Is ‘Holy Scripture’ Christian?: A Lucan perspective
The view of large sections of the Church that the Bible alone is the source for Christian thought and living is tested against the writings of Luke. While Luke took Scripture to be important, he considered that without the interpretative role of ideal figures it could be mute. Further, theological c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2013
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Theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 116, Issue: 5, Pages: 351-360 |
| Further subjects: | B
Holy Scripture
B Sola Scriptura B Religious Experience B Luke B Bible B Acts |
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| Summary: | The view of large sections of the Church that the Bible alone is the source for Christian thought and living is tested against the writings of Luke. While Luke took Scripture to be important, he considered that without the interpretative role of ideal figures it could be mute. Further, theological creativity did not come through exploring the text, but in using the text to explain a perceived act of God. In this there was a reciprocal relationship between the meaning of the text and understanding God’s activity: Scripture predicted and explained God’s activity, and God’s activity explained Scripture. Moreover, Luke proposed that God guided believers independent of, and sometimes over against, the sacred text. For Luke Scripture was not the supreme or only source consulted for Christian thought and behaviour, and the raw material of theological creativity was the experience of divine activity rather than exegesis. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X13493731 |