Review article
Principles and methods of Biblical interpretation of Matthias Flacius Illyricus as guidelines for the issue of scriptural authority in today's protestantism
Ervin Budiselić
; Biblical Institute, Zagreb
Abstract
This article analyzes the role of principles and methods of biblical interpretation of Matthias Flacius Illyricus who through his work
significantly contributed to the development of biblical interpretation which in Protestantism takes primary place in the matters of
doctrine, faith and practice, and discusses the possible Flacius’
impact on the issue of Scriptural authority in modern Protestantism.
The first part discusses Flacius’ relationship to the Roman Catholic
Church, which was largely defined by his relationship to the Bible,
and the second part discusses Flacius’ principles and methods of
interpretation of the Scripture. All this will serve as a foundation
for the third part which will discuss, in the context of the creed sola
Scriptura, the issues that modern Protestantism faces in the area
of biblical interpretation. The article concludes that sola Scriptura
in itself is not able to offer an authoritative biblical interpretation.
In order to overcome this obstacle, according to the model that Flacius provides, Protestantism must turn more eagerly to the practice
of historical-grammatical method and become more dedicated to the
attempt to reconstruct traditional interpretation of the Scripture in
the tradition of the Church.
Keywords
Reformation; Matthias Flacius Illyricus; hermeneutics; historical-grammatical method; sola Scriptura; the relationship between the Scripture and tradition; authoritative interpretation of the Bible
Hrčak ID:
141343
URI
Publication date:
14.7.2015.
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