Scripture Meditation: Basil the Great on Reading Scripture with Others
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Basil the Great: Basil the Great on Reading Scripture with Others
This is a spiritual discipline on communal reading and group study, drawing on Acts 17:11, Nehemiah 8:8 and Colossians 3:16.
Basil the Great (d. 379) emphasized communal Scripture study alongside personal meditation. In his monastic Rules, he instructed: "After the completion of the psalm, the reading of the Scriptures should follow. Then each should contribute what he has understood." Basil believed that the Holy Spirit speaks through the community's collective engagement with the text. Basil also warned against overly individualistic reading: "Each person's understanding of Scripture is limited by their experience.…
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