Need a Latin geek

[sigerson]

Question: I know that "Sola Scriptura" means "by scripture alone," and is therefore probably in the ablative case. But how would I translate an adjectival phrase: "alone, with scripture"? "Solus, scripturus"? "Solus, et cum scripturae"?

Bah. Gotta go dig up my Latin dictionary.

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[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

solus(a,um) cum scriptura?

[sexybadpnomamma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sounds right to me.

[sovay]

But how would I translate an adjectival phrase: "alone, with scripture"?

In which sense of "with"?

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

As in "alone with a good book;" accompanied by, together with, a person in a room with a Bible. The archetypal figure of the religious (Protestant and Christian) reader. Which I intend to poke at with some pointy data.

[sovay]

As in "alone with a good book;" accompanied by, together with, a person in a room with a Bible.

Then schreibergasse is right; solus or sola depending on the gender of your hypothetical archetype.