Pope Francis wants #FratelliTutti to move us to action — like the Good Samaritan, writes #Jesuit @BMcCSJ. https://t.co/AWSGDGi5D3
— Jesuit News (@jesuitnews) October 6, 2020
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
How Should One Understand Parables?
As a revelation of a truth about the Mystery? Or should parables be reduced to a supposed "literal" moral or political meaning, which serve as the theological basis of a papal encyclical on "love" (or "charity")? I think the latest encyclical does bring into relief a difference between Latin (or Jesuits) exegesis of parables and the Christological (or properly mystical) exegesis that one finds in the East.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment