Augustine and Pentecostals

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Augustine and Pentecostals "
Derek M. Geerlof

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1080823
Doc. No	:	LA124452
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700747-03702017‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Derek M. Geerlof
Title & Author	:	Augustine and Pentecostals [Article]\ Derek M. Geerlof
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Pneuma
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	37/2
Page No	:	262–280
Abstract	:	This essay interacts with Augustine’s figurative interpretation of Ps 142 and a pentecostal priority to experience God in ways analogous to experience found within the narratives of Scripture. Contending that the Psalms are both historical and prophecy-fulfilled-in-Christ, Augustine interprets Ps 142 within the dual histories of David and Christ. This grounds his figurative interpretation firmly within scriptural narratives while providing a means of viewing the psalm as the prayerful expression of Christ’s own experience. His theology of the totus Christus then unites the experiences of the church and Christ, ensuring that Christian interpretation of an Old Testament experience does not bypass Christ. The telos of interpretation does not reside in the past, but in the present transformation and encounter of the church with the triune God. This essay interacts with Augustine’s figurative interpretation of Ps 142 and a pentecostal priority to experience God in ways analogous to experience found within the narratives of Scripture. Contending that the Psalms are both historical and prophecy-fulfilled-in-Christ, Augustine interprets Ps 142 within the dual histories of David and Christ. This grounds his figurative interpretation firmly within scriptural narratives while providing a means of viewing the psalm as the prayerful expression of Christ’s own experience. His theology of the totus Christus then unites the experiences of the church and Christ, ensuring that Christian interpretation of an Old Testament experience does not bypass Christ. The telos of interpretation does not reside in the past, but in the present transformation and encounter of the church with the triune God.
Descriptor	:	analogy
Descriptor	:	Augustine
Descriptor	:	Enarrationes in Psalmos
Descriptor	:	hermeneutics
Descriptor	:	pentecostal
Descriptor	:	spiritual interpretation
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700747-03702017‬