You are invited to attend our next monthly meeting to be held on Friday, October 10th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. We will be discussing “The Senses of Scripture and the Church’s Life: Reading 2 Timothy with Henri de Lubac” by William M. Wright, IV from the Spring 2025 issue entitled “Baptism” (Volume 52.1).
Here are excerpt from the Introduction to the issue:
What is the meaning of Scripture, and how does one understand this meaning? Traditionally, the doctrine of the fourfold sense of Scripture provided the essential context for understanding God’s word rightly. In this doctrine, the literal sense and the spiritual senses interpenetrate one another, and each sheds light on the others. In “The Senses of Scripture and the Church’s Life: Reading 2 Timothy with Henri De Lubac,” William M. Wright IV examines and clarifies the meaning of each sense of Scripture and its place in the traditional method of read the Bible. Through the insights of de Lubac and an exegesis of the second letter of Paul to Timothy, Wright defends the use of the fourfold sense of Scripture, clarifying the terminology of this doctrine for those who wish to rediscover it today. If Sacred Scripture is the revelation of God, which is perfectly given in the person of Christ, then the meaning of Scripture only becomes truly accessible within the life of the Body of Christ, the Church. And becuase it is God’s disclosure of himself to those whom he has called into communion with him, this word becomes genuine Christian paideia: formation, and transformation, for those who read it as members of Christ’s Body.
We will meet in the Kateri Room located at St. Michael’s Church, 240 Hemlock Street, Waterloo, Ontario. Use the east side parking lot and enter by the rear doors. Walk up the stairs. The Kateri Room is on your right before you enter the church proper.
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