Literal Interpretation Of The Bibile

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1877655' date='May 29 2009, 01:05 AM']The last time I got into a discussion about this topic, I almost got burned at the stake as a heretic, so no thanks.[/quote]

Yep.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1877807' date='May 29 2009, 09:28 AM']All I'm saying is that most people, when they say 'literal', are probably going to mean 'literalistic', myself included. I hadn't thought about the distinction before now.[/quote]

Just as we should use the terms [i]substance[/i] and [i]accidents[/i] as they are meant in magisterial documents, so too should we use the term [i]literal[/i] as our holy mother the Church uses it.