Bible Christians, believers in Sola Scriptura, teach that
the Bible is complete and that it is all that is needed. They teach that all
answers are given by Scripture. I wish to refute that thinking by showing that
there are a lot of questions brought up in Scripture that are not answered
therein. So where do we go to find those answers so that we have the fullness of
truth and not just some of it?
Matthew 11:21, "Woe to thee, Corozain...For if in Tyre and Sidon had been worked
the miracles that have been worked in you, they would have repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes."
What are these miracles in Corozain? Where is the
reference?
Matthew 23:2, "The Scribes and the Pharisees have sat on the chair of
Moses."
Where is this 'chair of Moses' referenced in Scripture?
Acts 20:35, "In all things I have shown you that by so toiling you ought to help
the weak and REMEMBER the Word of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is
more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Show me the verse where Jesus
said these words.
Matthew 2:23, "And He went and settled in a town called Nazareth; that there
might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a
Nazarene."
In what verse did the prophets say this?
James 4:5, "Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit which
dwells in you covets unto jealousy.""
Where does Scripture reference
this?
2Timothy 3:8, "Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these men also
resist the truth..."
Who are Jannes and Jambres? Where is the reference?
If you know, by what means did you find it?
Hebrews 11:35, "Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others
were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might find a better
resurrection."
Who are these 'others', the ones searching for a better
resurrection? Where is the Bible reference?
Jude 1:9, "Yet when Michael the Archangel was fiercely disputing with the devil
about the body of Moses..."
Where can this 'dispute' be found in Holy
Scripture?
Jude 1:14, "Now of these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying,
'Behold, the Lord has come with thousands of His holy ones.'"
Where is
this prophecy in Scripture? Where is the reference?
Since non-Catholics are bound to Scripture and Scripture only (Sola Scriptura), the purpose of this file is to show
that everything is not in the Bible. Answers to some of the questions
asked here can be found through Tradition, and others through the seven books
that non-Catholics do not have in their Bibles. Some can be found in the
multitude of apocryphal writings, and in the very large library of writings
by the Church Fathers. Others simply cannot be found anywhere but have been lost
forever for various reasons. It is thought that about 400,000 priceless
historical writings alone were lost due to the great fire in the library of
Alexandria Egypt in 48 B.C. (the actual date is debatable). Others have
been lost simply by the deterioration of the scroll media used by the various
authors of antiquity.
Catholics have the fullness of truth since they can
draw on so many resources outside of Scripture as mentioned above. Protestantism
has many pieces missing to their puzzle of GOD's salvation history unless they
are willing to search the Catholic sources listed. As long as they cling to the
false doctrine of sola scriptura, they will never see the full picture. They
will never have the fullness of truth.
