St Augustine’s conception of Scriptural hermeneutics and exegesis: seven rules of interpretation of Tyconius the African
The Church Fathers, along with numerous ecclesiastical authors and theologians, consistently addressed the problem of interpreting the allegories of divine revelation and the divinely inspired narratives of the mysteries of divine wisdom contained in Holy Scripture. In their efforts to understand and explain scriptural narration, they identified fundamental interpretative patterns, formulated general principles and methods of exegesis, and, in many cases, developed comprehensive ...
