Sola fide, meaning "by faith alone," is a Protestant Christian doctrine that teaches sinners are forgiven and declared "not guilty" through faith—apart from good works or religious deeds. Protestants
1861 painting of Luther discovering the Sola fide doctrine at Erfurt
It is often argued that Clement of Rome is a witness to the doctrine of faith alone. However there is much controversy about his views
Jovinian has been argued to have taught similar views of justification as the Protestant reformers.
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples taught the doctrine of justification by faith alone before Martin Luther
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and politi
Sola fide
…Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fides" ("only scripture, only grace, only faith"). Martin Luther elevated sola fide to the principal cause of the Protestant Reformation, the rallying cry of the Lutheran cause, and the chief distinction of the Lutheran and Reformed branches of Christianity from Roman Catholicism. Luther…
Funeral Mass with priest, choristers, bearers or mourners, and a beggar receiving alms (c. 1460–1480)
Detail of the danse macabre (1490) by John of Kastav in the Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Slovenia
The Nativity (1445) by Filippo Lippi. When painting Nativity scenes, Renaissance artists mainly portrayed maternal love instead of depicting an abstract interpretation of the Incarnation as Romanesque and Gothic artists had done.
Meeting of cardinals, bishops and theologians with Antipope John XXIII (r. 1410–1415) at the Council of Constance (from the Chronicle of the Council of Constance by Ulrich of Richenthal)