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How to Read the Bible Like the Early Church Did

July 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Many modern hermeneutics lessons open with an example of how not to interpret. The infamous Augustinian allegory of Luke’s parable of the Good Samaritan is the classic offender. Augustine interprets Luke 10 in the following way: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; Adam himself is meant; Jerusalem is the heavenly city of Read more...

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Maria Nako

Po e lexova këtë pjesë për alegorinë e Agustinit mbi Samaritanin e Mirë dhe mendoj se është pak e çuditshme – ta kthesh çdo detaj në diçka simbolike si Adam, Jeruzalemi qiellor apo ferri. Në kishën tonë të hershme ne lexonim Shkrimet më thjesht, duke u përqendruar te çfarë na mëson për të ndihmuar fqinjën realisht, jo për të bërë enigma. A e keni provuar ndonjëherë ta lexoni Ungjillin kështu në grupin tuaj të studimit?

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