Quick Question on a Phrase (?)

[Medawlinno]

Hello,

Is there a particular phase used to denote the concept of “scripture defines scripture” or using scripture from say passages a, b, c, and d to define passage x? I want to say Sola Scriptura, but I don’t think that’s correct.

Apparently having a mind-cramp today (or the caffeine just hasn’t kicked in yet).

Thanks

 

[Niblo]

Could it be: ‘Scripture is its own best interpreter.’ ?

 

[Medawlinno]

Thanks, but I don’t think so - I thought it was something along the lines of “sola scriptura”, i.e. a Latin phrase, but maybe I’m just confusing it with “Sola Scriptura”.

 

[Niblo]

Better make that two of us with mind cramp then

 

[Beryllos]

A search for Latin phrases about Scripture turn up this:

Scripturam ex Scriptura explicandam esse – Latin, “Scripture is to be explained by Scripture.”

Source: Important Latin and Greek Theological Terms | A Systematic Study in Christian Theology

Does that sound familiar? (I myself have never come across it before.)

 

[Niblo]

How about ‘Regula Fidei’…the ‘Rule of Faith’…as applied to biblical hermeneutics?

 

[Medawlinno]

Hmmm…I’m wondering if it’s “Scripturam ex Scriptura” I’m thinking about. I suspect that’s it though I can’t recall ever seeing the second half (explicandam esse).

Thanks all!!

 

[Niblo]

Any time! …

 

[JonNC]

Hello,

Is there a particular phase used to denote the concept of “scripture defines scripture” or using scripture from say passages a, b, c, and d to define passage x? I want to say Sola Scriptura, but I don’t think that’s correct.

Apparently having a mind-cramp today (or the caffeine just hasn’t kicked in yet).

Thanks

Luther used the idea expressed in the phrase, “scripture interprets scripture”.
Briefly (and simplistically),

The most important principle of interpretation that Martin Luther used was “Scripture interprets Scripture.” The tools for properly interpreting the Bible are contained in the Bible itself. Thus, he delved into the New Testament to see how Jesus and the apostles had interpreted Scripture. There he found a valuable tool. He discovered that many Old Testament people and institutions were to be understood as types or patterns that foreshadowed and proclaimed the Christ, who would surpass them and fulfill them. Thus, in his Preface to the Psalter, Luther wrote, “The true, the only sense of the Psalms is the Christ-sense.”

For Luther, every part of the Bible proclaimed Christ, not apart from the literal sense but in a way that was communicated by the literal sense. Luther “desired to know nothing but Christ crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2), and we continue in that legacy when we speak the Christ-filled message of Scripture.

https://www.cui.edu/aboutcui/reformation500/articles/post/luther-and-biblical-interpretation