Sola Scriptura Part I
1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— English Standard Version Catholic Edition (n.p.: Augustine Institute, 2019), Ga 1:1. Paul’s missionary work did not end with the oral proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ and with the conversion of individuals. Paul established churches, communities of men and women who had come to faith in Jesus the Messiah and Savior, and who came together to study the Scriptures, to learn what Jesus Christ had done and taught, and to live according to the will of the living God. Eckhard J. Schnabel, “Paul’s Missionary Strategy: Goals, Methods, and Realities,” in Christian Mission: Old Testament Foundations and New Testament Developments, ed. Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Long Westfall, McMaster New Testament Studies (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011), 183. Paul knew the importance of authorized apostolic letters, for he saw the authority behind the letter t...