This is the idea that story is a form of indirect communication that conveys truths which can not be communicated directly. (religion-online.org)
Perhaps he wished to convey truths in a fashion deemed acceptable to his contemporaries, such as a child's story, for example. (redeeminggod.com)
But the branch of filmmaking that looks at the world around us and seeks to convey the truth of what it sees — the earliest task of the medium, ever since the Lumière brothers» employees walked out of the factory at closing time — remained as vital and necessary as ever. (slate.com)