One of my professors, Dr. Michael O. Wise, was interviewed over at The Catholic Spirit. It is a very good and short read. It has been an absolute privelege to study under him. I enjoy his view that the proof of Christianity is found in our faith, and is supported through evidence rather than being built upon evidence. “I think you have faith before you find the proof and the proof strengthens the faith that already exists.”
Scholarship has taught us a great deal about God’s word and helps to correct misunderstandings. I would be careful of those who disgard its place in the church body. In no way does it replace faith or somehow take a superior role toward those who haven’t been to seminary. But Biblical scholarship yields immense benefits for the church body just as all spiritual gifts. Most of us in the U.S. would not be able to study our English Scriptures wihtout it, which were translated from ancient Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and Greek.
To the unity of the body, Saints,
-Paul
