Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy

Adversus haereses allegory analogy apostles argued argument atonement believe Bible biblical biblical genres canon central century Chapter Christian doctrine Christian revelation claim Clarendon Press clear context convey Council creeds criteria crucial culture declarative Dei Verbum Denzinger derived detailed determine divine Epistle eucharist evidence example expressed false falsity Father Genesis genre given God's Gospel hearer Heaven historical Holy human authors individual inspiration Irenaeus Israel John kind language law of nature literal sense logical matters metaphorical metaphorical interpretation miracle moral Nicene Creed normal meaning objects Old Testament original revelation parable passages philosophical predictions premisses presuppositions prior probability prophecy prophet proposition pseudepigraphy recognized reference relevant Resurrection scientific Scripture Second Vatican Council society speaker St John's Gospel statement suggest Summa theologiae suppose teaching Theism theology things token sentence tradition true truth truth-value type sentence understanding understood univocal uttered wise words writing