Editing Sola scriptura (section)

==''Prima scriptura''==
{{Main|Prima scriptura}}
{{See also|Nuda scriptura}}
[[File:John Wesley memorial Aldersgate.jpg|thumb|upright|In the [[Wesleyan Quadrilateral]], experience is an additional source of authority. Pictured is a memorial to John Wesley's own experience of the [[Born again (Christianity)|New Birth]] and [[Assurance (theology)|Assurance]].]]
{{lang|la|Sola scriptura}} may be contrasted with {{lang|la|prima scriptura}}, which holds that, besides [[biblical canon|canonical scripture]], there are other guides for what a believer should believe, and how he or she should live. Examples of this include the [[general revelation]] in creation, traditions, [[charismatic gifts]], [[mysticism|mystical]] insight, [[angel]]ic visitations, conscience, common sense, the views of experts, the spirit of the times or something else. {{lang|la|Prima scriptura}} suggests that ways of knowing or understanding [[God]] and his will, that do not originate from canonized scripture, are in a second place, perhaps helpful in interpreting that scripture, but testable by the canon and correctable by it, if they seem to contradict the scriptures.

Two Christian denominations that uphold the position of {{lang|la|prima scriptura}} are [[Anglicanism]] and [[Methodism]].{{efn|On the Anglican view of authority, Richard H. Schmidt wrote: {{blockquote|A favorite, if overworked, image among Anglicans is that of the three-legged stool, which stands only when all three legs are in place, as a visual way to think of the Anglican view of authority. We acknowledge three sources of authority, and we manage not to fall down when all three are in place. The first and most important of these is the Bible. The Articles of Religion, a Reformation-era statement of Anglican views on questions of the day, says that the Bible "containeth all things necessary to salvation", so that nothing not found in the Bible is to be required as an article of faith.{{sfn|Schmidt|2002|p=15}}}}}}<ref name=WELS/>{{sfn|Schmidt|2002|p=15}} In the Anglican tradition, scripture, tradition, and reason form the "Anglican triad" or "three-legged stool", formulated by the Anglican theologian [[Richard Hooker]].{{sfnm |1a1=Lewis |1y=2001 |1p=138 |2a1=Schmidt |2y=2002 |2p=15}} With respect to the Methodist tradition, ''A Dictionary for United Methodists'' states:
{{blockquote|Building on the Anglican theological tradition, [[John Wesley|Wesley]] added a fourth emphasis, experience. The resulting four components or "sides" of the [[Wesleyan Quadrilateral|[Wesleyan] quadrilateral]] are (1) Scripture, (2) tradition, (3) reason, and (4) experience. For United Methodists, Scripture is considered the primary source and standard for Christian doctrine. Tradition is experience and the witness of development and growth of the faith through the past centuries and in many nations and cultures. Experience is the individual's understanding and appropriating of the faith in the light of his or her own life. Through reason the individual Christian brings to bear on the Christian faith discerning and cogent thought. These four elements taken together bring the individual Christian to a mature and fulfilling understanding of the Christian faith and the required response of worship and service.{{sfn|Waltz|1991}}{{long quote|date=July 2017}}}}

''Sola scriptura'' rejects any original infallible authority, other than the Bible. In this view, all secondary authority is derived from the authority of the scriptures and is therefore subject to reform when compared to the teaching of the Bible. Church councils, preachers, biblical commentators, private revelation, or even a message allegedly from an [[angel]] or an [[Twelve apostles|apostle]] are not an original authority alongside the Bible in the ''sola scriptura'' approach.