CCC 116
Profession of Faith›SECTION ONE "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE"›CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN›III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of 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."
Footnotes
- St. Thomas Aquinas, S Th I, 1, 10, ad I.