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Jan 1, 2001 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that Vatican II enumerated three criteria (CCC 111; cf. Dei Verbum 12), each of which has a long history in biblical interpretation.
- The Catechism of The Catholic Church
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- The Catechism of The Catholic Church
The solemn blessings ( beatitudines, benedictiones ) which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, the very first of Our Lord's sermons in the Gospel of St. Matthew (5:3-10) .
the Church is catholic in a double sense: First, the Church is catholic because Christ is present in her. "Where there is Christ Jesus, there is the Catholic Church."
- The Literal Sense
- The Spiritual Sense
- Abuse of The Four Senses
The Catechism explains the literal sense by stating that it is “the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: ‘All other senses of Sacred Scriptureare based on the literal’” (CCC 116, cf. ST I:1:10 ad 1). The caution that all other senses are based on the literal is intended ...
By definition, the spiritual sense of a text involves something more than what you could derive from a verbal reading of it. The spiritual sense is discerned by looking past the text itself to the people and events it records. Thus the Catechismnotes: “Thanks to the unity of God’s plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and even...
A much more significant reason, particularly in Protestant circles, is the worry that accepting the allegorical and anagogical senses will lead to chaos. It is one thing when Paul or the authors of the Gospels draw out typological meanings from the Old Testament, but to many Protestants the prospect of allowing interpreters to draw out their own me...
Beatitudes, THE EIGHT, the solemn blessings (beatitudines, benedictiones) which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, the very first of Our Lord’s sermons in the Gospel of St. Matthew (v, 3-10).
"Testament" has the meaning of "covenant" with reference to the two covenants God established with his people in each period of human history. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. Texts, Translation, and...
3 days ago · According to Pope St. Paul VI, “synod” comes from the Greek words syn and hodosj (“together” and “path”), meaning to walk together the path of Our Lord. The phrase evokes the Risen Lord’s accompaniment of his two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
