Fourth–fifth century hermeneutics

“Their [the 4th–5th century fathers] understanding of biblical exegesis,” he explains, “remained that of the more ancient period, a more discontinuous, confessional, and event—centered typology on the Christ-event.”[McGuckin, "Patterns of Biblical Exegesis," 38] The determinative pattern for the Church’s reading of Scripture is found in Jesus himself, and the Christocentric principle that governs patristic exegesis for Basil and other Fathers is found, par excellence, in the narrative of the journey to Emmaus.—Early Christian Readings of Genesis One, page 195