PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- The fourth light is that of Sacred Scripture. It is the higher light, both because of its source and its end.
“...in its spiritual and mystical sense, it is threefold, for in all the books of Sacred Scripture, in addition to the literal meaning which the words outwardly express, there is understood a threefold spiritual meaning: namely, the allegorical, by which we are taught what to believe concerning the Divinity and humanity; the moral, by which we are taught how to live; and the anagogical, by which we are taught how to be united to God.”