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In a discussion of the divergence of \u201cromantic\u201d and \u201cclassical\u201d modes of contemporary theology, Milbank highlights the central role of the Scripture. \u00a0More fundamental than reason, or the \u201crational consideration of the propositions of faith\u201d is \u201cmeditation on the liturgy, the eucharist and the scriptures.\u201d \u00a0Meditating on the liturgy, we meditate on \u201call the words which wise men have ever uttered,\u201d but especially on \u201cthe words of the Bible which contain the most sublime reasonings of all because they anticipate, echo, enforce and again anticipate the epiphanic descent of reason itself to humanity\u201d in the incarnation of the Logos. <\/p>\n
We can read the book of the world and the book of Scripture because \u201cour intellectual is illumined (and so able to think at all) through its participation int he very mind of this same author. \u00a0The book of creation itself points obscurely to the paradoxically world-exceeding book of scripture. \u00a0At the same time the latter refers in the first place always to things of this world and so must be read through the world-book, just as the scriptures also refer to many languages and cultures and thereby assume and anticipate the whole of human history.\u201d \u00a0Christian use of language and study of the natural world are \u201cfocussed on the Bible that it itself authorized by its critical place in enabling liturgy, the truth worship of the triune God.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a discussion of the divergence of \u201cromantic\u201d and \u201cclassical\u201d modes of contemporary theology, Milbank highlights the central role of the Scripture. \u00a0More fundamental than reason, or the \u201crational consideration of the propositions of faith\u201d is \u201cmeditation on the liturgy, the eucharist and the scriptures.\u201d \u00a0Meditating on the liturgy, we meditate on \u201call the words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible"],"yoast_head":"\n