“Sola Scriptura” explores the concept of absolute Biblical authority, as it pertains to the formation of a republic using the Bible as our single founding document, or Constitution. We look at rights, and the idea of free speech within the framework of law and from the perspective of idolatry. It argues that rights are granted and enforced by human authority, and questions the concept of free speech, as an absolute right, suggesting speech should be moderated by the res publica rather than the state. The text critiques the idolization of human ideas and identities, proposing that a true republic can only be realized through the application of Scripture, according to the doctrine of Sola Scriptura. Specifically, “Sola Scriptura” argues for the formation of a Theological Republic, not a theocracy, founded on the Bible which was given to Christians to be our constitution.
