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== Senses of Scripture: modes of interpretation == | == Senses of Scripture: modes of interpretation == | ||
=== The "Four Senses of Scripture" === | |||
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|'''Literal'''<br>the direct meaning of the text | |'''Literal'''<br>the direct meaning of the text | ||
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''The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny'' | ''The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny'' | ||
* <u>examples of emnploying the Four Senses of Scripture</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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|+Interpreting [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/16:5 |"The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees" (Mt 16:5-12) | |+Interpreting [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/16:5 |Interpreting "The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees" (Mt 16:5-12) | ||
!Mode or "sense" | !Mode or "sense" | ||
!Meaning | !Meaning | ||
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|Literal | |Literal | ||
|the | |Jesus tells the Apostles, “Look out, and beware of the leaven* of the Pharisees and Sadducees” and they say among themselves, “It is because we have brought no bread," thus taking Jesus' analogy literally. | ||
The literal meaning is that the Pharisees and Sadducees use yeast in their bread, which transforms the bread from its original form (leaven, such as yeast, is used to make bread "rise"). | |||
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|Allegorical | |Allegorical | ||
|the | |Jesus admonishes them, "You of little faith, why do you conclude among yourselves that it is because you have no bread?" And, in a rare moment in the Gospels, Jesus explains the analogy: "How do you not comprehend that I was not speaking to you about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Thus, their "leaven" corrupts the teachings of God. | ||
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|Moral | |Moral | ||
| | |Beware of false teachers. | ||
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|Anagogical | |Anagogical | ||
| | |If we focus on Christ, we will not stray from God. | ||
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