Lutheran Theology

SOLUS CHRISTUS or SOLO CHRISTO ("Christ alone" )
The expression, solus Christus, means "only Christ," and indicates that Christ is the exclusive mediator between God and man. In other words, there is salvation through no other person, on account of no other person’s intervention or intercession, whether rector, bishop, or Pope. The phrase is sometimes rendered, solo Christo, since salvation is "by Christ alone." This SOLA of the Reformation rejects “sacerdotalism,” a term meaning that there are no valid sacraments in the church without the services of a properly ordained clergy. Most Protestant denominations understand the Bible to teach that there are only two continuing ordinances in the Christian church, baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The Roman Catholic Church claims there are seven authorized practices, including baptism and the Lord’s Supper. In most cases, these sacraments must be administered by a priestly person in order possess a holy nature and sanctifying influence.
Solus Christus does not deny the office of ministry in the church, to which is committed the public proclamation of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments. On the contrary, it affirms that Christ is the only priest (the High Priest) of his church, and that no saving grace at all is communicated to human beings except through him. His ministers (his pastors and teachers) are commissioned by him to bring the light and life of salvation to the attention of saints and sinners, but they are not the “administrators” of salvation in any other sense than being messengers and
“managers” of Biblical truth.

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SOLUS CHRISTUS or SOLO CHRISTO ("Christ alone" )
The expression, solus Christus, means "only Christ," and indicates that Christ is the exclusive mediator between God and man. In other words, there is salvation through no other person, on account of no other person’s intervention or intercession, whether rector, bishop, or Pope. The phrase is sometimes rendered, solo Christo, since salvation is "by Christ alone." This SOLA of the Reformation rejects “sacerdotalism,” a term meaning that there are no valid sacraments in the church without the services of a properly ordained clergy. Most Protestant denominations understand the Bible to teach that there are only two continuing ordinances in the Christian church, baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The Roman Catholic Church claims there are seven authorized practices, including baptism and the Lord’s Supper. In most cases, these sacraments must be administered by a priestly person in order possess a holy nature and sanctifying influence.
Solus Christus does not deny the office of ministry in the church, to which is committed the public proclamation of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments. On the contrary, it affirms that Christ is the only priest (the High Priest) of his church, and that no saving grace at all is communicated to human beings except through him. His ministers (his pastors and teachers) are commissioned by him to bring the light and life of salvation to the attention of saints and sinners, but they are not the “administrators” of salvation in any other sense than being messengers and
“managers” of Biblical truth.

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