St. Thomas Aquinas on the Explanation of Scripture
This is a quote from St. Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica, Vol. 10 (written in 1272, roughly).
First the truth of Scripture must be held inviolable. Secondly, when there are different ways of explaining a scriptural text, no particular explanation should be held so rigidly that, if convincing arguments show it to be false, anyone dare to insist that it still is the definitive sense of the text. Otherwise unbelievers will scorn Sacred Scripture, and the way to faith will be closed to them.How things might have been different if the church had taken these words seriously!
posted by Pierre @ 10:39 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
How different the world would be if young-earth creationists took these words seriously!
Great quote.
Krista
Great thoughts! I love reading what you guys are thinking. Have you read the "Last Temptation of Christ?" I was thinking about it this morning for some reason. . it's one of my top five all time life-shaping books. . . I think you should add it to your reading list.
Amy V. Hoppock
We've just seen the movie...no book. But, it gave us a lot to talk about...that's for sure. How does it compare to the book?
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