Five Solas Personalized Plaque

The Five solae are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize
the Reformers’ basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the The Roman Catholic
Church of the day. The Latin word sola means “alone” or “only” in English. The five solae articulated
five fundamental beliefs of the Protestant Reformation, pillars which the Reformers believed to be
essentials of the Christian life and practice. All five implicitly rejected or countered the teachings
of the then-dominant Catholic Church, which the Reformers claimed had usurped divine attributes or
qualities for the Church and its hierarchy, especially its head, the Pope. These are:

1. Sola scriptura (“by Scripture alone”)
2. Sola fide (“by faith alone”)
3. Sola gratia (“by grace alone”)
4. Solus Christus or Solo Christo (“Christ alone” or “through Christ alone”)
5. Soli Deo gloria (“glory to God alone”)

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