Article 23: The Senses of Scripture

What are the goals of biblical study?

• Help us better understand Sacred Scripture

• Understand the people around us

• Discover meaning and truth in Sacred Scripture

• Making friends

Which of the following are NOT ways Aquinas taught us to study Sacred Scripture?

• Psychological

• Literal

• Emotional

• Physical

• Spiritual

How do we determine the literal sense of Scripture?

• We take every word written literally

• We find the obvious meaning of the text

• We disregard any hidden meanings

Who laid the foundation for modern biblical interpretation?

• St. Augustine

• God

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Greek goddess Athena

• The Pope

The literal sense is considered the what in regards to other senses of Scripture?

• Opposite

• Epitome

• Exception

• Most reliable

• Foundation

What are the 3 subcategories of the spiritual sense?

• Literal

• Moral

• Interpretational

• Allegorical

• Anagorgical

What sense looks at how the people, events and things in the literal sense point to the mystery of Christ.

• Moral

• Allegorical

• Anagogical

What sense helps us understand how a particular passage instructs us to live in right relationship with God, neighbor, self, and the earth?

• Moral

• Allegorical

• Anagogical

What sense considers realities and events in terms of their eternal significance?

• Moral

• Allegorical

• Anagogical

What sense is this: Through Moses, God helped save the Israelites by parting the Red Sea.

• Literal Sense

• Allegorical Sense

• Moral Sense

• Anagogical Sense

• Spiritual Sense