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>James White

He doesn't even believe that the reformers taught the five solas.

>>745574

Listen to Jame's podcast on sermon audio in his series of the solas. He blatantly denies that Calvin or Luther plainly taught the solas, like sola scriptura.

If that doesn't tell you about the quality of the content of OP's book, I don't know what will.

>>745578

You probably just misunderstood him. I've read his book on the topic and he cites reformers including Luther and Calvin

>>745603

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=12918155143800

Go to 6:54

>>745622

>whole thing up to that point is talking about hoe the solas caused the Reformation, how the substance of the Reformation was the solas

>what he actually says is if you asked Calvin about "the 5 solas" he wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about

Yeah, you definitely misunderstood it, something really obvious went straight over your head. All he's saying is that the modern Protestant terminology of the "solas" was a post-Reformation development that was foreign to the reformers themselves. If I said that the apostles did not speak of a "Trinity", would I be stating a fact, or claiming they were Antitrinitarians? You should give people even a shred of the benefit of the doubt, dude.

>>745654

>All he's saying is that the modern Protestant terminology of the "solas" was a post-Reformation development that was foreign to the reformers themselves.

That's like saying when Irenaeus wrote this he supported the concept of sola scriptura, which is obviously false. Irenaeus belongs to the true church.

<We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith.

>f I said that the apostles did not speak of a "Trinity", would I be stating a fact, or claiming they were Antitrinitarians?

False equivalence. They held and taught the traditions of the Trinity to their sole congregation, whom affirms it to this day. Where the reformers never even said "sola" anything.

The Solas are the primitive form of Protestant "branding". I suppose it was rooted in sincere theological inquiry, but it eventually evolved into t-shirt slogans and bumper stickers. But it started with the Solas. Then somewhere along the way got even more "cute" with TULIP. The the Plan of Salvation. And so on and so forth. I don't know what drives this compulsion to distill Eternal Truths, but it's both impossible and tacky.