3 Principles for Interpreting Scripture

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The Catechism, following Dei Verbum, lays out three principles for reading the Scriptures “in the same Spirit by whom they were written” (CCC 111-14). Because these three principles immediately precede the account of the three spiritual senses (CCC 115-18), we ought to let them govern our use of the spiritual senses and act as a guard against whimsical or arbitrary interpretations, thereby keeping us within the richness of the Word.

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Cassian taught that watchful remembrance of God’s Word illumines our thoughts and actions. This is how we become light in a dark world.

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