Let no one suspect that we hold that Scripture does not contain real history, or that the precepts of the Law are not to be observed to the letter, or that what is written of the Savior did not happen in reality...Much more numerous are the truly historical passages than those which are to be taken in the purely spiritual sense.
Origen, On First Principles in George Montague, Understanding the Bible, 35
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Hermeneutic of Love
Whoever, therefore, thinks he understands the divine Scriptures or any part of them so that it does not build the double love of God and of our neighbor does not understand them at all.
Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, in George Montague, Understanding the Bible, 47
Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, in George Montague, Understanding the Bible, 47
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