Article 3

Affirmation: We affirm that the Holy Spirit’s intended meaning in any particular passage of scripture can be truly discerned by means of the normal rules of grammar with respect to the genre of the text under consideration. We further affirm that all passages’ meaning adhere to the context in which they are placed, both literary and biblical theological. We affirm, also, that proper interpretations of scriptures ought to be more or less consonant with the way in which the true church has understood them throughout the ages.

Denial: We deny that scripture should be interpreted in an arbitrary fashion based on subjective impressions and direct allegories to today. We deny that there are hidden revelations within passages of scriptures that only certain ‘anointed’ ones can know and teach. We deny that the use of our intellect to understand the meaning of scripture negates the work of the Spirit in illumination.