Questions to think about during this lesson…

• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is akoloutheia or “sequence”?
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is context?
• How did the Fathers use their study of literary style and other details related to the literary aspects of the Bible to argue against Arianism?
• How did St. John Chrysostom use a literary technique to refute the claims that the Theotokos was not “ever virgin?” (Hint: It has to do with how the word “until” can be interpreted in passages like Matthew 1:25, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:43 and Acts 2: 34-35)
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what does it mean to make a comparison to other accounts?
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is skopos?
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is theoria?
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is tropology?
• In relation to biblical interpretation, what is anagoge?
• Origen said there were three senses of Scripture — three levels of interpretation for every passage. What are they?
• Who was John Cassian?
• Cassian, Agustin and Gregory the Great identified four levels of meaning in every passage of Scripture. What were they?

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