Catholic Rules For Accommodation
Accommodation is used in the Liturgy and by the Fathers of the Church; texts have been accommodated by preachers and ascetical authors. Many of the sermons of St. Bernard are mosaics of Scripture phrases. The Council of Trent forbade the wresting of Scripture to profane uses (Sess. IV, Decret. "De editione et usu Sacrorum Librorum "). Typical rules for guidance in the accommodation of Scripture are:
- Accommodated texts should never be used as arguments drawn from revelation.
- Accommodation should not be farfetched.
- Accommodations should be reverent.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Biblical Accommodation". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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