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The Reformation · 1567
Key to the Sacred Scriptures
Clavis Scripturae Sacrae
Matthias Flacius Illyricus · 1520–1575
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What it is
A biblical dictionary and a treatise on interpretation arguing that scripture is clear in itself and must be read according to its own idiom, context, and aim.
Why it lasted
The founding work of Protestant hermeneutics, and a direct ancestor of modern biblical interpretation as a discipline.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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