Hermeneutics of Acts
12/14/2013
■ Hermeneutics of Acts
- What happened= what must happen?
-- Only if it can be demonstrated on exegetical grounds that the author intended the narrative to be normative
-- If what is illustrated in the narrative is explicitly taught elsewhere I nScripture as normative
-- Must be integral to author's larger intended teaching in the narrative
- Doctrinal Statements from Scripture
-- Chian Theology - what we believe
-- Christian ethics - how we ought to live in relation to God and tothers
-- Christian experience or practice - what we do as spiritual people
- What happened= what must happen?
-- Only if it can be demonstrated on exegetical grounds that the author intended the narrative to be normative
-- If what is illustrated in the narrative is explicitly taught elsewhere I nScripture as normative
-- Must be integral to author's larger intended teaching in the narrative
- Doctrinal Statements from Scripture
-- Chian Theology - what we believe
-- Christian ethics - how we ought to live in relation to God and tothers
-- Christian experience or practice - what we do as spiritual people
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