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Solus Christus (Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
: "Christ alone"), sometimes referred to in the ablative case
Ablative case

In linguistics, ablative case is a name given to grammatical case in various languages whose common characteristic is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ....
 as Solo Christo ("by Christ alone"), is one of the five solas
Five solas

The Five solas are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers' basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day....
 that summarise the Protestant Reformers'
Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
 basic belief that salvation
Salvation

In religion, salvation is the concept that God saves humanity from death. As commonly conceived, He has both Will of God and omnipotence to realize human salvation....
 is through Christ alone and that Christ is the only mediator between God and man, see also New Covenant
New Covenant

The term New Covenant is used in the Bible to refer to an Messianic Age following a period of trial and judgment. As are all Covenant between God and man described in the Bible, it is "a bond in blood sovereignly administered by God." ...
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doctrine was thought to be in contradistinction to several teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
: the Pope as Christ's representative head of the Church on earth, the concept of meritorious works, and the idea of a treasury of the merits of saints.






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Solus Christus (Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
: "Christ alone"), sometimes referred to in the ablative case
Ablative case

In linguistics, ablative case is a name given to grammatical case in various languages whose common characteristic is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ....
 as Solo Christo ("by Christ alone"), is one of the five solas
Five solas

The Five solas are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers' basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day....
 that summarise the Protestant Reformers'
Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
 basic belief that salvation
Salvation

In religion, salvation is the concept that God saves humanity from death. As commonly conceived, He has both Will of God and omnipotence to realize human salvation....
 is through Christ alone and that Christ is the only mediator between God and man, see also New Covenant
New Covenant

The term New Covenant is used in the Bible to refer to an Messianic Age following a period of trial and judgment. As are all Covenant between God and man described in the Bible, it is "a bond in blood sovereignly administered by God." ...
.

Protestant-Catholic relations

The doctrine was thought to be in contradistinction to several teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
: the Pope as Christ's representative head of the Church on earth, the concept of meritorious works, and the idea of a treasury of the merits of saints. It is in some ways comparable to the church doctrine of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus

The Latin phrase Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus means: "Outside the Church there is no salvation". This expression comes from the writings of Cyprian, a bishop of the third century....


A common Roman Catholic argument against Solus Christus is that Jesus needed to be born of a Mother, and that without the Theotokos
Theotokos

Theotokos is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches....
, Jesus would have never existed (cf Mother of the Church
Mother of the Church

Mother of the Church is a title, officially given to Mary during the Second Vatican Council by Pope Paul VI. The title was first used by Saint Ambrose of Milan and rediscovered by Hugo Rahner, the brother of Karl Rahner....
, Annunciation
Annunciation

In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, by the angel Gabriel that she would Conception a child to be born the Son of God....
 and Incarnation
Incarnation

Incarnation which literally means embodied in flesh, refers to the Conception and birth of a Sentience creature who is the material manifestation of an entity or force whose original nature is immaterial....
).

As related to Soli Deo Gloria

Another criticism is that the doctrine is somewhat redundant to Soli Deo Gloria
Soli Deo gloria

Soli Deo gloria is one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation; it is a Latin term for Glory to God alone....
, since the divinity
Consubstantiality

Consubstantiality is a term used in Latin Christian christology, coined by Tertullian in Against Hermogenes 44, used to translate the Greek term Homoousian....
 of Jesus has been acknowledged since before the time of the Apostolic Fathers
Apostolic Fathers

The Apostolic Fathers are a small number of Early Christianity authors who lived and wrote in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century....
 and the Council of Nicaea
Council of Nicaea

Council of Nicaea can refer to:* First Council of Nicaea in AD 325* Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787* The Council of Nicaea * The Council of Nicaea ...
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