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Handbook of Patristic Exegesis. The Bible in Ancient Christianity La politique des reliques de Constantin à Saint Louis. Protection collective et légitimation du pouvoir

About: This article is published in Church History and Religious Culture.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Church history & Exegesis.
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Kevin Killeen1
15 Dec 2016
TL;DR: Killeen as discussed by the authors considers the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how the religious text provided a key language of political debate and played a critical role in shaping early modern political thinking.
Abstract: This illuminating new study considers the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how the religious text provided a key language of political debate and played a critical role in shaping early modern political thinking. Kevin Killeen demonstrates how biblical kings were as important in the era's political thought as any classical model. The book mines the rich and neglected resources of early modern quasi-scriptural writings - treatise, sermon, commentary, annotation, poetry and political tract - to show how deeply embedded this political vocabulary remained, across the century, from top to bottom and across all religious positions. It shows how constitutional thought, in this most tumultuous era of civil war, regicide and republic, was forged on the Bible, and how writers ranging from King James, Joseph Hall or John Milton to Robert Filmer and Thomas Hobbes can be better understood in the context of such vigorous biblical discourse.

113 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the Reformed doctrine of double predestination is reassessed through Paul's convictions concerning the cross and his theological reading of the Old Testament, and the primary principle which Paul underscores within the context of Romans 9 is that the cross is the supreme expression of God's purpose of election.
Abstract: The renewed interest in the reading of Romans 9-11 over recent decades is indicative of the attempt to settle the controversy concerning the doctrine of double predestination. In reference to Luther’s directive that the theology of the cross be the lens through which all other doctrines be examined, and based on the “New Perspective” on Paul’s writings and his Jewish background, this dissertation reassesses the Reformed doctrine of predestination through Paul’s convictions concerning the cross and his theological reading of the Old Testament. Accordingly, this study establishes that the primary principle which Paul underscores within the context of Romans 9 is that the cross is the supreme expression of God’s purpose of election. The cross of Christ not only is a statement about God’s determination in election, but it also has an existential purpose in its ways and works. Furthermore, the readers of Romans 9 will recognize that when Paul discusses election, he engages a specifically Trinitarian articulation of God, who works out His election of grace in a definite yet surprising manner. Such a reassessed scriptural perspective on the purpose of election is clearly stated in Paul’s understanding of God’s unfolding promises of redemption for both Jews and Gentiles through the suffering Christ. Since the correlation between election and

58 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Trench read the Bible distinctively by sittinguating him within the broader Victorian Church of England, and that because of the clarity with which Trench apprehends the character of Scripture and the interpretive implications of this, he offers a comprehensive paradigm from which one can articulate a coherent understanding of the fitness of Holy Scripture for unfolding the spiritual life of men.
Abstract: This thesis outlines Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench’s theology of Scripture, showing that he reads the Bible distinctively by situating him within the broader Victorian Church of England. Furthermore, it argues that because of the clarity with which Trench apprehends the character of Scripture and the interpretive implications of this, he offers a comprehensive paradigm from which one can articulate a coherent understanding of “the fitness of Holy Scripture for unfolding the spiritual life of men.” I examine Trench’s theology of Scripture by way of comparison with other prominent thinkers in the Church of England during his time. First, Charles Simeon’s devout but unidimensional interpretation, which aims to discover the full range of biblical teaching, is set beside Trench’s layered Christological reading of the text. The next chapter discusses Benjamin Jowett’s attempts to uncover the original meaning and context of each passage of Scripture. Trench’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s authorship juxtaposes with Jowett, opening room for a further future unfolding of the meaning inherent in Scripture. Trench’s doctrine of Scripture comes into closer focus against the relatively similar exegesis of John Keble on the Parable of the Good Samaritan; one finds Trench has a looser view of ecclesial authority, opting instead for scripturally grounded authority. The previous findings are synthesized in the following chapter, which outlines Trench’s character as an Orthodox interpreter with special focus on his conservatism, traditionalism, and cohesiveness. This is

41 citations

Book
24 Jul 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the study of the manuscripts of the New Testament and the gospels of the Bible has been discussed and a glossary of glossary indexes has been proposed.
Abstract: Introduction Part I. The Documents: 1. The study of the manuscripts 2. Practical skills in the study of manuscripts 3. Other types of witness Part II. Textual Criticism and Editions: 4. Manuscripts as tradents of the text 5. Textual criticism 6. Editions and how to use them Part III. The Sections of the New Testament: 7. Revelation 8. Paul 9. Acts and the Catholic Epistles 10. The gospels 11. Final thoughts Glossary Indexes.

