A Critical Analysis of the Protestant Principle of Sola Scriptura in Light of Catholic Arguments on the Temporal Precedence of Tradition and the Formal Insufficiency of Scripture
Salvador G. Agualada Jr.
This paper critiques the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura from a Catholic theological perspective. It argues that Christian Tradition historically precedes Scripture and that, while Scripture is materially sufficient for revelation, it is formally insufficient apart from the living Tradition of the Church. The study further develops the Catholic position through the thought of the French Dominican theologian Yves Congar, particularly his notion of “the whole genius of tradition.” Drawing on