

Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Vol. I, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1871], Introduction, Ch. 5, §. 6.C, pp. 116ff. See also: archive.org (1883) ; monergism.com and ccel.org.

Emil Brunner, The Misunderstanding of the Church, trans. Harold Knight, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1953], pp. 38-41.

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