...fourteenth century) that expanded Origen's threefold exegetical method to a four-leveled enterprise: Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. [The letter teaches events, allegory what you should believe, Morality teaches what you should do,...

...allegorical, moral (or tropological), and anagoglcal meaning. A Latin couplet summari2ed the scheme: Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. RM Grant (1984: 85) gives a free English translation: The letter shows us what God and our fathers...

...ilustra en el dístico reportado por Nicola di Lira, hacia 1 330, en la nota de la carta a los gálatas: "Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria / Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia". La metafísica influyente que guía la teoría del cuádruple sentido de las Escrituras es la extensión...

...all'articolazione ritmicamente enunciata da un ben noto distico coniato dal frate domenicano Agostino di Dacia: «Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, / Moralis quid agas. Quo tendas anagogia». Il senso letterale insegna dunque gli avvenimenti, quello allegorico esprime l'oggetto della fede,...

...the traditional four levels of the medieval distich traditionally attributed to Augustine of Dacia "Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, / moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia [The letter teaches the deed, allegory what to believe, the moral how you must act, anagogy where it...

...who remained a basic reference of later exposition. familiar or quickly accessible dimension of this: Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. The letter tells of acts, allegory of what to believe, The mora! of what to do, anagogy whither to...

...tropological (morall senses. To impress these possibilities on the student, the schools employed this ditty: Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. Which translated means: The letter teaches events, allegory what you should believe. Morality teaches...

..."historical," Ranulph follows the schematic purportedly described about 1260 by Augustine of Dacia: "Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria / Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia." The term "allegory" could be a source of confusion because it sometimes encompassed all the spiritual...

...altkirchlichen Exegese zugrundeliegende theoretische Prinzip. Zum richtigen Verständnis des Verses Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia vgl. H. DE LUBAC: Ein altes Distichon: Die Lehre vom „vierfachen Schriftsinn", in: ders.: Typologie...

...Nicholas has cited this distich in his Postilla super totam Btbliam IV, ii iii, (Ad Galatas 4:24) as: Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. 2. Cassian, "Conlatio" 14.8, Conferences, ed. Pichery, 2: 189, 190: "Spiritalis autem scientiae genera...