The Four Levels of Lectio
Lectio divina, the church’s most ancient way of reading Scripture, can be done both individually and in a group. Though not a rigid method, it traditionally involves four basic levels, or movements. In each one, the same Bible passage is read from a different angle. Here is how Pope Benedict describes the process in "Verbum Domini" (87):
1. Lectio, the first level, involves alert reading of the passage, with “a desire to understand its true content: what does the biblical...
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