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Sacvan Bercovitch. sage is to be interpreted only on the literal level . St. Bonaventure says that if the literal level speaks of faith or of charity , then we needn't seek further for typological meaning . Nicholas of Lyra says that it ...
Sacvan Bercovitch. sage is to be interpreted only on the literal level . St. Bonaventure says that if the literal level speaks of faith or of charity , then we needn't seek further for typological meaning . Nicholas of Lyra says that it ...
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... literal level . " In Scripture alone is there a spiritual level , divisible into three . 13 The tropological level receives special emphasis in the thirteenth century . Since the allegorical level emphasizes faith , and since all now ...
... literal level . " In Scripture alone is there a spiritual level , divisible into three . 13 The tropological level receives special emphasis in the thirteenth century . Since the allegorical level emphasizes faith , and since all now ...
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... literal level . According to Alexander of Hales , the literal level may be divided ' secundum rem ' and ' secundum rei similitudinem.'16 This second division is where Aquinas would place not only metaphor , but alle- gory and parable as ...
... literal level . According to Alexander of Hales , the literal level may be divided ' secundum rem ' and ' secundum rei similitudinem.'16 This second division is where Aquinas would place not only metaphor , but alle- gory and parable as ...
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The Exegetical 11 The Traditions | 9 |
Edward Taylor 163 Poetry | 27 |
Scriptural | 47 |
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