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anagogic interpretation

anagogic interpretation Anagogic interpretation is a historical mode of interpreting scripture that reads passages as pointing to future heavenly realities or later revelation, rather than to truths already understood.

Anagogic interpretation is a historical mode of interpreting scripture that reads passages as pointing to future heavenly realities or later revelation, rather than to truths already understood. It is described as one of the medieval “fourfold” senses of scripture and remained in use until the Reformation.