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There’s actually a good article on Augustine & sola scriptura here:

https://chnetwork.org/2014/08/11/st-augustine-sola-scriptura/

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2 Timothy 3 KJV

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

It does say ALL Scripture; it does not say ONLY Scripture - there is a difference. It is necessary to show where in fact ONLY Scripture is taught as the sole rule of faith within the Scriptures.

Tradition is not just those manmade teachings that Christ got after the Pharisees about for nullifying the word of God, but also also authoritative per the Scriptures:

1 Corinthians 11 KJV

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances (παράδοσις), as I delivered them to you.

2 Thessalonians 2 KJV

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions (παράδοσις) which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

2 Thessalonians 3 KJV

6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition (παράδοσις) which he received of us.

Even Christ speaks indirectly of the authority of Tradition when He said the following:

Matthew 23 KJV

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

From BIBLEHUB > Strong’s Concordance:

https://biblehub.com/greek/3862.htm

paradosis: a handing down or over, a tradition

Original Word: παράδοσις, εως, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: paradosis

Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-os-is)

Definition: a handing down or over, a tradition

Usage: an instruction, tradition.

We are in fact told what the following in the NT Scripture:

1 Timothy 3 KJV

14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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Forgive me if I have posted a comment more than once. The system will not allow me to see what I have posted. In addition, more from the Roman Catholic view, it would not hurt for you to at least glance at Mark Shea's small book "By What Authority?" Shea is not an authority himself -- he is a convert from a somewhat uninformed evangelical background -- but he brings out some points which I would consider vital. These have to do with truths which are accepted by most Christians down through the ages, but do not appear to be stated in Scripture nor directly drawn from Scripture, such as the belief (against various forms of Arianism) that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully Man. Even today, it's difficult to refute a determined Arian by using Scripture passages, because he can always bring ones that he considers you are not taking into account. You finally have to say (and this I contribute from my own experience, not Shea's book) that the Arian, or anti-Trinitarian, or Social Trinitarian belief being presented is simply not in accord with the way Christians have historically understood the Scriptures. The trouble is, that understanding that most Christians have is not written down anywhere. All (most?) of the Reformers had the same understandings, as did Augustine and the other Church Fathers you quote, and so they believe that it's obvious that everything necessary for faith is revealed in Scripture. What do you do with a heretic who does not accept those understandings which "everybody" knows?

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Alex, you should read (possibly you have done so) J. I. Packer's book "Fundamentalism and the Word of God." I think I am right in saying that he defines the Roman Catholic understanding of inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture as being "the infallible Word of God interpreted by an infallible Church." It seems to me that that statement (fairly accurate to Roman Catholic teaching as far as I am aware) takes a slightly different tack than some of the arguments you have mentioned.

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