Solus Christus

{{Short description|Christian theological doctrine}} {{italic title}} {{redirect|Christ Alone|the documentary film|American Gospel}} {{redirect|In Christ Alone}} {{Five solae}} '''''Solus Christus''''' or '''''In Christo solo''''' (Latin in + ablative, sōlō Christō, meaning "in Christ alone") is one of the five solae that summarize the Protestant Reformers' basic belief that salvation is by faith '''in Christ alone'''.<ref name="journal.rts.edu">{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=D. Blair |date=Spring 2018 |title=''Solus Christus'': Against the Idol-Making Factory |url=https://journal.rts.edu/article/solus-christus-against-the-idol-making-factory/ |journal=Reformed Faith & Practice: The Journal of Reformed Theological Seminary |location=Orlando, Florida |publisher=Reformed Theological Seminary |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=[https://journal.rts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulative-3.1-w-cover.pdf 13–27] |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>

== Doctrine == Through the atoning work of Jesus Christ alone, apart from individual works, and that Christ is the only mediator between God and man.<ref name="journal.rts.edu"/><ref> Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation'', Vol. 2, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2017, p. 722.</ref> It holds that salvation cannot be obtained without Christ.<ref name= "journal.rts.edu"/><ref> William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, ''Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church'', InterVarsity Press, USA, 2009, p. 512.</ref> ===Biblical arguments=== As the foundation of the "solus christus" doctrine, various biblical verses can be invoked according to theologians. * John 14:6 – "Jesus replied: I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." * First Epistle to Timothy 2:5 – "Because there is only one God, and only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." * Acts 4:10–12 – "May all of you and all the people of Israel know that this happened in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth […] And there is no salvation in anyone else; for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved"

==See also== {{Portal|Reformed Christianity}} *Salvation in Christianity *Soteriology

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227214406/http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Five-Solas/ Articles on the five ''sola''s] from a conservative Protestant perspective

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