Thus from the beginning the early Christian community was making a particular claim concerning the interpretation of the Old Testament Scriptures (as we would now refer to them). This “Hypothesis” is a general framework of understanding of Christ’s ministry and meaning by which and through which the Scriptures (Old Testament) are to be read. Paul’s recitation of Tradition ( parodosis in the Greek, which is the word he uses), and that the Traditional statement of Christ’s death and resurrection are themselves part of an early “Apostolic Creed,” or the “Apostolic Hypothesis,” as St. I would argue (and be far from alone) that what we have here is St. There we are told:įor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures (vs. Paul’s recitation of Christian tradition in the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians. It is interesting that the phrase is found within the New Testament itself, particularly in St. Thus, this is a hermeneutical statement, a claim about how the Scriptures are to be interpreted. It is, first off, a reference to the Old Testament, and an affirmation that the ministry of Christ and His Passion and Resurrection are indeed the fulfillment of the Old Testament.
It does not mean that what is described is described “according to the Scriptures,” that is, in a literal sense, but rather that these matters – on the third day rose again from the dead in accordance with the Scriptures, are matters that happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures themselves. This short phrase, “in accordance with the Scriptures,” occurs rather politely in the course of the Nicene Creed.
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