On the Usefulness of Belief

“Hence it is plain that nothing false can ever underlie the literal sense of Holy Writ.” – Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Describe a fact, reveal a mystery

Historical or literal

Etiological, analogical

And even parabolical

That signification whereby

Things signified

By words

Have too themselves

Spiritual significance

Allegorical

From the old things

To the new

Keep me travelling

Along with you

Tropological

Signifying Christ

In things we ought to do

Anagogical

End of days

Eschatological

Eternal Glory

One word in holy writ should have

Several senses

Endless endless