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From Abelard to Zwingli, the history of Christian biblical interpretation has been shaped by great thinkers who delved deeply into the structure and meaning of Christianity’s sacred texts. With over two hundred in-depth articles, the Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters introduces readers to the principal players in that history: their historical and intellectual contexts, their primary...

(determinatio) and response to first argument (responsiones ad obiecta)—biblical texts play a prominent role. Frequently they express a counterargument from authority that is taken with utmost seriousness in the otherwise strictly rational discussion. There can be no question that the theology Thomas develops is biblical theology. His term for theology is sacred doctrine (sacra doctrina), a synonym for sacred page (sacra pagina), scriptural truth unfolded by the doctors of the church. The outline
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