Reading Scripture Like the Early Church: Seven Insights from the Church Fathers to Help You Understand the Bible

by James Papandrea In this brief yet penetrating book, Dr. James Papandrea reveals what the early Church Fathers?????¡actually taught and believed about the Holy Scriptures as well as how they read, understood,?????¡and interpreted the Word of God. He explains the process by which the books of the Bible were?????¡selected and demonstrates the harmoniousness and complementarity of the Gospels. With Dr. Papandrea????????s guidance, you will see how Scripture attests to the truth of the?????¡sacraments, Catholic doctrines, and the hierarchy of the Church founded by Christ. You will?????¡come to understand how the Church Fathers differentiated the ????literal?????¬ and ????figurative?????¬?????¡interpretations of Scripture (it will likely surprise you!). You????????ll come to appreciate as never?????¡before the multiple layers of biblical meaning, from the historical and prophetic to the?????¡allegorical, apocalyptic, eschatological, and typological.Dr. Papandrea further explains: How Scr