Etymology

sola ecclesia

Today it means: The doctrine that the Church, and not Scripture alone, is the ultimate source of authority for Christian doctrine. Full definition →

Latin sōla ecclēsia
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsōla ecclēsia
  2. English todaysola ecclesia

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.