The Five Solas

  • ISAIAH 43:1-7

    Glory to God alone, not to any organization, leader, or ruler.

  • JOHN 14:1-7; ACTS 4:12; 1 TIMOTHY 2:5

    By Christ alone. Instead of two classes, priests (mediators) and lay

    members, Protestants believe in One Mediator—Jesus—and a single class, "the priesthood of all believers."

  • ROMANS 4:13-25

    By faith alone, not by church membership or sacrament.

  • EPHESIANS 2:1-10

    By grace alone, instead of through church membership, penance, and absolution from a priest.

  • By Scripture alone, above the traditions and teachings of any church or any person.

Scripture alone tells how we are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ Jesus alone for the glory of God alone.  These five truths make up the Five Solas of the Reformation.