wiktionarypar eisegesisEisegesis from Ancient Greek Greek into and ending from exegesis from to lead out is the process of misinterpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that it introduces one s own presuppositions, agendas, and or biases into and onto the text. The act is often used to prove a pre held point of concern to the reader and to provide him or her with confirmation bias in accordance with his or her pre held agenda. Eisegesis is best understood when contrasted with exegesis . While exegesis draws out the meaning from a text in accordance with the context and discover able meaning of its author, eisegesis occurs when a reader imposes his or her interpretation into and onto the text. As a result, exegesis tends to be objective when employed effectively while eisegesis is regarded as highly subjective. An individual who practices eisegesis is known as an eisegete, as someone who practices exegesis is known as an exegete . The term eisegete is often used in a mildly derogatory fashion. Although the term exegesis is commonly heard in association with Biblical interpretations, the term is broadly used across literary disciplines. Eisegesis in Biblical ... Biblical study . In the field of Biblical exegesis scholars take great care to avoid eisegesis. In this field, eisegesis is regarded as poor exegesis. While some denominations and scholars denounce Biblical eisegesis, many Christians are known to employ it &ndash albeit inadvertently &ndash ... Protestant s of practicing Biblical eisegesis, while Mainline Protestant mainline scholars accuse Fundamentalist Christianity fundamentalists of practicing eisegesis. Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholics ... in eisegesis, because the Bible can be correctly understood only through the lens of Holy Tradition ... practice eisegesis when they read the Old Testament as anticipating Jesus of Nazareth. Fact date May 2007 Exactly what constitutes eisegesis remains a source of debate among theologians, but most ... more details
GC, Apocalypse and Millennium Studies in Biblical Eisegesis , page 74 2000 ref Due to resistance by Protestant ... Newport, Kenneth GC, Apocalypse and Millennium Studies in Biblical Eisegesis , page 74 2000 ref a Dutch ... GC, Apocalypse and Millennium Studies in Biblical Eisegesis , page 74 2000 ref who identified ... more details
good article pp semi indef pp move indef Infobox Christian denomination name Jehovah s Witnesses image Watchtower Bible & Tract Society world headquarters .jpg caption International headquarters of Jehovah s Witnesses in Brooklyn, New York main classification Restorationism Christian primitivism Restorationist br Christian primitivism polity Modified presbyterian polity structure Organizational structure of Jehovah s Witnesses Hierarchical founder Charles Taze Russell founded date 1870s Bible Student movement br 1931 Jehovah s witnesses founded place Pennsylvania and New York , United States USA parent Bible Student movement separations See Jehovah s Witnesses splinter groups Jehovah s Witnesses br splinter groups area Worldwide congregations 109,403 members 7.65 million footnotes Statistics from 2012 Yearbook of Jehovah s Witnesses ref name Watchtower statistics website URL www.watchtower.org Jehovah s Witnesses is a Millennialism millenialist Restorationism Christian primitivism restorationist Christian Christian denomination denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity . ref Sources for descriptors br Millenarian Cite book last Beckford first James A. title The Trumpet of Prophecy A Sociological Study of Jehovah s Witnesses publisher Basil Blackwell year 1975 location Oxford pages 118 119, 151, 200 201 isbn 0 631 16310 7 br Restorationist cite journal author Stark et al. last2 Iannaccone year 1997 first2 Laurence title Why Jehovah s Witnesses Grow So Rapidly A Theoretical Application journal Journal of Contemporary Religion volume 12 issue 2 pages 133 157 doi 10.1080 13537909708580796 br Christian Cite web url http www.religioustolerance.org chr defn.htm title Religious Tolerance.org Cite web url http religions.pewforum.org reports title Statistics on Religion br Denomination Cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk religion religions witnesses ataglance glance.shtml title Jehovah s Witnesses at a Glance Cite web u ... more details
File Gregorythegreat.jpg thumb right The Holy Spirit Christianity Holy Spirit descending on Pope Gregory I , by Carlo Saraceni , circa 1610, Rome Portal Catholicism Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, by action of the Holy Spirit Christianity Holy Spirit , the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error ref infallibility means more than exemption from actual error it means exemption from the possibility of error, P. J. Toner, http www.newadvent.org cathen 07790a.htm Infallibility , http www.newadvent.org cathen index.html Catholic Encyclopedia , 1910 ref when in his official capacity he solemnly declares or promulgation promulgates to the universal Catholic Church Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals. It is also taught that the Holy Spirit works in the body of the Church, as sensus fidelium , to ensure that dogmatic teachings proclaimed to be infallible will be received by all Catholics. This dogma, however, does not state that the pope cannot sin in his own personal life nor that he is necessarily free of error, even when speaking in his official capacity, outside the specific contexts in which the dogma applies. This doctrine was dogmatic definition defined dogmatically in the First Vatican Council of 1869 1870. According to Catholic theology, there are several concepts important to the understanding of infallible, divine revelation Sacred Scripture , Sacred Tradition , and the Magisterium Sacred Magisterium . The infallible teachings of the Pope are part of the Sacred Magisterium, which also consists of ecumenical councils and the ordinary and universal magisterium . In Catholic theology, papal infallibility is one of the channels of the infallibility of the Church . The infallible teachings of the Pope must be based on, or at least not contradict, Sacred Tradition or Sacred Scripture. Papal infallibility does not signify that the Pope is impeccability impeccable , i.e. ., that he is specially exempt from lia ... more details
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