The Five solas are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers' basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The Latin word sola means "alone" or "only" in English. The five solas articulated five fundamental beliefs of the Protestant Reformation, pillars which the Reformers believed to be essentials of the Christian life and practice.

 

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Sola Scriptura'

    By Scripture Alone

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (English Standard Version)

¹⁶ All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷that the man of God may be competent, for every good work. equipped

 

 

 

'Sola Gratia'

    By Grace Alone

 

Romans 3:23-25 (English Standard Version)

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. and are justified

 

 

'Sola Fide'

    By Faith Alone

 

Romans 1:16-17 (English Standard Version)

 

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek¹⁷For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." .

 

'Solus Christus'

    Christ Alone

 

1 Timothy 2:5-6 (English Standard Version)

 

⁵For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

 

 

'Soli Deo Gloria'

    The Glory of God Alone

 

Ephesians 3:20-21 (English Standard Version)

 ²⁰ Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.