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Roch Kereszty asks why, if \u201cScriptural formulas are the most accurate and the best suited for expressing christological doctrine,\u201d we need \u201ctheological speculation.\u201d He answers that theology exists to clarify and explain the Bible: <\/p>\n

\u201cSystematic theologians . . . will follow the direction given in the New Testament itself (that used Hellenistic terms to express theperson and work of Jesus, in a Hellenistic culture), and will find in every age and culture new auxiliary languages \u2018in order to make clear for their contemporaries the special and fundamental language of Sacred Scripture.\u2019 Thus further explanations and clarifications are constantly necesssary, but their goal is to make accessible to the people of a given age and culture that fullness which is contained in the Scripture.\u201d <\/p>\n

Oh, Kereszty is Roman Catholic, and the quoted clause is from a Pontifical Biblical Commission document, \u201cScripture and Christology.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roch Kereszty asks why, if \u201cScriptural formulas are the most accurate and the best suited for expressing christological doctrine,\u201d we need \u201ctheological speculation.\u201d He answers that theology exists to clarify and explain the Bible: \u201cSystematic theologians . . . will follow the direction given in the New Testament itself (that used Hellenistic terms to express […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology"],"yoast_head":"\nPlace of theology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Roch Kereszty asks why, if “Scriptural formulas are the most accurate and the best suited for expressing christological doctrine,” we\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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