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Beginning to study theology is like stepping into a conversation that has been going on for two thousand years. How do you take part in this conversation—or even make sense of it—if you don't understand the vocabulary or know the contributions made by other participants? The Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms is the perfect companion to your theological studies. Among its three hundred-plus...

. A principle of interpretation that suggests that clearer passages of Scripture should be used to interpret more obscure or difficult passages. For Augustine the analogy of faith requires that Scripture never be interpreted in such a way that it violates the church’s summary of Christian faith (i.e., the Apostles’ Creed). For Luther, Christ is the analogy of faith, so that Scripture needs always to be interpreted as testifying to Christ. For Calvin the analogy of