THEO 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: John Chrysostom, Calvinism, John Calvin
5 Jan 2017
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Inspiration of bible triggers emotions and relates to questions about the truth found in the bible and what authority the bible should have for church and christian. Believed that biblical texts have levels of meanings. History concept: within judaism -> lost temple and promise land, paul does not read bible for literal sense, philo of alexandria -> interpret texts of hebrews. Transformation: brought a new approach to scripture, martin luther rejected allegorical interpretation of bible because they believed this method had been abused to impose harmful meanings of text, recognizing historical and factual problems of bible. Enlightenment: what it means to say the scripture is inspired increased ideas of enlightenment. Interpreters began to pay more attention to the different readings found in various manuscripts. John chrysostom: bishop of constantinople and theologician.
