Father Mike Schmitz

Number two is knowing what the interpretive principles are, like discovering the author's original intention.

Titus in Crete.

This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.

It doesn't mean what I think it means.

If any man is blameless, the husband of one wife and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery and not being insubordinate.

It means what the author originally intended and the other things as well.

Number three, it's so important to understand that there are different ways to read scripture.

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless.

He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered, or a drunkard, or violent, or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled.

There's different what you call senses of scripture.

So once again, we're turning to the catechism to find out what are the different senses of scripture.

In fact, there are two, the literal and the spiritual.

He must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.

It makes so much sense because we said, what is the original intention of the author?

What is the literal interpretation of the text?

For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party.

So the literal sense is the basis.

It's basically every other kind of interpretation of scripture.

They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

Every other sense of scripture is based off of the literal.