The Spiritual Sense in Sacred Legend

About this book

A saint's adventure or an episode of sacred legend may seem to describe a distant event. Edward J. Brailsford asks what the story might mean when read as an image of the inner life.

The Spiritual Sense in Sacred Legend takes a Christian approach to symbolic interpretation, seeking moral and devotional meaning in inherited narratives. Brailsford's associations reflect his own devotional method and may go beyond the meanings supported by the source stories. His method preserves the capacity of a familiar legend to carry several meanings at once, especially where an image of trial or deliverance also resembles an inward struggle.