Sola Scriptura Refuted in Latin: 3 Verses, 3 Grammar Moves | YT Catechesis (Audio Only)

Sola Scriptura Refuted in Latin: 3 Verses, 3 Grammar Moves | YT Catechesis (Audio Only)

May 29, 2026 · 7 min · Episode 220

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This episode examines three biblical texts to refute the concept of Sola Scriptura using grammatical analysis.

Sola Scriptura: A Theological Debate The Bible never says Scripture is the sole authority of the Christian faith, and the Latin proves it. In this episode, we examine three texts from St. Paul and St. Peter and let the grammar do the work. No philosophical argument. No circular reasoning. Just the words themselves, in the language the Church has always read them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 - Introduction: The question underneath every Protestant-Catholic divide 0:30 - Why this approach is different: grammar, not argument 1:00 - 2 Thessalonians 2:15, Tenete traditiones: spoken word and letter as equals 2:00 - 1 Timothy 3:15, Columna et firmamentum: the Church as pillar of truth 3:00 - The verse where Paul could have said "Scripture" and didn't 3:30 - Subscribe/support note 3:45 - 2 Peter 1:20, Propria interpretazione: Peter forecloses private reading 4:30 - What the three anchors do together 5:00 - Patreon Deep Dive: the second-century witness 5:20 - Closing prayers: Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Gloria Patri The Patreon-Only Deep Dive goes further, a second-century witness trained by a man who knew St. John names the exact principle that…

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Books & works: Sola Scriptura, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Peter

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