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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture You're probably thinking of the famous passage in John Cassian's Conferences, 14.8.4: The four figures that have been mentioned converge in such a way that, if we > want, one and the same Jerusalem can be understood in a fourfold manner. > According to history it is the city of the Jews. According to allegory it is > the Church of Christ. According to anagogy it is that heavenly city of God > 'which is the mother of us all.' According to tropology it is the soul of > the human being, which under this name is frequently either reproached or > praised by the Lord. > (trans. Boniface Ramsey, ACW 57: 510) > An older translation is here: < http://www.ccel.org/ccel/cassian/conferences.iii.v.viii.html> -- Paul On 17 March 2011 06:03, Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Hi, > Can anyone give me a good example illustrating the four levels of > biblical interpretation? I had a website link which, foolishly, > I never copied onto a 'real' file - and so lost! I have an example using > 'light' from Thomas Aquinas, but recall seeing one > with Jerusalem - and am wondering if there is an example with the > sacrifice of Isaac as well? > Thanks in advance, > Meg > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html