Patristic Exegesis (100-600 AD) Western pg 54

The Western School and the idea of the Bible containing a fourfold sense of meaning is the product of philosophical genius St. Augustine (AD 354-430) Patron Saint of Roman Catholicism in embryo.
Saint Augustine believed that Scripture had a 1) Historical Sense, an 2) Etiological Sense, an 3) Analogical Sense, and an 4) Allegorical Sense.
Saint Augustine initiated and practiced a “rule of faith', a practice of interpretation that made Scripture yield to the authority of the upcoming Roman Catholic Church and its established doctrines.
Saint Augustine, as a master deceiver would, articulated many principles of sound exegesis, but practiced the hideous 'rule of faith'.
Augustine's philosophy was Catholic doctrine in embryo.
Augustine's predecessor, Constantine the Great (AD 272-337), gave the Roman Church its authority and sword, He gave it its doctrines.

The Western School and the idea of the Bible containing a fourfold sense of meaning is the product of philosophical genius St. Augustine (AD 354-430) Patron Saint of Roman Catholicism in embryo.