Two thousand years of grace and the church: hermeneutics in an Evangelical and Catholic tradition

F Christopher Anderson

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Two thousand years of grace and the church: hermeneutics in an Evangelical and Catholic tradition

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F Christopher Anderson. Two Thousand Years of Grace and the Church: Hermeneutics In an Evangelical and Catholic Tradition. Lancaster Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f30e0936-9be0-4078-890f-3c6ce8203b6f.

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F. C. Anderson. Two thousand years of grace and the church: hermeneutics in an Evangelical and Catholic tradition. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f30e0936-9be0-4078-890f-3c6ce8203b6f

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F Christopher Anderson. Two Thousand Years of Grace and the Church: Hermeneutics In an Evangelical and Catholic Tradition. Lancaster Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f30e0936-9be0-4078-890f-3c6ce8203b6f.

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How does one interpret scripture through 'the faith of the historic church expressed in the ancient creeds and reclaimed in the basic insights of the Protestant Reformers?' (Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ) I show that scholars in the field of hermeneutics are seeing the need to interpret from a tradition. I give an overview of the Post Critical Retrieval Movement. I illustrate how five texts have been interpreted through tradition in the field of spiritual direction. I introduce an Evangelical and Catholic tradition. I give an introduction to how Augustine, Chrysostoom, Bernard, Calvin and Barth interpret scripture. I glean twelve common hermeneutical insights from these five interpreters. I explain my own 'pre-understandings' for interpreting scripture. In two case studies I show how interpreting through this tradition differs from how one would interpret using only the historical-critical method. I further illustrate this by a sermon and commentary.

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