Sola Fide is the second of the five Solas. The doctrine of Sola Fide teaches that justification comes by faith alone. In classical Protestant doctrine, justification means being declared righteous by God and receiving imputed righteousness. To have righteousness imputed is to be regarded or seen as righteous by God because He has “put on” (rather than “put into”) or clothed the believer with…
The Sola Scriptura doctrine means "Scripture alone." It means relying on the Bible as the only source for the Christian faith. For the early Protestant Reformers, Sola Scriptura led to an implicit divorce from the tradition, which was abused by the Roman Catholic Church, who had practices and teachings such as the papal infallibility and the selling of indulgences. Sola Scriptura had served the…
The origin and development of the Christian ministry have always been subject to research and study. It had been even more significant from reformation and afterwards, triggering many arguments regarding the role of bishops, presbyters, and deacons in the Early Church. In this article, we will refer to the church tradition and apostolic fathers' writings to examine the nature of ministry in the early…
Jeremiah prophesied the Lord's words, no descendant of Jeconiah can sit on the throne of David, yet Matthew listed Jeconiah in the genealogy of Christ. In Matthew's genealogy, Joseph had Jeconiah’s blood in his veins. Therefore, how can Jesus be the descendant of the cursed Jeconiah? He was not qualified to sit on David's throne based on the Old Testament prophecy that: “Is this man,…
