Catholic Word of the Day: MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION, 06-06-15

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[Salvation]

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MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION

 

The explanation of some biblical person, object, or occurrence in the past as having a divinely intended meaning or function in the future. Thus Adam prefigured Christ, the Passover anticipated the Cross and the Eucharist, and the destruction of Jerusalem in the first century of the Christian era symbolized the end of the world. To be valid, the basis for the interpretation must be found in Scripture or sacred tradition.

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[Salvation]

Interesting. Many prefigures in the Bible.....study typology.

[Salvation]

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[Grateful2God]

True. You can’t know the New Testament without the Old. Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s writings tie the two together well, and got me interested in bouncing back and forth between the two- like the bottom notes on the old Benziger’s Bible History!