"Protestant theology was born when the magical-poetic power of the word was rediscovered and democratised.
Every individual was to read the scriptures as one reads a poem, alone, without intervening voices of interpretation. Hermeneutics were to be silent, so that the believer could hear the voice of the stranger: the inner testimony of the Holy Spirit. It was believed that the forgotten words written in the flesh and the Word coming from the past would meet and make love - and the miracle would happen." (1)
(1) Rubem A. Alves, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet (London: SCM, 1990), P. 102.
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