W Kościele – poza Kościołem. Alegoryczna eklezjologia biblijna tradycji chrześcijańskiej

Abstract

Many allegorical interpretations of the Bible created by the patristic and medieval Christian tradition express the mystery of the Church. Among them we have chosen those representing the structure “inside-outside” to see the way the Fathers of the Church understand the affiliation to the Church. The point of departure of our research is the analysis of the work of Garnier of Langres (+1225) “Allegoriae in Sacram Scripturam”. The allegories presented and analyzed in our article are the following: river (Ps 65,10-14), garden (Song 4,10-15), paradise (Gen 2,8-9), field (Gen 27,27), vineyard (Mt 20,1-16), threshing floor (Mt 3,12), army (Song 6,10), Jerusalem (Is 62,6), house (Lc 10,34), Noah ark (Gen 7,7-9) and boat (Mt 8,23-27; Me 4,35-5,1; Lc 8,22-26).