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Mackey on Augustine: The Violence of the Letter and the Salubrity of Faith
7 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen September 30th, 2007 in Augustine, Biblical Hermeneutics, ConfessionsAs we know from Augustine’s Confessions, what proved to be a particularly important breakthrough for Augustine was Ambrose’s explanation of the “spiritual” interpretation of Scripture. Commenting on Ambrose’s hermeneutic, Augustine writes,
I delighted to hear Ambrose often asserting in his sermons to the people, as a principle on which he must insist emphatically, The letter is [...]
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