The Written Tradition: Or, The Only Divine Rule of Faith and Practice; Vindicated Against the Tractarians; a Sermon Preached in the Parish Church, Cheltenham, November 5th, 1842

In this sermon, Francis Close vigorously defends the idea that the Bible is the only authoritative source of religious doctrine and practice. He takes aim at the Tractarian movement and its insistence on an apostolic tradition that is separate from Scripture. A passionate and eloquent defense of the Protestant principle of sola scriptura.

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