Abstract

Matija Vlačić Ilirik bio je jedan od stupova Lutherove reformacije. On se na osobit način posvetio jednom od njezinih glavnih pitanja, razumijevanju Svetog pisma, pa ga se može smatrati važnim poticateljem utemeljenja suvremene hermeneutike. Kao poznavatelj klasičnih jezika osjetio je važnost i tematizirao mnoga pitanja jezika, gramatike, logike i dijalektike kao bitnih uvjeta razumijevanja svega onoga što jest, pa tako i pisanog teksta. Pritom do izražaja dolazi njegova skepsa prema filozofiji, budući da je za njega glavni izvor teološke spoznaje objava, a ne čovjekov razum, koji je istočnim grijehom supstancijalno razoren. Potvrdu svojih razmišljanja nalazi u aktualnim raspravama sa zastupnicima i protivnicima reformacije, ali i u istraživanjima crkvene povijesti, u kojoj neumorno traži svjedoke onakve istine kakvom je on vidi.Matija Vlačić Ilirik was one of the pillars of Luther’s Reformation. In aspecial way, he dedicated himself to one of its most important issues – the understanding of the Scriptures, and can, therefore, be considered a significant instigator of the founding of modern hermeneutics. As an excellent connoisseur of classical languages he recognized the importance and dealt with many issues of language, grammar, logic, and dialectic, as essential prerequisites for understanding everything which exists, and hence of the written text also. In this connection, his skepticism towards philosophy is apparent, since the main source of theological cognition, for him, is revelation, and not the human reason, which wasprincipally destroyed by Original Sin. He found the confirmation of his ideas in the current debates with both proponents and opponents of the Reformation, as well as in his research into church history, wherein he incessantly tried to find the witnesses of the truth, as he perceived it