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In [[anno domini|A.D.]] 1515, Martin Luther rejected the elaborate four-fold ''literal, allegorical, moral, anagogical'' hermeneutic that had been predominant throughout the Medieval centuries, which had led many exegetes to some very far-fetched allegorizing of the Bible, leaving scriptural interpretation in the hands of the experts, who alone were deemed capable of discerning the deeper things that bible passages really meant, according to what is called ''[[sensus plenior]]''. In place of this allegorical hermeneutic, Luther proposed what he termed a “grammatical-historical” hermeneutic, in which each Bible passage had one basic meaning, which was firmly rooted in historical truth, and is related accurately according to the common principles of ordinary human language.<ref>[https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/qna/grammatical.html What does the term “grammatical-historical hermeneutic” mean, and why is it important? (monergism.com)]</ref>

In [[anno domini|A.D.]] 1515, Martin Luther rejected the elaborate four-fold ''literal, allegorical, moral, anagogical'' hermeneutic that had been predominant throughout the Medieval centuries, which had led many exegetes to some very far-fetched allegorizing of the Bible, leaving scriptural interpretation in the hands of the experts, who alone were deemed capable of discerning the deeper things that bible passages really meant, according to what is called ''[[sensus plenior]]''. In place of this allegorical hermeneutic, Luther proposed what he termed a “grammatical-historical” hermeneutic, in which each Bible passage had one basic meaning, which was firmly rooted in historical truth, and is related accurately according to the common principles of ordinary human language.<ref>[https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/qna/grammatical.html What does the term “grammatical-historical hermeneutic” mean, and why is it important? (monergism.com)]</ref>

For many conservative Protestant exegetes, this is the primary method of interpretation, in contrast to the overwhelming reliance on [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|historical-critical interpretation]] in biblical studies at the [[academic]] level by the whole spectrum of highly trained [[scholar]]s ranging from ultraconservatives through moderates to ultraliberals, ranging from [[conservative]] believers to [[liberal]] [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] and [[Atheism|atheists]]. [[Methodology|Methodological]] approaches to the grammatical-historical method of biblical exegesis range in various degrees from the complete rejection of textual-historical criticism of some [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestants]] to the cautiously moderated acceptance of it in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] tradition since [[Pope Pius XII]] and the publication of ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu]]''. The historical-grammatical method is an attempt to understand ''[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|the literal sense of scripture]]''.

 

For many conservative Protestant exegetes, the grammatical-historical hermeneutic is the primary method of interpretation, in contrast to the overwhelming reliance on [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|historical-critical interpretation]] in biblical studies at the [[academic]] level by the whole spectrum of highly trained [[scholar]]s ranging from ultraconservatives through moderates to ultraliberals, ranging from [[conservative]] believers to [[liberal]] [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] and [[Atheism|atheists]]. [[Methodology|Methodological]] approaches to the grammatical-historical method of biblical exegesis range in various degrees from the complete rejection of textual-historical criticism of some [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestants]] to the cautiously moderated acceptance of it in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] tradition since [[Pope Pius XII]] and the publication of ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu]]''. The historical-grammatical method is an attempt to understand ''[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|the literal sense of scripture]]''.

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