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* Scripture frequently operates at multiple levels of "literal" (means exactly what it says) or "figurative" (it suggests or references something else or a larger idea) | * Scripture frequently operates at multiple levels of "literal" (means exactly what it says) or "figurative" (it suggests or references something else or a larger idea) | ||
** <u> | * Augustine of Dacia (13th Century; CCC 118) taught: | ||
''The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith;'' | |||
''The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny'' | |||
** <u>examples</u>: | |||
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|Jerusalem as salvation: what we must do to get there | |Jerusalem as salvation: what we must do to get there | ||
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** <u>examples</u>: | |||
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|+Interpreting [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/16:5 |"The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees" (Mt 16:5-12) | |||
!Mode or "sense" | |||
!Meaning | |||
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|Literal | |||
|the city of the Jews | |||
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|Allegorical | |||
|the Church created by Christ: the meaning of that Church | |||
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|Moral | |||
|Jerusalem as the human soul: what is the instruction God gives us? | |||
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|Anagogical | |||
|Jerusalem as salvation: what we must do to get there | |||
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* see also [https://www.usccb.org/bible/national-bible-week/upload/viviano-senses-scripture.pdf Viviano-SensesofScripture.indd (usccb.org)] | |||
== Sermon on the Mount == | == Sermon on the Mount == | ||