Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia and Solus Christus.
These four principles rediscovered in the Reformation recapitulate the main doctrinal truths that we have already seen in Matthew’s Gospel (the authority of Scripture, the inclusion of other ethnicities among God’s people on the basis of faith, the grace of Christ, and His magnificence as the fulfillment of the law). Beginning with the theme of “Scripture alone,” we have been seeing time and again in Matthew how God’s word is always superior to human traditions, and personal relationships always trump religious regulations. While there is a place for tradition within the Christian faith, any tradition that is not supported by Scripture must bow to the higher authority of God’s Word.
