The Canonical Sense of Scripture: Trinitarian or Christocentric?

In this essay I develop a threefold sense for Scripture today: conventional, canonical, and contemporary. This is my “grammar” for evangelical theological hermeneutics. I explore in particular the canonical sense: the level of meaning of the biblical passage read in the light of the whole of Scriptu...

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Main Author: Padgett, Alan G. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2006
In: Dialog
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-43
Further subjects:B Trinity
B Scripture
B canonical sense
B Christocentric
B Hermeneutics
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Summary:In this essay I develop a threefold sense for Scripture today: conventional, canonical, and contemporary. This is my “grammar” for evangelical theological hermeneutics. I explore in particular the canonical sense: the level of meaning of the biblical passage read in the light of the whole of Scripture, with Christ as the center and key. In dialogue with the Orthodox, I argue that such a christocentric approach must also be, finally, a Trinitarian one.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2006.00292.x