Have any Wesleyan theologians compared Outler's Quadrilateral to PaRDeS?
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In 1964, Methodist theologian Albert C. Outler outlined the [Wesleyan Quadrilateral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral) in his introduction to John Wesley's anthology of works.
This establishes a hermeneutic framework in which truth, revelation and so forth are interpreted through the lenses of Scripture and Tradition, reason and Experience.
Similarly, Jewish Scholarship has a similar framework, [PaRDeS,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_(Jewish_exegesis)#Remez) an acronym formed from the following hermeneutic approaches:
> * Peshat (פְּשָׁט) — "surface" ("straight") or the literal (direct) meaning.
> * Remez (רֶמֶז) — "hints" or the deep (allegoric: hidden or symbolic) meaning beyond just the literal sense.
> * Derash (דְּרַשׁ) — from Hebrew darash: "inquire" ("seek") — the comparative (midrashic) meaning, as given through similar occurrences.
> * Sod (סוֹד) (pronounced with a long O as in 'soda') — "secret" ("mystery") or the esoteric/mystical meaning, as given through inspiration or revelation.
Have there been any Weslyan theologians and scholars that have sought to compare and equate the two frameworks and methodologies.
Asked by James Shewey
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Jul 20, 2017, 03:51 PM
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