Those who love the faith are constantly presented with reminders of the destructive effects of contemporary biblical exegesis, and particularly the historico-critical method, on what Catholics believe.
As Pope Benedict XVI's post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini points out, instead of supporting Catholics attempts to deepen their faith as they read Scripture, much contemporary exegesis, infected by modernism and rationalism, serves rather to undermine it. Instead of being the soul of theology, most contemporary exegesis is completely irrelevant to the concerns of modern theology and apologetics.
As well as sharing original work, this blog aims to highlight the efforts of those who have rejected the current fascination with modernist historico-critical methods, and are attempting to counter the artificial separations that have arisen between exegesis and theology; between exegesis and prayer; and between exegesis and the Tradition of the Church.
Its aim is to help promote the continuity of tradition, while at the same time addressing modern concerns. Its aim is not to return to some supposed golden age of the past, but to work towards something new, something on a sounder foundation.
I was tempted to call this blog the New Exegetical Movement, to parallel the excellent 'New Liturgical Movement' and 'New Theological Movement' blogs that aim to recover tradition and orthodoxy. This blog will, however, be a rather more modest affair I suspect than those group blogs, so I've decided instead on an allusion to one of my favourite psalms, since the psalms are my current preoccupation, and will thus feature heavily here!
As Pope Benedict XVI's post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini points out, instead of supporting Catholics attempts to deepen their faith as they read Scripture, much contemporary exegesis, infected by modernism and rationalism, serves rather to undermine it. Instead of being the soul of theology, most contemporary exegesis is completely irrelevant to the concerns of modern theology and apologetics.
As well as sharing original work, this blog aims to highlight the efforts of those who have rejected the current fascination with modernist historico-critical methods, and are attempting to counter the artificial separations that have arisen between exegesis and theology; between exegesis and prayer; and between exegesis and the Tradition of the Church.
Its aim is to help promote the continuity of tradition, while at the same time addressing modern concerns. Its aim is not to return to some supposed golden age of the past, but to work towards something new, something on a sounder foundation.
I was tempted to call this blog the New Exegetical Movement, to parallel the excellent 'New Liturgical Movement' and 'New Theological Movement' blogs that aim to recover tradition and orthodoxy. This blog will, however, be a rather more modest affair I suspect than those group blogs, so I've decided instead on an allusion to one of my favourite psalms, since the psalms are my current preoccupation, and will thus feature heavily here!
At the moment, the blog mainly consists of what I hope my fellow students of Scripture (and shouldn't that be all catholics?!) will find to be useful links. But it will, I hope, quickly grow...
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