Core Christianity How Do We Know Scripture Is God's Word? Response to Trent Horn
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Mar 4, 2026 A lively response to a critique about whether Scripture alone can be called God's word. Short surveys of biblical uses of the phrase and how tradition and sola scriptura differ. A discussion of the Holy Spirit's internal testimony and whether appealing to it is circular. Reflections on historical doubts about the canon and what ultimately claims authority.
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What Sola Scriptura Actually Means
- Sola Scriptura means Scripture alone as the primary norm while allowing tradition a secondary role.
- Richard Muller and the Reformers framed it against medieval views that treated Scripture and tradition as co-equal norms, favoring Scripture's priority.
Word Of God Refers To Speech And Writing
- The phrase "word of God" in Scripture often refers to prophetic or apostolic speech, not exclusively to written texts.
- Trent Horn emphasizes oral/charismatic uses, and Sanchez agrees but notes Protestants also call written Scripture and faithful preaching the word of God.
Agreement On Scripture But Disagreement On Tradition
- Both Catholics and Protestants agree written Scripture is God's word, and both call prophetic/apostolic preaching the word of God.
- The disagreement centers on whether unwritten sacred tradition should be elevated to infallible authority equal to Scripture.
