Faith, Reason and History in Early Modern Catholic Biblical Interpretation : Fr. Richard Simon and St. Thomas More

This article contrasts St. Thomas More's theoretical work on the role of faith and history in biblical exegesis with that of Fr. Richard Simon. I argue that, although Simon's work appears to be a critique of his more skeptical contemporaries like Hobbes and Spinoza, in reality he is carryi...

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Main Author: Morrow, Jeffrey L. 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2015, Volume: 96, Issue: 1066, Pages: 658-673
Further subjects:B Richard Simon
B Biblical Exegesis
B Faith
B History
B Thomas More
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Summary:This article contrasts St. Thomas More's theoretical work on the role of faith and history in biblical exegesis with that of Fr. Richard Simon. I argue that, although Simon's work appears to be a critique of his more skeptical contemporaries like Hobbes and Spinoza, in reality he is carrying their work forward. I argue that More's union of faith and reason, theology and history, is more promising than Simon's for Catholic theological biblical exegesis.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/nbfr.12127