The Sensus Literalis and the Trinity in the English Enlightenment
The doctrine of the Trinity was fiercely contested in the English Enlightenment. This debate is of interest not simply because of the doctrinal articulations of the belligerents or their various approaches to the Scriptural text, but because it led to the consolidation of a precise understanding of...
| Published in: | Pro ecclesia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2020]
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| In: |
Pro ecclesia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Enlightenment
/ Trinity
/ Exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Samuel Clarke
B Daniel Waterland B Keywords Antitrinitarian B English Enlightenment B Trinitarian B doctrine of the Trinity B Hermeneutics B sensus literalis B William Jones of Nayland B History of Biblical Interpretation |
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| Summary: | The doctrine of the Trinity was fiercely contested in the English Enlightenment. This debate is of interest not simply because of the doctrinal articulations of the belligerents or their various approaches to the Scriptural text, but because it led to the consolidation of a precise understanding of the relationship between the sensus literalis and doctrine for Trinitarians and Antitrinitarians both. Antitrinitarians of the English Enlightenment came to agree that the sensus literalis could be isolated by identifying the singular referent of each Scriptural word, but Trinitarians came to insist, to the contrary, that Scriptural words always refer within a larger canonical framework. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1063851220910502 |