Editing Sola fide (section)

=== Medieval ===

Early medieval thinkers whose statements on faith that have been interpreted as preceding Luther's include [[Gottschalk of Orbais|Gottschalk]] (c. 808 – 868 AD),<ref>{{Cite web|last=caryslmbrown|date=2017-07-18|title=Reformation parallels: the case of Gottschalk of Orbais|url=https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2017/07/18/reformation-parallels-the-case-of-gottschalk-of-orbais/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Doing History in Public|language=en}}</ref> [[Claudius of Turin]] (8.–9. century AD)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Milner|first=Joseph|title=The History of the Church of Christ Volume 3|quote=A comment on the epistle to the Galatians, is his only work which was committed to the press. In it he every where asserts the equality of all the apostles with St. Peter. And, indeed, he always owns Jesus Christ to be the only proper head of the church. He is severe against the doctrine of human merits, and of the exaltation of traditions to a height of credibility equal to that of the divine word. He maintains that we are to be saved by faith alone; holds the fallibility of the church, exposes the futility of praying for the dead, and the sinfulness of the idolatrous practices then supported by the Roman see. Such are the sentiments found in his commentary on the epistle to the Galatians.}}</ref>
Some have argued that [[Ildefonsus]] and [[Julian of Toledo]] believed that faith alone was sufficient for salvation, Julian of Toledo made statements such as "all effort of human argument must be suspended where faith alone is sufficient".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allison |first=Gregg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH8oAfw-bHMC&q=Historical+Theology%3A+An+Introduction+to+Christian+Doctrine |title=Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine |date=2011-04-19 |publisher=Zondervan Academic |isbn=978-0-310-41041-6 |language=en}}</ref>

Protestants also have claimed that the writings of [[Bernard of Clairvaux]] include the doctrine of justification by faith alone.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goggin |first1=Jamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a_-dBgAAQBAJ&dq=Clairvaux+faith+alone&pg=PA253 |title=Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics: A Guide for Evangelicals |last2=Strobel |first2=Kyle C. |date=2013-05-01 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=978-0-8308-9549-6 |language=en}}</ref>
{{see also|Proto-Protestantism}}[[File:Portret van Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples Beroemde hervormers (serietitel) Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria illustrium (serietitel), RP-P-1910-4337.jpg|thumb|Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples taught the doctrine of justification by faith alone before Martin Luther<ref name=":1" />]]