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Jonah 229 Scripture Reading Jonah 229 2 He said In my distress I called to the LORD and he answered me From the depths of the grave a I called for help and you listened to my cry. Verbal Plenary Theory. Every . word in the Bible is exactly the word that the Divine Author intended. (the . Holy Spirit) and exactly the word that the human author intended. .. Compatibilist View. HERMENEUTICS. People cringe at the word “theology.” They think that theology is for the seminary trained, and not for your average Joe. Some here may even think this.. However, every Christian is a theologian.. Charles Spurgeon . “If the Lord does not speedily appear, there will come another generation, and another, and all these generations shall be tainted and injured if we are not faithful to God and His truth today. We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right, mayhap our children and our children’s children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and His Word.” . Interpreting Scripture Responsibly. “One verse, three different interpretations. Who’s right?”. Interpreting Scripture Responsibly. The need for rules of interpretation. An objective standard by which to arbitrate . Scripture Guide Catholic Social Teaching Scripture Guide Introduction Catholic social teaching has been called the Church’s “best kept secret.” Yet, from the beginning of time, God 4, the . Apostle . John. . was called up to the Throne Room of Heaven where he witnessed the Lord Jesus Christ take the Scroll of Destiny and begin to break its seven seals one by one.. In Revelation Chapter . I. What is the Comparative Mention Principle of biblical hermeneutics?. The Comparative Mention Principle “is that principle by which a certain verse or group of verses may be interpreted by comparing and/or contrasting it with another . SCRIPTURE. , TRADITION AND CHURCH. Fr. . Dr. Renjan R. Mathew. TRI-UNION. God is Trinity. Human created in the image of God is a tri-Union.. Another important tri-Union is the compressive unity of Scripture, tradition and church.. Faith and Reason. The Bible. Definition: The Word of God, revealed in history, used as a historical document of our faith, to instruct, and to inspire.. Inspiration. : God formed and shaped the author to write exactly what he wanted written though the author expressed himself through that which was available to him.. The term “canon” has its origin in a family of Semitic words that referred to a reed or a rod. . In ancient times a straight rod might be marked for the purpose of measuring. . The word came to refer to a series of marks used for measurement. . Thursday, January 3, 2013. © 1/3/2013, Jeffrey Bame – Content of this presentation may not be used without explicit permission. . “The Word of God: Interpreting Scripture and Tradition”. Cornerstone document: . Three Criteria for Interpreting Scripture. Look closely at the content and unity of the whole Scripture. How does the rest of Scripture help me understand what I’m reading?. Helps to avoid “cherry picking”. Echoes of Scripture in the Gospel of Mark. Mark’s is the shortest Gospel. And . immediately. he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew…and . immediately. they told him (that Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with fever). (Mk 1:29,30). In . an article from 2007, a well-known theological writer, Luke Timothy Johnson, coming out in acceptance of same-sex unions, admitted that such a position demands "intellectual honesty.” He also said, for himself, that he has "little patience with efforts to make Scripture say something other than what it says, through appeals to linguistic or cultural subtleties.