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Romantic View of inspiration that believes that Scripture isn’t God’s infallible truth, but only the personal reflections and opinions of the human authors |
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Sensus Literalis The theologians of the Middle Ages in Europe used this term to speak of the original meaning of Scripture. Thomas Aquinas made a distinction between this and the "allegorical" sense. |
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Spiral In hermeneutics, this term is used to explain how we can progressively gain a better understanding of Scripture as we continue to dialog with the text. |
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Structuralism School of thought whose proponents tried to use rational and scientific objectivity to obtain an exhaustive understanding of everything they studied. |
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Subjectivism Approach to knowledge that believes that knowledge is always influenced by personal biases, making impartial objectivity impossible |
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