Against Protestant Claims
Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, sacramental reduction, iconoclasm, and the visible historical Church.
Objections
Core Claims to Answer
6 entries
Sola Scriptura
Orthodoxy receives Scripture as inspired and authoritative within the apostolic Tradition that preserved, interpreted, and canonized it.
Sola Fide
Orthodoxy rejects works-righteousness, but also rejects any account of faith severed from love, repentance, sacramental life, and perseverance.
The Visible Church and Apostolic Succession
The Church is not an invisible idea loosely gathered around private interpretation, but a visible Eucharistic body with apostolic teaching, bishops, and sacramental communion.
The Sacraments and the Real Presence
Orthodoxy calls the sacraments mysteries because God truly acts through them; the Eucharist is not reduced to a bare mental symbol.
Icons and the Incarnation
Orthodox icons are not idols; they confess that the invisible Word became visible flesh, and veneration passes to the person represented.
The Theotokos, Saints, and Prayer
Orthodoxy venerates Mary and the saints without worshiping them, because the Church is one Body in Christ across death.