The Contribution of the Fathers of the Church in the Development of Biblical Theology. Selected Methods of Patristic Exegesis. Part One

Abstract

Contribution of the Fathers of the Church to exegesis is one of their greatest gifts to Christianity. Without a doubt, their works reflecting on the Scriptures not only include issues relevant to the development of theology but also, have a great impact on Christian Spirituality. This article is the first of two dedicated to patristic exegesis. In this part, the author made a brief introduction on the development of Christian Doctrine with particular attention to J.H. Newman’s theory on the contribution of the Fathers to theology.

Keywords

• patristic exegesis
• exegesis
• sacrifice
• allegory
• literal meaning
• typology