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#500 Why Catholics Reject Sola Scriptura - Casey Chalk

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The idea that Scripture is the sole rule of faith is central to the thinking of man Protestants, who see Tradition as a watering down of scriptural purity. But Catholics have good reason to reject this view. Author Casey J. Chalk explains. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I am Cy Kellett, your host. And one of the things you have to be able to defend as a Catholic is the Catholic understanding of the Bible, of what the Bible is and how the Bible is to be used. And even in some cases, how passages…

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Focus the Catholic Answers Podcast for Living Understanding and Defending

0:10.4

Your Catholic Faith.

0:11.6

I am Psy, Kellet Your Host, and one of the things you have to be able to defend as a Catholic

0:17.0

is the Catholic understanding of the Bible, of what the Bible is and how the Bible is to

0:21.8

be used.

0:22.8

And even in some cases, how passages, for example, of the Bible are to be understood.

0:29.5

This view of the Bible, the Catholic view of the Bible differs from the post-reformation

0:34.3

view of the Bible, which has become dominant in many places, even among many Catholics.

0:41.1

So what's wrong with the post-reformation view of the Bible?

0:45.1

And what is a truly Catholic view of how we are to use the Bible and to understand what

0:50.6

the Bible has to say?

0:52.2

That's all part of the new book from author Casey Chalk.

0:55.5

The book is called the Obscurity of Scripture, disputing Solascriptura and the Protestant

1:00.4

notion of biblical perspicuity.

1:03.5

Casey Chalk, you'll see his writing all over the place, writing on both political and religious

1:09.2

matters.

1:10.2

Casey, thanks very much for being here with us.

1:11.9

Psy, it's a real pleasure to be on a Catholic answer's focus with you.

1:15.2

Thanks so much for having me on.

1:16.8

So I'll start with what is perspicuity?

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This is an idea that's a post-reformation idea.

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What does it mean?

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