Day 16: Senses of Scripture

According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. the profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church. CCC 115-119

Today's reading is about the senses of Scripture exegetes use in helping give the Church "a better understanding and explanation of the meaning" (CCC 119) of the written Word. It also provides an explanation of these senses. Pretty cursory, but I do remember a helpful book I read years ago by Mark Shea on this topic, Making Senses Out of Scripture. From what I recall, Shea does a good job in explaining all about these senses in terms your average layperson can follow. It's been a while since I've read this though, so perhaps I should add it to the list to read once more.

So the basics on interpreting Scripture have been laid out, next up is, for whatever odd reason, perhaps one of my favorites: the Canon of Scripture!