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The Heritage of the Ancient Turn toward Allegorization as a Hermeneutic
Part One Allegorical interpretation of scripture began to take shape in the pre-Christian era with Jewish scholars like Philo of Alexandria, who sought to reconcile Hebrew scriptures with Greek philosophy. By the 2nd century AD, early Christian thinkers like Origen adopted and expanded this method, viewing the Bible as containing hidden, spiritual meanings beneath its […]
The Historical Story of External Factors Perverting the Meaning of Church (part three)
Part One Part Two Evidence in the New Testament As you read through the New Testament, you see early attacks inside and outside of the church that correspond to what happened at that juncture of history in the world. Revelation 2 and 3 provide a good example of how churches in the first century […]
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