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It is the primary method of interpretation for many conservative Protestant exegetes, in contrast to the overwhelming reliance on [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|historical-critical interpretation]] in biblical studies at the [[academic]] level by the whole spectrum of highly trained scholars ranging from ultraconservatives through moderates to ultraliberals, ranging from believers to [[Atheism|atheists]]. [[Methodology|Methodological]] approaches to the grammatical-historical method of biblical exegesis range in various degrees from the complete rejection of textual-historical criticism of some [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestants]] to the cautiously moderated acceptance of it in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] tradition since [[Pope Pius XII]] and the publication of ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu]]''. The historical-grammatical method is an attempt to understand ''[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|the literal sense of scripture]]''.

It is the primary method of interpretation for many conservative Protestant exegetes, in contrast to the overwhelming reliance on [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|historical-critical interpretation]] in biblical studies at the [[academic]] level by the whole spectrum of highly trained scholars ranging from ultraconservatives through moderates to ultraliberals, ranging from believers to [[Atheism|atheists]]. [[Methodology|Methodological]] approaches to the grammatical-historical method of biblical exegesis range in various degrees from the complete rejection of textual-historical criticism of some [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestants]] to the cautiously moderated acceptance of it in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] tradition since [[Pope Pius XII]] and the publication of ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu]]''. The historical-grammatical method is an attempt to understand ''[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|the literal sense of scripture]]''.

In [[anno domini|A.D.]] 1515, Martin Luther rejected the elaborate four-fold hermeneutic that had been predominant throughout the Medieval centuries, which led to some very far-fetched allegorizing of the bible, leaving scriptural interpretation in the hands of the experts, who alone were capable of figuring out ...

According to an ancient tradition two senses of scripture can be distinguished <ref>See ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', The senses of Scripture, paragraphs 115-118.</ref>:

*'''literal''' (1 sense)—the meaning conveyed by the words of scripture, and discovered by ''[[exegesis]]'' following the rules of sound interpretation. <br> According to [[Thomas Aquinas]] "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."<ref>''Summa Theologiae'' 1, 1, 10 ''ad'' 1.</ref>

*'''spiritual''' (3 senses)—the ''[[Allegory|allegorical]], [[Morality|moral]],'' and ''[[Anagogical]]''.  

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