Past Writers Must Be Allowed to Speak: Meaning Before Modern Use
Historical interpretation begins by recovering what an older source meant before using it in a modern argument.
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The Historical-Meaning Rule: Past Writers Must Be Allowed to Speak
Past writers must be interpreted in the sense their words bore in their own time before continuity, development, correction, or contradiction is claimed.
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The Safeguard 19 method-and-case series for establishing what older writers and confessions meant before comparing, developing, or judging their claims.
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