The Saint S Life And The Senses Of Scripture

Author : Ann W. Astell
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268208141

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The Saint's Life and the Senses of Scripture by Ann W. Astell Pdf

Through close examination of ancient, medieval, and modern Lives of the saints, Ann W. Astell demonstrates how the historical transformation of hagiography as a genre correlates with similar changes in biblical studies. Christian hagiography flourished from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries, illuminating the gospel through the overlapping forms of exempla and vita. Originally, the Lives of the saints were understood as hermeneutical extensions of the Bible—God authors the saint, just as God authors the divinely inspired scriptures. During the medieval period, a sense of dual authorship between God and the cooperating saint developed, paralleling the Scholastic impulse to assign greater agency to the human writers of scripture. Then, in the sixteenth century, powerful new anxieties about historical truth pushed hagiography aside for biography, its successor. Drawing on her expertise in the history of Christianity and biblical exegesis, Astell convincingly shows how this radical shift in hagiography’s status—the loss of the literal, allegorical, tropological, and anagogical senses of the Lives—serves as a bellwether for modern biblical reception.

Author : C. Clifton Black
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725248113

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Reading Scripture with the Saints by C. Clifton Black Pdf

The book you are holding is a small museum. On its pages hang portraits of Christianity's "masters of the sacred page": Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Benedict of Nursia, Maximus Confessor, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Charles Wesley. Other, surprising figures also appear: Shakespeare, Washington, and Lincoln. How did these great thinkers interpret Scripture? What might their diverse approaches teach today's readers of the Old and New Testaments? What's missing in contemporary biblical interpretation that an awareness of the history of exegesis might complete? Join Clifton Black as he traverses the Bible, church history, systematic theology, Elizabethan drama, and American politics: retrieving premodern insights for a postmodern world, Reading Scripture with the Saints.

Author : Milton Walsh
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681496344

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Witness of the Saints by Milton Walsh Pdf

The writings of the Fathers of the Church have never been more widely available, yet obtaining an exhaustive and user-friendly volume of patristics can still be a daunting task. Without realizing it, many priests, seminarians, members of religious communities, and even laity already own a patristic library-their Liturgy of the Hours. In the four volumes of the Liturgy of the Hours, the official daily prayer of the Catholic Church, there are nearly 600 selections from the writings of Fathers and saints. Seeing the potential of this vast collection as a theological resource, Milton Walsh has organized these selections by topics according to the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This topical concordance allows the reader to compare what the various authors have written on the same themes, while a chronological timeline of the readings shows their relationship to each other in time. Walsh has also provided background on the liturgical celebrations of the Church, as well as historical information on each author. In addition, there is a chapter on how patristic readings can assist in understanding the Bible. This fresh and original presentation of material that is literally at the fingertips of anyone praying the Liturgy of the Hours can be a tremendous aid to both religious devotion and theological study.

Author : Douglas G. Bushman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666731255

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The Theology of Renewal for His Church by Douglas G. Bushman Pdf

Almost sixty years after Vatican II, the question of its interpretation is as lively as ever. While numerous theologies of renewal are advanced, conspicuously absent is any serious erudition of the text taken by Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI as the hermeneutical key to understanding the Council’s goal and method, namely, Paul VI’s encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam. This study corrects this inattention and proposes that Pope Paul’s “logic of renewal” is so profoundly a dimension of divine revelation and of the Church’s life that it is not just one theology of renewal among many, but the theology of renewal. It is thus the key to understanding the Council’s authentic pastoral character. The “logic of renewal” sets personal, spiritual metanoia as the center path of renewal, preceded by the path of doctrinal penetration, which assures that renewal is faithful to God, and complemented by the path of reinvigorated mission, which is the fruit of conversion. As the first post-Christendom ecumenical council, Vatican II addressed the question: What does it mean to be the Church of Christ at this point in history? Its answer: Become what you are! Convert into a more perfect realization of your own mystery, vocation, and mission.

Author : John Kitchen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Christian hagiography
ISBN : 9780195117226

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Saints' Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender by John Kitchen Pdf

He then focuses on one of the few biographies written at that time by a female author, Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund. Baudonivia's story of a female saint is considered in light of the previous observations on Fortunatus, Gregory, and the prominent trends that characterize the literature's early development.

Author : John Wyclif
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580445108

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On the Truth of Holy Scripture by John Wyclif Pdf

Wyclif sought the restoration of an idealized past even if that meant taking revolutionary steps in the present to recover what had been lost. His 1377-78 On the Truth of Holy Scripture represents such an effort in reform: the recognition of the inherent perfection and veracity of the Sacred Page which serves as the model for daily conduct, discourse, and worship, thereby forming the foundation upon which Christendom itself is to be ordered.

Author : Pope Paul VI.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Religion
ISBN : PSU:000022603913

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Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation by Pope Paul VI. Pdf

This document's purpose is to spell out the Church's understanding of the nature of revelation--the process whereby God communicates with human beings. It touches upon questions about Scripture, tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church. The major concern of the document is to proclaim a Catholic understanding of the Bible as the "word of God." Key elements include: Trinitarian structure, roles of apostles and bishops, and biblical reading in a historical context.

Author : William Sewel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : WISC:89067476176

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The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers by William Sewel Pdf

Author : Scott Hahn
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781931018173

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Scripture Matters by Scott Hahn Pdf

Popular author and scholar Dr. Scott Hahn has released a collection of essays on the study and interpretation of Scripture from a Catholic perspective. Aptly titled Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible from the Heart of the Church, Dr. Hahn takes a penetrating look into the depths of Scripture, showing the reader how to uncover its many layers of meaning and inspiration. Scripture Matters serves both as an instructional guide to reading the Bible and as a delightful meditation on the grandeur of God's Word. Dr. Hahn effectively illustrates his discussion with the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Cardinal Ratzinger, and other exemplary scholars of Scripture who truly speak "from the heart of the Church."

