Tag: Rule of Faith

  • "The" Catholic Position on The Rule of Faith

    An advocate for the papacy, over in the Greenbaggins comment box wrote: And, again, whether or not the Papacy is a divine institution – the Burden of Proof is always on him who asserts. In this case, Reformed Christians and Catholic Christians both have something to prove. The Reformed assertion: Scripture is the Rule of…

  • Aquinas: Rule of Faith ("sola canonica scriptura est regula fidei")

    Thomas Aquinas’ expression, “sola canonica scriptura est regula fidei” at first glance sounds a lot like the Reformation maxim that the rule of faith is only the canonical scripture. Here’s an English translation of the relevant portion: It should be noted that though many might write concerning Catholic truth, there is this difference that those…