37 citations

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Kevin Killeen1
15 Dec 2016
TL;DR: Killeen as discussed by the authors considers the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how the religious text provided a key language of political debate and played a critical role in shaping early modern political thinking.
Abstract: This illuminating new study considers the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how the religious text provided a key language of political debate and played a critical role in shaping early modern political thinking. Kevin Killeen demonstrates how biblical kings were as important in the era's political thought as any classical model. The book mines the rich and neglected resources of early modern quasi-scriptural writings - treatise, sermon, commentary, annotation, poetry and political tract - to show how deeply embedded this political vocabulary remained, across the century, from top to bottom and across all religious positions. It shows how constitutional thought, in this most tumultuous era of civil war, regicide and republic, was forged on the Bible, and how writers ranging from King James, Joseph Hall or John Milton to Robert Filmer and Thomas Hobbes can be better understood in the context of such vigorous biblical discourse.

113 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the Reformed doctrine of double predestination is reassessed through Paul's convictions concerning the cross and his theological reading of the Old Testament, and the primary principle which Paul underscores within the context of Romans 9 is that the cross is the supreme expression of God's purpose of election.
Abstract: The renewed interest in the reading of Romans 9-11 over recent decades is indicative of the attempt to settle the controversy concerning the doctrine of double predestination. In reference to Luther’s directive that the theology of the cross be the lens through which all other doctrines be examined, and based on the “New Perspective” on Paul’s writings and his Jewish background, this dissertation reassesses the Reformed doctrine of predestination through Paul’s convictions concerning the cross and his theological reading of the Old Testament. Accordingly, this study establishes that the primary principle which Paul underscores within the context of Romans 9 is that the cross is the supreme expression of God’s purpose of election. The cross of Christ not only is a statement about God’s determination in election, but it also has an existential purpose in its ways and works. Furthermore, the readers of Romans 9 will recognize that when Paul discusses election, he engages a specifically Trinitarian articulation of God, who works out His election of grace in a definite yet surprising manner. Such a reassessed scriptural perspective on the purpose of election is clearly stated in Paul’s understanding of God’s unfolding promises of redemption for both Jews and Gentiles through the suffering Christ. Since the correlation between election and

58 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Trench read the Bible distinctively by sittinguating him within the broader Victorian Church of England, and that because of the clarity with which Trench apprehends the character of Scripture and the interpretive implications of this, he offers a comprehensive paradigm from which one can articulate a coherent understanding of the fitness of Holy Scripture for unfolding the spiritual life of men.
Abstract: This thesis outlines Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench’s theology of Scripture, showing that he reads the Bible distinctively by situating him within the broader Victorian Church of England. Furthermore, it argues that because of the clarity with which Trench apprehends the character of Scripture and the interpretive implications of this, he offers a comprehensive paradigm from which one can articulate a coherent understanding of “the fitness of Holy Scripture for unfolding the spiritual life of men.” I examine Trench’s theology of Scripture by way of comparison with other prominent thinkers in the Church of England during his time. First, Charles Simeon’s devout but unidimensional interpretation, which aims to discover the full range of biblical teaching, is set beside Trench’s layered Christological reading of the text. The next chapter discusses Benjamin Jowett’s attempts to uncover the original meaning and context of each passage of Scripture. Trench’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s authorship juxtaposes with Jowett, opening room for a further future unfolding of the meaning inherent in Scripture. Trench’s doctrine of Scripture comes into closer focus against the relatively similar exegesis of John Keble on the Parable of the Good Samaritan; one finds Trench has a looser view of ecclesial authority, opting instead for scripturally grounded authority. The previous findings are synthesized in the following chapter, which outlines Trench’s character as an Orthodox interpreter with special focus on his conservatism, traditionalism, and cohesiveness. This is

41 citations

Book
24 Jul 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the study of the manuscripts of the New Testament and the gospels of the Bible has been discussed and a glossary of glossary indexes has been proposed.
Abstract: Introduction Part I. The Documents: 1. The study of the manuscripts 2. Practical skills in the study of manuscripts 3. Other types of witness Part II. Textual Criticism and Editions: 4. Manuscripts as tradents of the text 5. Textual criticism 6. Editions and how to use them Part III. The Sections of the New Testament: 7. Revelation 8. Paul 9. Acts and the Catholic Epistles 10. The gospels 11. Final thoughts Glossary Indexes.

37 citations