...philosophy, both in explanation of the Old Testament and in defence of their own doctrine. It may be almost laid down as an historical fact, that the mystical...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together. These remarks, however, must be taken to apply to the over-zealous exponents of the ' literal ' method...

...Gospel; the Christian Apologists proved its divinity by means of the allegorical. ... It may be almost laid down as an historical fact, that the mystical interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together.77 Yet in spite of the riches contributed to Christian devotion and theology by the allegorical...

...interpretation of Scripture... . The formal connexion of this mode of interpretation (the mystical sense) with Christian theology is noticed by Porphyry, who...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together" (1833; ed. of 1876,104-5). An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, p. II, ch. VII, 4: Scripture...

...interpretation of Scripture allows a development of doctrine. Later in the same text he claims that it may almost be laid down as an historical fact that...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together." 17 In the Apologia Newman acknowledges his debt to Butler on two accounts. One is the Platonic "analogy"...

...Cardinal Newman observes at the conclusion of his study of doctrinal development: "It may be almost laid down as an historical fact that the mystical interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together."6 Sensory Deprivation Nevertheless, with the Protestant Reformation, spiritual exegesis gradually...

...one. Jaroslav Pelikan, 1:61, cites Cardinal Newman's conclusion approvingly and, I think, correctly: "'It may almost be laid down as an historical fact,...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together.'" I prefer rather to say that "christocentric interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together,"...

...composition. Cardinal Newman indeed, in the last work that he wrote in the Church of England, says that " it may almost be laid down as an historical fact,...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together," One is encouraged to hope that the ease may not be so bad, by noticing the kind of instances that he...

...philosophy, both in explanation of the Old Testament and in defence of their own doctrine. It may be almost laid down as an historical fact, that the mystical...interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together 6, This is clearly seen, as regards the primitive theology, by a recent writer, in the course of a...