Dirk Philips’ Letter and Spirit: An Anabaptist Contribution to Reformation Hermeneutics

摘要

Dirk Philips provides an explanation of how a Christian should interpret Scripture in his Enchiridion . Such chapters as “The Sending of Preachers and Teachers,” “The Tabernacle of Moses,” and “Of Spiritual Restitution” provide the clearest picture for students of this Anabaptist hermeneutic, a hermeneutic which interprets all of Scripture through the dichotomy of the letter and the Spirit, united in their central theme, Christ and the Church, a reading that can only be found through a hermeneutic of obedience.