Interpreting the Bible follows a set of well-known principles. The science of interpretation is “hermeneutics.”
As we read the scripture, the Holy Spirit illumines the heart and mind, revealing truth. This is illumination.
A few of the most important principles of Christian biblical hermeneutics are:
- Humility
- Christ above all
- New more often than Old Testament
- Simpler more often than complicated explanations
- Clear rather than obscure texts
- Teaching found in many biblical sources rather than few
- Meanings based on historical circumstances
- Meanings consistent with vocabulary, grammar, syntax, genre and other literary matters
- Interpretations agreed on by many reliable authorities more often than by few
- Interpretations that encourage being and doing God’s will, not just debating it
In biblical interpretation as in the Christian life:
in essentials UNITY
in non-essentials LIBERTY
in all things CHARITY
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