or BIBLICI, a term applied to certain doctors in the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries, who expounded the sacred writings in their
public schools, and endeavoured to establish their doctrines by the
authority of Scripture, in opposition to uncertain traditions, or the
speculations of the schools. Upon the same principle, the Pietists of
the seventeenth century formed what they called Biblical colleges, for
expounding the Scriptures.
and thirteenth centuries, who expounded the sacred writings in their
public schools, and endeavoured to establish their doctrines by the
authority of Scripture, in opposition to uncertain traditions, or the
speculations of the schools. Upon the same principle, the Pietists of
the seventeenth century formed what they called Biblical colleges, for
expounding the Scriptures.