Sola gratia, one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation, it is a Latin term meaning grace alone. The emphasis was in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The Five Solas are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers basic beliefs and emphasis in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. ... Jump to: navigation, search The word Reformation links here. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest church or organizational body of Christians, with a membership of over one billion people worldwide. ...

During the Reformation, Protestant leaders and theologians generally believed the Roman Catholic view of the means of salvation to be a mixture of reliance upon the grace of God, and confidence in the merits of one's own works performed in love. The Reformers posited that salvation is entirely comprehended in God's gifts, (i.e. God's act of free grace) dispensed by the Holy Spirit according to the redemptive work of Jesus Christ alone. Consequently, they argued that a sinner is not accepted by God on account of the change wrought in the believer by God's grace, and indeed, that the believer is accepted without any regard for the merit of his works - for no one deserves salvation. Jump to: navigation, search Salvation refers to deliverance from undesirable state or condition. ... Divine grace is the sovereign favour of God exercised in the bestowment of blessings upon those who have no merit in them. ... Jump to: navigation, search In various religions, most notably Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost in Trinitarian Christianity) is the third Person of the Holy Trinity. ...

The five solas

• Sola fide ("by faith alone")
• Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")
• Solus Christus ("Christ alone"; sometimes Solo Christo, "by Christ alone")
• Sola gratia ("by grace alone")
• Soli Deo gloria ("Glory to God alone")

Sola fide (by faith alone), also historically known as the justification of faith, is a doctrine that distinguishes Protestant denominations from Catholicism and Eastern Christianity in Christianity. ... This article discusses faith in a religious context. ... Sola scriptura (Latin By Scripture alone) is one of five important slogans of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. ... Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain written texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. ... From the Five Solas, the statement that Christ alone (Solus Christus, or Solo Christo) was necessary for salvation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jesus (Greek: Ιησούς, Iēsoûs), also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, is Christianitys central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. ... Divine grace is the sovereign favour of God exercised in the bestowment of blessings upon those who have no merit in them. ...

See also

• Divine grace

Divine grace is the sovereign favour of God exercised in the bestowment of blessings upon those who have no merit in them. ...

External links

• Articles on the five solas from a conservative Protestant perspective