Sentences with phrase «interpret sacred texts»

The power to understand Sacred Scripture trulyis bestowed upon the apostles and their successors, and this sure charism to interpret sacred texts authoritatively in Jesus» name remains a mark of the true Church for all time.

Esack takes a broader, more traditional approach as he identifies and explicates the Qur» an's key themes and the history and traditions of interpreting the sacred text.

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Brevard Childs of Yale and, on the Jewish side, Jon Levenson of Harvard have been key figures in the effort to reappropriate the text as sacred text, a text produced and interpreted by and for the believing community.