Homiletics: Chapter 1 Of Romans

necessary tools has been encouraged for better application of the Scriptures. Towards the end of the essay, the author makes tentative conclusions. KEYWORDS: Bible, God, hermeneutics, exegesis, corpus, text, context, application, hope, warfare, Greco-Roman, kingdom, struggle, believer, victory Introduction The term “Hermeneutics” comes from a Greek word, that means “to interpret” hence it signifies interpretation of literary text to the fullest measure. In addition, for that practice, sound principles

Augustine set out to make himself more Roman than the Romans and to penetrate to the center of the culture from which he found himself alienated by his provincial birth. But that was only the beginning of his story. Augustine was born on 13 November, A.D. 354, in Tagaste, a town large enough to have its own bishop but too small for a college or university.[[1]] His parents, Patricius and Monica, belonged to the financially imperilled middle class