"Sola Scriptura" is a Latin phrase. To find out what it means, let us look at what each individual word translates to.
We can quite easily make a guess on what "Scriptura" means. If you said, "Scriptures", then you're pretty accurate! It actually translates to "writings", but refers to the Scriptures.
"Sola" as a noun, can be translated to "bottom", "ground" and "floor". As a verb however, it carries the meaning of "single", "alone", "having no companion" and "unique".
Put together then, we get "Scriptures Alone".
"Sola Scriptura" is a Christian doctrine that the Bible alone is authoritative for the Christian faith. It is complete, infallibale and inerrant, and contains all necessary knowledge for salvation and holiness. "Sola Scriptura" was a rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation against the rule and practices of the Roman Catholic Church of the time.
Inerrancy in Christianity is another doctrine that holds the Bible to be accurate and without error. Most Evangelical Christian denominations hold to this teaching.
