Catholic Proof-Texting

Proof texting demonstrates the Reformed catholic nature of sound theology, in that it ties scriptural exegesis (attention to our final authority) to its context in the ongoing interpretative conversation of the communion of the saints as found in the exegetical tradition (our lesser authorities).

 

Scott Swain, Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2015), 120