Biblical Hermeneutics
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN<br />
that conflicts with the Roman Catholic Doctrinal system. Their view of the "analogy of faith" is<br />
to compare a particular interpretation with Church Dogma.<br />
The Roman Catholic "Guide to Interpretation" is that interpretation:<br />
• must be solely about faith and morals.<br />
• is not bound by national or scientific matters.<br />
• must bear witness to Catholic tradition.<br />
• must have a unanimous witness by the Church Fathers.<br />
• is to be explained by unwritten tradition when the passage is obscure.<br />
• follows the "Principle of Development" meaning the doctrines of the New Testament<br />
were 'seeds' and not complete units in them-selves.<br />
• also follows the "Principle of Implication" which is called "Epigenesis" meaning that<br />
doctrines grow, develop and change.<br />
PARABLES, ALLEGORY AND TYPOLOGY<br />
Parable<br />
Allegory<br />
Type<br />
A story which is true to reality and teaches a moral or spiritual<br />
lesson.<br />
A story in which people or things have hidden or symbolic meaning.<br />
A real parable, the details of which are woven by God into the facts<br />
of history.<br />
However the boundaries of these three are not clearly definined in the biblical interpretation<br />
leading lot of varying interpretations.<br />
93
Change language