The Order of Christian Theology: Literal and Ecclesial Senses of the New Testament

This article aims to clarify, from the perspective of New Testament interpretation, (1) what it is one develops in theological interpretation of the New Testament, or literal senses of the New Testament; and (2) what it is that results from this theological work, or ecclesial senses of the New Testa...

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Main Author: Lang, T. J. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2020
In: Journal of theological interpretation
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 120-139
Further subjects:B Theological Interpretation
B Joseph Ratzinger
B development of doctrine
B Gregory of Nazianzus
B ALLEGORICAL
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Summary:This article aims to clarify, from the perspective of New Testament interpretation, (1) what it is one develops in theological interpretation of the New Testament, or literal senses of the New Testament; and (2) what it is that results from this theological work, or ecclesial senses of the New Testament. According to such a schema, theological interpretation of the New Testament is analogous to Christian allegorical interpretation of the Old. Both involve a retrospective reinterpretation of scriptural traditions informed by newly determinative realities of the present. The remaining question is how a distinction between literal and ecclesial senses of the New Testament addresses the relation of Scripture and dogma. Given certain facts of the canonical formation of the New Testament, this question is as much historical as it is theological because, historically and theologically, the New Testament canon and its theological interpretation are intertwined and mutually determinative.
ISSN:2576-7933
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of theological interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5325/jtheointe.14.1.0120