[Zionist Conspirator]

Recently I preached a retreat for a good number of women here in our Archdiocese. I based the retreat on the Book of Ruth, a beautiful love story that is a kind of allegory for Christ and the Church. More specifically it is an allegory of the individual’s salvation by Christ and in relationship to Him.

In other words, the story related in the Book of Ruth didn't happen either. Isn't anything in the "old testament" true???

So tell us again about how John 6 is to be interpreted literally. [/sarcasm]

[eastsider]

The phrase "it is an allegory" does not necessarily mean that "the story in the Book of Ruth didn't happen." It could just as easily mean that something is being interpreted allegorically.

For example, in the letter to the Galatians, Paul writes in chapter 4 about Abraham's children through Hagar and Sarah. At verse 4:24, he writes, ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα, which the RSV Catholic Edition translates as, "Now this is an allegory" (the full verse reads, "Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants").

The translation "this is an allegory" does not mean that the Catholic translators construe Paul to mean that Hagar and Sarah are fictional characters, but merely that Paul is interpreting Hagar and Sarah allegorically.