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As with many different things in life, the Bible can be interpreted differently by different people. Each and every section of the Bible can be open to interpretation by the...
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Mar 20, 2016 · The ‘four senses’ of interpretation. An early monk called John Cassian (360–435) identified four ways in which the Bible could be understood: the literal, the symbolic, the ethical and the mystical.
When the church gathered in the fourth and fifth centuries at Nicaea and Constantinople, it decided together that there can be a wide range of biblical interpretation on who Christ is, but if you say that Christ is not to be worshiped, then you are outside of what it means to be Christian.
Oct 7, 2024 · Biblical interpretation didn't start with the church fathers — first it interpreted itself. Here's how Jesus and his disciples interpreted their Bibles.
Everyone concedes that we must interpret the Bible in order to understand what it means. But this task of interpreting the Bible—sometimes called “Biblical exegesis” or “hermeneutics”—is a challenging one.
Mar 16, 2017 · The Bible is God’s Word, yet it exists through human means. God’s commands appear to be absolute, yet some passages seem ambiguous. How can we understand the Scriptures correctly? That’s where hermeneutics comes in: the theory and methodology of interpreting the Bible.
May 18, 2021 · “In some periods of Christian history people actually found as many as seven entirely different meanings in a given passage of Scripture,” according to J. Terry Young. Why are there so many interpretations in the first place, and when did the variety first arise?
