Thread Summary: The Literal and Spiritual Sense of Scripture

The following is a summary of all my posts dealing with the literal and spiritual senses of Scripture:

1. The literal and spiritual sense of scripture

2. The Relation between the "spiritual" and the "literal" senses

3. Antiochenes and Alexandrians

4. The spiritual sense and exegetical integrity

5. Childs on the sensus literalis of Scripture

6. Literal sense and historical reference

7. Historical criticism and medieval allegory: Some parallels

8. What is the sensus literalis of Scripture?