{"id":19205,"date":"2013-04-19T23:25:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T03:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=19205"},"modified":"2013-04-19T23:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T03:25:45","slug":"fred-hiltz-on-interpreting-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/fred-hiltz-on-interpreting-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Hiltz on interpreting the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

All of the bishops received a copy of The Bible in the Life of the Church<\/em>, a compilation of resources produced by the Anglican Communion. It was created following the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Jamaica in 2009. Anglicans around the world say \u2018we are formed by scripture,\u2019 said Hiltz. \u201cThat\u2019s true, but Anglicans also recognize that there are a variety of ways to read and interpret scripture, and it is that very point that has been so close to the centre of the debates on sexuality,\u201d Hiltz acknowledged. He held up the new Bible study as a gift from the Anglican Communion. \u201cIt really is about how Anglicans read the Bible.\u201d The bishops enthusiastically received the document, and Hiltz suggested that not only could individual parishes use it, but it could also be recommended to theological colleges for their curriculums. Bishop Stephen Andrews of the diocese of Algoma is anchoring a House of Bishops working group examining the study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are actually only two ways to read the Bible:<\/p>\n

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  1. The first is to acknowledge that it states objective truth propositionally; our job is to read it and determine what truth it is conveying however uncomfortable it might make us feel.<\/li>\n
  2. The second is to impose subjective preconceptions on the text in the hope of making it conform to contemporary prejudice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Anglican Church of Canada favours the latter approach; all variations in interpretation are to be accepted equally other than the one that results from adhering to point one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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