This view is not one that is promoted by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church teaches that the Bible accounts and stories have to be understood within the time that they were written.

Below is a list of the books of the Bible. Clicking on a book of the Bible will show you a list of all the chapters of that book.

In early English use, literal referred to the straightforward meaning recoverable from reading a religious text, as in this example from the Wycliffe Bible dating to 1383, “Holy scripture hath ...

The NRSV stands out among the many translations because it is "as literal as possible" in adhering to the ancient texts and only "as free as necessary" to make the meaning clear in graceful, ...

Some Christians believe that the Bible accounts and stories have to be understood within the time that they were written. The authors of the biblical books had limited knowledge of science and the ...

Bibleside is an offline Bible app featuring the OET (Open English Translation). Bibleside implements the OET's "Reader's" version in the main area and a toggle to show the "Literal" and "Reader's" ...

Each Book Package covers one book of the Bible. It includes: A literal translation built on the technical Greek or Hebrew A simplified translation that gets the meaning across similar to a paraphrase ...