III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

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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.⁸⁴
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”.⁸⁵
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.⁸⁶

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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