Author : Chris Baghos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666773415

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Wondrous in His Saints by Chris Baghos Pdf

What role do the church fathers play in the life of a modern Christian? How do they define the experience of holiness? And how can they help us appreciate our current culture while maintaining our traditional values? Wondrous in His Saints posits answers to these and other crucial questions while drawing upon the Eastern Orthodox patristic tradition from Late Antiquity to the early modern era. Its chapters vary in scope, theme, and content, focusing especially on the church fathers’ insights into intimate aspects of the spiritual life (including prayer, repentance, and love), as well as their engagement with the artistic and scientific achievements of their wider contexts. Exploring the lives and writings of numerous titans of Orthodoxy (including St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Maximus the Confessor, and St. Gregory Palamas), as well as lesser-known figures (such as St. Guthlac of Crowland and the Chinese Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion), the author brings to the fore its egalitarian nature; the fact that deification has never been restricted to any time, place, social class, or clerical rank according to the church fathers, but always attainable for men and women seeking communion with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Author : Jeffrey L. Morrow
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532693809

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Liturgy and Sacrament, Mystagogy and Martyrdom by Jeffrey L. Morrow Pdf

For far too long the Bible has been studied as just one among many historical and cultural documents from ancient history. That it is a foundational text for Western civilization is clear. What is too often forgotten or ignored in academic discussions, however, is that the Bible has also inspired the lives of countless saints throughout history; men and women who sought to love God and love neighbor to the point of offering heroic sacrifices, sometimes giving up their very lives. Much of biblical scholarship over the past two centuries, however, has reduced the Bible to a dead historical document with little-to-no relevance for today, beyond intellectual curiosity. This, in part, lies at the root of the tragic separation of theology from biblical studies. That theology and biblical exegesis are at an impasse has become a commonplace in academic discourse. Liturgy and Sacrament, Mystagogy and Martyrdom is an attempt to bridge the gap between theology and exegesis. It seeks to develop a theological interpretation of Scripture relying upon the best of traditional Christian exegesis and modern biblical scholarship, so that the Bible can serve, once again, as the wellspring of Christian life.

Author : Mark J. Zia,Mark Zia
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1937155986

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The Faith Understood by Mark J. Zia,Mark Zia Pdf

Discover the basic principles of authentic biblical interpretation. Learn why the Magisterium is the only way to correctly interpret the Bible and the writings of the Church fathers, doctors, and saints. Find out why Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium are the only three legs of the theological tripod that preserves the whole truth about God. See why faith and reason, science and theology, the natural and the supernatural are always agreeable. Explore the Incarnation and its primary Christological heresies that threatened the early Church. Unlock one of the most misunderstood areas of Catholic theology in the person of Mary. Unravel the mystery of eschatology the "last things" judgment, purgatory, hell, and heaven. Great for college students, adult faith formation programs, and motivated Catholics aspiring to learn more about their faith.

Author : John E. Thiel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195350319

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Senses of Tradition by John E. Thiel Pdf

This book articulates a theory of Catholic tradition that departs from previous understandings. Drawing on the medieval concept of the four-fold sense of scripture, John Thiel proposes four interpretive senses of tradition. He also offers a theory of doctrinal development that reconciles Catholic belief in apostolic authority and continuity of tradition with a critical approach to the evidence of history.

Author : Leroy A. Huizenga
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781947792241

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Loosing the Lion: Proclaiming the Gospel of Mark by Leroy A. Huizenga Pdf

Drama. Irony. Betrayal. Miracles. A holy war with the whole world at stake. And it’s all packed into the shortest of the four Gospels. Written in an engaging, lively, oral style, Loosing the Lion tells us how, despite being misunderstood and neglected throughout most of history, the Gospel of Mark has recently been experiencing a scholarly revival. Theologians are beginning to see how it is actually an intense, wild, impossible story told at a breakneck pace with twists and turns that shock and surprise those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Readers will be captivated by the Gospel’s literary brilliance, which brings us to the threshold of an encounter with the living Jesus, who reveals his mysteries, and ultimately himself, to those who approach him and dwell in his presence. And when we do encounter him, “The proper response is repentance, joining God’s army to be liberated, and once liberated, advancing the liberation of the whole cosmos, which, ultimately, is the content of the Gospel Jesus calls us to believe in. Liberation is coming. Join the resistance.”

Author : Jack Baker,Jeffrey Bilbro,Daniel Train
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532618383

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The Saint John's Bible and Its Tradition by Jack Baker,Jeffrey Bilbro,Daniel Train Pdf

In an age of e-books and screens, it may seem antiquated to create a handwritten, illuminated Bible. The Benedictine monks at Saint John's Abbey and University, however, determined to produce such a Bible for the twenty-first century, a Bible that would use traditional methods and materials while engaging contemporary questions and concerns. In an age that largely overlooks the physical form of books, The Saint John's Bible foregrounds the importance of a book's tactile and visual qualities. This collection considers how The Saint John's Bible fits within the history of the Bible as a book, and how its haptic qualities may be particularly important in a digital age. Contributors: David Lyle Jeffrey Matthew Moser Jonathan Juilfs Sue Sorensen Paul Anderson Gretchen Batcheller Jane Kelley Rodeheffer