tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post3241947268373666246..comments2023-04-04T11:00:28.668-05:00Comments on Gottesblog: Who Interprets Scripture?Fr BFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-74657726072981500342008-06-28T10:06:00.000-05:002008-06-28T10:06:00.000-05:00It seems to me that the Lutheran Confessions came ...It seems to me that the Lutheran Confessions came about as a result of having to deal with false doctrine. It is true that Lutherans believe that the Scriptures interpret themselves but I don't believe that is the issue when it comes to the function of the Confessions, especially in this denomination-saturated age of ours. The Confessions do separate us from each other because it is the false johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689623983663851585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-49715943261008386832008-06-28T10:05:00.000-05:002008-06-28T10:05:00.000-05:00It seems to me that the Lutheran Confessions came ...It seems to me that the Lutheran Confessions came about as a result of having to deal with false doctrine. It is true that Lutherans believe that the Scriptures interpret themselves but I don't believe that is the issue when it comes to the function of the Confessions, especially in this denomination-saturated age of ours. The Confessions do separate us from each other but only because it is the johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689623983663851585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-80076107856781293162008-06-23T19:45:00.000-05:002008-06-23T19:45:00.000-05:00It’s quite simple. To interpret, according to Mer...It’s quite simple. To interpret, according to Merriam-Webster, is to explain or tell the meaning of something. An interpretation can be correct or incorrect, complex or straightforward, and it’s still an interpretation. With Scripture, the idea is to interpret correctly. <BR/><BR/>If you could do without interpretation, there would be no need for anybody to pledge quia subscription to the Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-26236373882148965802008-06-23T12:56:00.000-05:002008-06-23T12:56:00.000-05:00Anastasia:We must distinguish shades of meaning at...Anastasia:<BR/><BR/>We must distinguish shades of meaning at work when we speak of interpretation.<BR/><BR/>If, say, I have an opinion regarding who heard the voice on the Damascas road, that may be called my interpretation. But I may be wrong.<BR/><BR/>Yet on the matter of what I believe, the basis upon which I believe it must not be my own opinion, nor the opinion of any man, nor yet even the Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-12758102145124144922008-06-21T16:26:00.000-05:002008-06-21T16:26:00.000-05:00Rather, we say that Scripture is clear, and we let...<I>Rather, we say that Scripture is clear, and we let Scripture interpret itself. Scripture interprets Scripture. Period.</I><BR/><BR/>If only.<BR/><BR/>It just doesn't. I don't think you can get away from the fact that the Confessions confess what <I>Lutherans</I> take the Scriptures to mean. Or, they confess what the Scriptures mean according to Lutherans. That's an interpretation. Isn't itAnastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-86700812269319329952008-06-18T08:09:00.000-05:002008-06-18T08:09:00.000-05:00And my issue is with "Scripture interprets Scriptu...And my issue is with "Scripture interprets Scripture," because Scripture is not a "who".<BR/><BR/>If the canon of truth is the heart of the Scriptures, and the Scriptures themselves tell us what the heart is, then why did Luke and Cleopas need Christ to open the Scriptures for them (Lk 24)? Were the Scriptures not clear? The Scriptures by themselves never give us an interpretation; Christ must Chris Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220498656377282715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-65040840560831371312008-06-17T14:10:00.000-05:002008-06-17T14:10:00.000-05:00This: "to read Scripture apart from that canon of ...This: "to read Scripture apart from that canon of truth destroys the hypothesis of Scripture and only leads to heresy" is true.<BR/><BR/>Thus Scripture is not for mere proof-texting. Yet it can never be subjected to the authority of any other interpreter than itself.<BR/><BR/>The 'canon of truth' is the heart of Scripture, to which Scripture itself testifies. Hence the old saying goes, you Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-76332060624828069642008-06-16T09:05:00.000-05:002008-06-16T09:05:00.000-05:00Fr Eckardt,I hesitate to disagree with you, especi...Fr Eckardt,<BR/><BR/>I hesitate to disagree with you, especially since I got beat up pretty bad the last time I did so. (It was useful, though, since I understand the Lutheran doctrine about concupiscence better now, and realize that the doctrine I was dissenting from was not quite what the Lutheran doctrine is.)<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless I cannot agree with you here.<BR/><BR/>Your claim that Chris Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220498656377282715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-84535100551260063792008-06-14T15:27:00.000-05:002008-06-14T15:27:00.000-05:00One more:http://augsburg24.blogspot.com/2008/06/wi...One more:<BR/><BR/>http://augsburg24.blogspot.com/2008/06/wilhelm-loehe-on-scripture-and-church.htmlRev. John Frahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937327450254152002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-75878310566103660822008-06-14T15:22:00.000-05:002008-06-14T15:22:00.000-05:00Not a criticism, but you are saying you agree with...Not a criticism, but you are saying you agree with Loehe instead of Walther, basically.<BR/><BR/>Wilhelm Loehe:<BR/>As highly as one must value the service of the church in preserving for its children God's testimonies and introducing the regenerating truth into the world, yet God's testimony and the truth are greater than even the blessed host of the church which was itself born and is still Rev. John Frahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937327450254152002noreply@blogger.com