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Originally posted by tcalbrecht
With all due respect, there is no word "hermeneutic" as a noun. "Hermeneutics" is a singular noun. Just as there is no noun "mathematic". No one speaks of "a mathematic".
Hermeneutics is the theory of interpretation. You can speak of a hermeneutical framework or hermeneutical principles, but the result of applying such a framework is one's hermeneutics. It is proper to speak of "Calvin's hermeneutics" not "Calvin's hermeneutic".
I think Packer's usage was incorrect.
In any case, I think we at least agree on the relevant and important point that Covenant Theology is both part of the substance of, and a pure application of, biblical Reformed hermeneutics, and that eschatology has no meaning or significance apart from those foundations.
Originally posted by Swampguy
Greg, see what happens when you ask a simple question