HERE WE STILL STAND
THE FIVE SOLAS OF PROTESTANTISM
The term Protestant has been maligned, misunderstood and too often misrepresented.
It has wrongly been used by some in a political and social sense to label all non-Roman Catholics. Some evangelicals are reluctant to use the term and instead declare they are simply Christians. Others while claiming to be Protestants have embraced the very errors the Protestant Reformers opposed.
The Free Presbyterian Church is unashamedly a Protestant Church.
We do not agree with or condone everything Martin Luther and other reformers taught or did but we stand where the protestant Reformation stood on the vital question of how a sinner can be accepted before the Holy God.
The reformers did not introduce a …show more content…
They, along with many other professed Christian groups today, speak of scripture, grace, faith, Christ and God’s glory, yet they do not and cannot use the term-Alone. To scripture is added, sacred tradition, new revelations and the teachings of men. Salvation is through a combination of God's grace and man’s efforts. It is maintained that we can be justified by faith and the works that we produce. They cannot declare that we are accepted as righteous before God solely by the merits of Christ. It is Christ plus something. Their teaching means that the glory for a sinner's salvation cannot be attributed to God alone, as is taught in the scriptures.
It is therefore essential for us as a church in this confused ecumenical and Charismatic age to publicly reaffirm and vigorously champion anew the Five Solas.
Or
[In this age of Ecumenical concession, Charismatic confusion and evangelical compromise the Christian church is in danger of returning to the Dark Ages. --The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster continues to stand firmly and unapologetically for the truths of the Reformed Protestant Faith.[
This booklet deals with these Five Solas in a simple and straight forward manner.
We trust this study guide will be used by and among our young people and (older) to cause us to be built up in our faith that we may not be tossed to and fro by (modern) winds of
THE FIVE SOLAS OF PROTESTANTISM
The term Protestant has been maligned, misunderstood and too often misrepresented.
It has wrongly been used by some in a political and social sense to label all non-Roman Catholics. Some evangelicals are reluctant to use the term and instead declare they are simply Christians. Others while claiming to be Protestants have embraced the very errors the Protestant Reformers opposed.
The Free Presbyterian Church is unashamedly a Protestant Church.
We do not agree with or condone everything Martin Luther and other reformers taught or did but we stand where the protestant Reformation stood on the vital question of how a sinner can be accepted before the Holy God.
The reformers did not introduce a …show more content…
They, along with many other professed Christian groups today, speak of scripture, grace, faith, Christ and God’s glory, yet they do not and cannot use the term-Alone. To scripture is added, sacred tradition, new revelations and the teachings of men. Salvation is through a combination of God's grace and man’s efforts. It is maintained that we can be justified by faith and the works that we produce. They cannot declare that we are accepted as righteous before God solely by the merits of Christ. It is Christ plus something. Their teaching means that the glory for a sinner's salvation cannot be attributed to God alone, as is taught in the scriptures.
It is therefore essential for us as a church in this confused ecumenical and Charismatic age to publicly reaffirm and vigorously champion anew the Five Solas.
Or
[In this age of Ecumenical concession, Charismatic confusion and evangelical compromise the Christian church is in danger of returning to the Dark Ages. --The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster continues to stand firmly and unapologetically for the truths of the Reformed Protestant Faith.[
This booklet deals with these Five Solas in a simple and straight forward manner.
We trust this study guide will be used by and among our young people and (older) to cause us to be built up in our faith that we may not be tossed to and fro by (modern) winds of