sense. Luther moved away from the analogical way of construing the relation between the literal and figural senses in the Quadriga toward a univocal mode of construing the literal sense. This was because, like Calvin after him, he regarded the Quadriga’s notion of levels of meaning as open to abuse and in need of reform. The difficulty with multiplying distinctions when attempting to relate Scripture’s literal and figural senses is that in exegetical practice, a distinction all too easily becomes