Four senses of Scripture
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{{Short description|Four-level method of interpreting the Bible}} |
{{Short description|Four-level method of interpreting the Bible}} |
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[[Image: Jesus-Noah.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Noah]] and the "baptismal flood" of the Old Testament (top panel) is "typologically linked" with (it prefigures) the baptism of Jesus in the New Testament (bottom panel).]] |
[[Image: Jesus-Noah.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Noah]] and the "baptismal flood" of the Old Testament (top panel) is "typologically linked" with (it prefigures) the baptism of Jesus in the New Testament (bottom panel).]] |
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In [[Christianity]], the '''four senses of Scripture''' is a four-level method of [[Biblical hermeneutics|interpreting the Bible]]. The four senses are [[Literal and figurative language|literal]], [[Allegorical interpretation of the Bible|allegorical]], [[Tropological reading|moral]] and [[Anagoge|anagogical]]. The method was especially popular in the [[Western Christianity|Western church]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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