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<br>You&#39;re probably thinking of the famous passage in John Cassian&#39;s Conferences, 14.8.4:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">

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 &#39;which is the mother of us all.&#39; According to tropology it is the soul of the human being, which under this name is frequently either reproached or praised by the Lord. <br>

</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><div>(trans. Boniface Ramsey, ACW 57: 510) <br></div></blockquote><div><br>An older translation is here: &lt;<a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/cassian/conferences.iii.v.viii.html">http://www.ccel.org/ccel/cassian/conferences.iii.v.viii.html</a>&gt; -- Paul<br>

</div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 March 2011 06:03, Cormack, Margaret Jean <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1103%26L%3DMEDIEVAL-RELIGION%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D640740%26B%3D--20cf3071c81eda6869049ea1b381%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture<br>
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Hi,<br>
Can anyone give me a good example illustrating the four levels of<br>
biblical interpretation? I had a website link which, foolishly,<br>
I never copied onto a &#39;real&#39; file - and so lost! I have an example using<br>
&#39;light&#39; from Thomas Aquinas, but recall seeing one<br>
with Jerusalem - and am wondering if there is an example with the<br>
sacrifice of Isaac as well?<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
Meg<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Paul Chandler, O.Carm.<br>Holy Spirit Seminary  |  PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road)  |  Banyo Qld 4014  |  Australia<br>office: (07) 3246 9888  |  home: (07) 3246 9894<br>

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