#177 A Roman Catholic Tried to Debunk the Bible's Sole Supreme Authority (Here's What He Missed)

Can you really trust a 66-book Protestant Bible without the Pope, councils, or “Sacred Tradition” telling you what belongs in it? In this episode, Joel Settecase reacts to a viral Catholic argument against Sola Scriptura and shows why it collapses.

You’ll hear how a fallible church can still recognize an infallible canon, why competing Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Ethiopian canons undermine the magisterium claim, and how Jesus and the apostles themselves ground ultimate authority in Scripture—not tradition. This is for Christian men who want to answer Catholic friends clearly, stand confidently on the sufficiency of Scripture, and lead their families with a Bible-first, presuppositional worldview.

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Keywords: Sola Scriptura, biblical canon, Catholic vs Protestant, magisterium, Scripture and tradition, Eastern Orthodox canon, Ethiopian Bible, authority of Scripture, presuppositional apologetics, Joel Settecase, The Think Institute, Christian men, men’s discipleship, Hammer & Anvil Society.