Regula Catholica, Regula Interpretatio: A Summary and Way Forward for Theological Interpretation of Scripture (original) (raw)

BRILL eBooks, 2022

Abstract

Abstract: This chapter proposes a consensus position on the nature of Scripture and the appropriate commensurate methodologies for its theological interpretation. It asserts that TIS requires a more specific consensual catholic scriptural and interpretive benchmark than currently exists across the movement—a regula catholica (catholic rule) and a regula interpretatio (interpretation rule)—in order to be properly ecclesially-calibrated and in order to generate a biblically-faithful, spiritually-formative theological interpretation of Scripture. A four-fold framework is articulated that organizes common approaches to theological interpretation into a tangible, replicable cluster of interpretive techniques that serve the purpose of spiritually-formative scriptural analysis and exegesis. A critical engagement of the views of key TIS proponents is offered that argues for a scriptural ontology that is characterized by textual determinacy and textual integrity within the breadth of the catholic tradition across the ages. Lastly, building on the work of John Webster, a theological rationale is offered that demonstrates how the various aspects of a regula interpretatio are themselves instrumental for spiritual formation rather than functioning as merely human tools for the grammatical, historical, and literary analysis of the biblical text. Keywords: TIS, paleo-orthodoxy, spiritual formation, Thomas Oden, St. Vincent of Lérins, regula fidei, John Webster, Stephen E. Fowl, Francis Watson, theological interpretation, literal sense, hermeneutics, Thomas Aquinas

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