A friend of mine and I were discussing allegorizing and particularly “how far do we go?,” and “why do certain fathers seem to go farther than others?” The following were my own thoughts on these questions; I would love to hear others’ thoughts on the same, in the comments
This has some overlap with an old post of my that looks at a quote from Maximus the Confessor: https://ryanclevenger.substack.com/p/on-patristic-hermeneutics, though with his own flare. Namely, the role of virtue and ascetic discipline in being able to apprehend the allegorical reading, but also how God works in allegorical readings in proportion to the individuals progress in virtue and ascetic discipline.
This has some overlap with an old post of my that looks at a quote from Maximus the Confessor: https://ryanclevenger.substack.com/p/on-patristic-hermeneutics, though with his own flare. Namely, the role of virtue and ascetic discipline in being able to apprehend the allegorical reading, but also how God works in allegorical readings in proportion to the individuals progress in virtue and ascetic discipline.