Sola Scriptura (Belgic Confession 7d)
Rev. Angus Stewart expounds Article 7 of the Belgic Confession, establishing the doctrine of sola Scriptura as the foundational principle for Reformed theology and practice. The article emphasizes Scripture's sufficiency as the complete rule of faith, rejecting all extra-biblical authorities (tradition, councils, human writings) and connecting this doctrine to the broader Reformed understanding of salvation through the five points of Calvinism and the five solas of the Reformation.
Rev. Angus Stewart Belgic Confession 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to Be the Only Rule of Faith We believe that those Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that whatsoever man ought to believe unto salvation is sufficiently taught therein. For, since the whole manner of worship which God requires of us is written in them at large, it is unlawful for any one, though an apostle, to teach otherwise than we are now taught in the Holy Scriptures; nay, though it were an...