Neither Sola Scriptura, Nor Solus Spiritus: The revelation in the human dimension

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Published: Dec 29, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2016v14n44p1173
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Sola Scriptura, Solus Spiritus, Historical Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Human dimension.

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Abdruschin Schaeffer Rocha
Faculdade Unida de Vitória - ES, Brasil

Abstract

This present article aims to discuss the revelation in the human dimension. In this sense, it presupposes that both in the historical Protestantism as in the Pentecostalism, such dimension and its derived contingencies were not properly considered, as both traditions make use of an alleged “guarantee of purity” from the revelation. In the historical protestantism such guarantee was sought in the Scriptures, in a way that by evoking the authority of the Scripture the Reformers believed they could ensure the integrity of the revelation, within a supposed "sanitized environment". In the pentecostalism, this supposed security was guaranteed by the Spirit, after all, it’s fueled by strong expectation of a personal meeting with God, and that such immediacy would ensure the purity of the revelation.   By assuming human limitations and subjectivity that are inherent in receiving a revelation, we propose, therefore, a revelation that is constituted within the limits of history; a revelation that is constituted within the limits of language; a revelation that is constituted within the limits of human vulnerability

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ROCHA, Abdruschin Schaeffer. Neither Sola Scriptura, Nor Solus Spiritus: The revelation in the human dimension. HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences, Belo Horizonte, v. 14, n. 44, p. 1173–1192, 2016. DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2016v14n44p1173. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2016v14n44p1173. Acesso em: 12 aug. 2025.
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v. 14, n. 44, out./dez. 2016 - Dossiê: Lutero e a Reforma: 500 anos
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Artigos/Articles: Dossiê/Dossier

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Abdruschin Schaeffer Rocha, Faculdade Unida de Vitória - ES, Brasil

Graduado em Teologia pelo Seminário Teológico Batista do Brasil e em filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; mestre em Teologia pela Faculdades EST; doutor em Teologia pela PUC-Rio. Também é professor do curso de Bacharelado em Teologia e do programa de Pós-Graduação (Mestrado Profissional) em Ciências das Religiões da Faculdade Unida de Vitória (Vitória/ES).