nuda scriptura

noun

The evangelical view that scripture is the only rule of faith, to the exclusion of all other sources.

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Meanings

nounnuda scriptura (uncountable)
  1. uncountableChristianityThe evangelical view that scripture is the only rule of faith, to the exclusion of all other sources.

Origin

  1. Latin[Term?]
  2. Englishnuda scriptura

From Latin [Term?] (literally “bare scripture”).

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