Perspicuity: The Objective Clarity of God’s Word

The Reformers and the Church of Rome, as we have seen, stood in open opposition to one another on the issue of Scripture's sole authority and all-sufficiency. Rome taught that there stood alongside of Scripture a second authority, the traditions of the church, which it claimed were received from the apostles and of equal value with the Scriptures. Rome also set the church above both Scripture and tradition as the source from which both received their authority and power. The Reformers and the...