How We Read Holy Scripture in the Orthodox Church
How should Orthodox Christians read Holy Scripture? The road to Emmaus and five patristic steps toward a living, fruitful reading within the Church.
Category Orthodox Biblical Interpretation
“No prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation” (2 Peter 1:20). In Orthodoxy, Holy Scripture is not read according to each person’s own mind, but within the Church, together with the Holy Fathers — those who lived the word before explaining it. Patristic interpretation is not one opinion among others, but the sure path that guards us against distortions and opens the spiritual meanings of the sacred text.
In this category you will find interpretations of the Gospels, the Epistles, the Psalms, and difficult passages of Scripture, following Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Theophylact of Bulgaria, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and the other Fathers of the Church.