Systematic and Historical Reading of the Fathers: The Case of Thomas F. Torrance
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2021
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It has been noted that Thomas F. Torrance read and interpreted the Holy Fathers not as a patristic scholar, but as a systematic theologian. Furthermore, the point is made that we ought not to blame him for making occasional interpretations of the patristic texts that cannot be supported by strict textual evidence because his goal was never to engage in the historical endeavor but the systematic one. I argue that ‘systematic reading’ cannot be an excuse for arbitrary interpretations of the patristic texts and that every systematic reading must be firmly grounded in the historical explorations of the texts. I examine three cases in which Torrance’s reading of the patristic texts cannot be supported by patristic scholarship: development of what he calls ‘kataphysic mode of inquiry’ by Clement of Alexandria and Athanasius of Alexandria, and of the relational concept of space in Athanasius of Alexandria. I conclude by suggesting what might constitute the difference
between the two approach...es to patristic theology and the way the relation between the two might be developed.
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Thomas Torrance / Church Fathers / Clement of Alexandria / Athanasius of Alexandria / hermeneuticsIzvor:
Studia Patristica, 2021, 130, 563-574Izdavač:
- Leuven: Peeters Publishers
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IFDTTY - CHAP AU - Jeftić, Andrej PY - 2021 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2563 AB - It has been noted that Thomas F. Torrance read and interpreted the Holy Fathers not as a patristic scholar, but as a systematic theologian. Furthermore, the point is made that we ought not to blame him for making occasional interpretations of the patristic texts that cannot be supported by strict textual evidence because his goal was never to engage in the historical endeavor but the systematic one. I argue that ‘systematic reading’ cannot be an excuse for arbitrary interpretations of the patristic texts and that every systematic reading must be firmly grounded in the historical explorations of the texts. I examine three cases in which Torrance’s reading of the patristic texts cannot be supported by patristic scholarship: development of what he calls ‘kataphysic mode of inquiry’ by Clement of Alexandria and Athanasius of Alexandria, and of the relational concept of space in Athanasius of Alexandria. I conclude by suggesting what might constitute the difference between the two approaches to patristic theology and the way the relation between the two might be developed. PB - Leuven: Peeters Publishers T2 - Studia Patristica T1 - Systematic and Historical Reading of the Fathers: The Case of Thomas F. Torrance VL - 130 SP - 563 EP - 574 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2563 ER -
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Jeftić, A.. (2021). Systematic and Historical Reading of the Fathers: The Case of Thomas F. Torrance. in Studia Patristica Leuven: Peeters Publishers., 130, 563-574. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2563
Jeftić A. Systematic and Historical Reading of the Fathers: The Case of Thomas F. Torrance. in Studia Patristica. 2021;130:563-574. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2563 .
Jeftić, Andrej, "Systematic and Historical Reading of the Fathers: The Case of Thomas F. Torrance" in Studia Patristica, 130 (2021):563-574, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2563 .