Pregledni rad
Reformational understanding of Holy Scripture interpretation: In a fix between the Biblicism, "papists" and “schwermers”
Lidija Matošević
orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-7931
; Sveučilišni centar za protestantsku teologiju Zagreb
Sažetak
The paper focuses on the basic settings that are crucial to genesis and understanding of the Reformation principle of sola scriptura. Firstly, attention is paid to the church-historical situation, to the situation in the late medieval devotion, or the existential religious situation in the late Middle Ages. It critically addresses the main features of folk devotion in the late Middle Ages. The Reformation is being presented as a movement that largely emerged from the urge of the late medieval man to attain God's grace, but at the same time as the movement that has gradually articulated that urge in a different, selfish way. In the context of this 'different articulation', in which the Reformation partly inherited the late medieval movement devotio moderna, we can also observe the formation of the principle of sola scriptura. The paper also discusses the open questions that are put, i.e. left behind, by the Reformation motto of sola scriptura. It is shown that an appropriate understanding of the Reformational principle of sola scriptura lies in a constant challenge of balancing and in a sort of a “fix” among the three options in relation to the Bible: the first is Biblicism and/or Biblical fundamentalism developed specifically within Protestantism; the second is the Roman Catholic approach, which is a part of the medieval theological tradition and stands for the fact that the authoritative interpretation of the Bible is reserved for the Church, that is, for the church authorities in both the past (Tradition) and the present (pope, or Church Magisterium); and the third is the “enthusiastic” or so called “schwermer” approach, which, also following certain medieval traditions, is characterized by referring to the direct testimony of the Holy Spirit in the human soul as the means of transmitting God's revelation and its valid interpretation.
Ključne riječi
Reformation; Holy Scripture; Biblicism; church tradition; enthusiasts.
Hrčak ID:
212679
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Datum izdavanja:
14.12.2018.
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