English Explanatory Dictionary

sola ecclesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The doctrine that the Church, and not Scripture alone, is the ultimate source of authority for Christian doctrine.

Word forms

sola ecclesia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sōla ecclēsia (literally “the church alone”).

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