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santaro75
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How do you guys interpret 2Pet1:20
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mlchance
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Interpretation of prophecy is not correctly done by the individual. It is correctly done only in light of the totality of Scripture and Apostolic Tradition.
– Mark L. Chance.
– Mark L. Chance.
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Tantum_ergo
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This is from the footnote to this passage, Douay Rheims Bible.
.20 “No prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation”… This shows plainly that the scriptures are not to be expounded by any one’s private judgment or private spirit, because every part of the holy scriptures were written by men inspired by the Holy Ghost, and declared as such by the Church; therefore they are not to be interpreted but by the Spirit of God, which he hath left, and promised to remain with his Church to guide her in all truth to the end of the world. Some may tell us, that many of our divines interpret the scriptures: they may do so, but they do it always with a submission to the judgment of the Church, and not otherwise
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dhgray
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2Pet1:19
“Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”
2Pet1:20
"Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation,"
2Pet1:21
“for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God.”
I interpret it by not reading the verse out of context.
From the USCCB:
“Often cited, along with 2 Tim 3:16, on the “inspiration” of scripture or against private interpretation, these verses in context are directed against the false teachers of 2 Peter 2 and clever tales (2 Peter 1:16). The prophetic word in scripture comes admittedly through human beings (2 Peter 1:21), but moved by the holy Spirit, not from their own interpretation, and is a matter of what the author and Spirit intended, not the personal interpretation of false teachers. Instead of under the influence of God, some manuscripts read “holy ones of God.””
“Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”
2Pet1:20
"Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation,"
2Pet1:21
“for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God.”
I interpret it by not reading the verse out of context.
From the USCCB:
“Often cited, along with 2 Tim 3:16, on the “inspiration” of scripture or against private interpretation, these verses in context are directed against the false teachers of 2 Peter 2 and clever tales (2 Peter 1:16). The prophetic word in scripture comes admittedly through human beings (2 Peter 1:21), but moved by the holy Spirit, not from their own interpretation, and is a matter of what the author and Spirit intended, not the personal interpretation of false teachers. Instead of under the influence of God, some manuscripts read “holy ones of God.””
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