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Scripture-And-Tradition

Scripture is sufficient only when supplemented by the unwritten apostolic tradition preserved in the church — the Tridentine position rejected by WCF I.6.

This is a contested or rejected alternative.

The Westminster baseline on Sufficiency is Express-And-Good-Consequence. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.

Cruxes on this attribute

The Assembly navigated 1 crux that bear directly on Sufficiency.

Other positions on Sufficiency