Catechism Paragraph 116
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 3: SACRED SCRIPTURE
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 3: SACRED SCRIPTURE
The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."[83]
š Footnotes
[83]
St. Thomas Aquinas, S Th I, 1, 10, ad I.