ABSTRACT
The early church bequeathed us two rules for interpreting Scripture: the rule of faith and the rule of love. This paper argues that these should be complemented with a rule of hope. It uses Thomas Aquinas to suggest how a hopeful reading might complement a loving and a faithful reading, and it suggests that we see this sort of reading in contemporary liberation theologians.
rule of faith, patristic exegesis, hermeneutics, hope, theological virtues, liberation theology, Oscar Romero
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2018
The Pennsylvania State University
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