The True Church

Retrieving a North African Sermon on the Songs of Songs

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History
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Author: David E. Wilhite ISBN: 9781624280108
Publisher: Center for Early African Christianity, Inc. Publication: May 23, 2017
Imprint: ICCS Press Language: English
Author: David E. Wilhite
ISBN: 9781624280108
Publisher: Center for Early African Christianity, Inc.
Publication: May 23, 2017
Imprint: ICCS Press
Language: English

In this mini-monograph, David Wilhite offers a sustained analysis of the Donatist bishop of Carthage Parmenian's sermon on the Song of Songs as it survives in Optatus of Milevis' reading of it. The sermon itself invoked imagery from the Song of Songs to attribute theological meaning to the material objects.  Both Parmenian and Optatus agree on this so-called allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament text; the only difference in their interpretation is the level of application.  Parmenian applies this text to the local basilica while Optatus re-interprets the text to apply it to the church universal.

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In this mini-monograph, David Wilhite offers a sustained analysis of the Donatist bishop of Carthage Parmenian's sermon on the Song of Songs as it survives in Optatus of Milevis' reading of it. The sermon itself invoked imagery from the Song of Songs to attribute theological meaning to the material objects.  Both Parmenian and Optatus agree on this so-called allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament text; the only difference in their interpretation is the level of application.  Parmenian applies this text to the local basilica while Optatus re-interprets the text to apply it to the church universal.

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