Should we take the Bible literally? How did the earliest Christians take it? And how can we tell when the authors are and aren’t speaking literally?

Speaker 1:

You are listening to Shameless Popery with Joe Heschmeyer, a production of Catholic Answers.

Joe Heschmeyer:

Welcome to Shameless Popery. I want to explore a potentially hot button issue today, the question of taking the Bible literally. So I know a lot of people pride themselves on being biblical literalists. And I know some people have a problem with Christianity because they say, “How can you take the Bible literally?…