Le blé et l'ivraie. Réception de la parabole dans la période de la Réforme

This paper intends to disclose the ecclesiological interests of the interpretations of the parable of the tares (Mt 13,24-30) in the sixteenth century. It shows that the understanding of the parable was fluctuating ; either one confined oneself to the parable itself, or one was inspired by the interpretation given in Mt 13,36-43 ; either God's patience was underlined or, on the contrary, the Last Judgement was evoked. The Reformers disputed ecclesiological perfectionism and defended a certain lack of precision of Church boundaries, against the need of excessive precision that threatened the Church

Epistemology · Humanities · Interpretation (philosophy · Judgement · Patience · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity