117. The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God’s plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.
1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ’s victory and also of Christian Baptism.
2. the moral sense. the events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written “for our instruction”.
3. the anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, “leading”). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
324. What place does the sacrament of Holy Orders have in the divine plan of salvation?
416. In what does the natural moral law consist?
165. In what way is the Church holy?
591. Why pray “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”?
44. What is the central mystery of Christian faith and life?
321. What are the sacraments at the service of communion and mission?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the importance of gratitude and contentment according to the book of Ecclesiastes?
What does James 5:7-11 teach us about patience in times of suffering?
What does the Bible say about divine justice in Deuteronomy 32:4?
How can we flee the appearances of evil, as described in 1 Thessalonians 5:22?
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
How does the story of Rich and Lazarus warn us about the consequences of greed? (Luke 16:19-31)
