Answer, NO!! There is not, why, because I was raised a Roman Catholic, and here is what the biblical scholars of the Roman Catholic church have to say about A literal interpretation of the bible.
http://www.baptistpillar.com/bd0156.htm VATICAN CITY, Italy - The Vatican criticized a literal interpretation of the Bible
and said the fundamentalist approach to scripture was “a kind of intellectual suicide.”
A Vatican document said fundamentalism “refuses to admit that the inspired Word of God has been
expressed in human language... by human authors possessed of limited capacities and resources.”
The 125-page document, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church, was written by the Pontifical Biblical Com-mission, a group of scholars who assist the Pope in the study of scripture.
It noted that a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible had been gaining strength. The Vatican is
increasingly concerned about the number of Catholics, especially in Latin America, who have abandoned the church for fast-growing fundamentalist sects.
“The fundamentalist approach is dangerous, for it is attractive to people who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life,” the document said. Fundamentalism actually invites people to a kind of intellectual suicide.”
A fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible began during the Reformation, when Protestants showed an increasing concern for fidelity to the literal meaning of scripture.
The document said fundamentalism refused to admit that there was a human element in the transmission of the Word of God.
One member of the commission, Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer, said fundamentalists failed to recognize that several years elapsed between the time Jesus spoke and the time when the gospels were written.
“There was no stenographer, no one with a tape recorder on that time,” said Fitzmyer.
From The Star, 1994 Manila, Philippines
Did you see this?
Here let me spell it out...
A fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible began during the Reformation, when Protestants showed an increasing concern for fidelity to the literal meaning of scripture.
Do you get it yet?
A literalist interpretation of the bible is a fairly new phenomenon.
Again, I thought you had a degree in this stuff, shouldn't you KNOW this?
How about this part?
A Vatican document said fundamentalism “refuses to admit that the inspired Word of God has been
expressed in human language... by human authors possessed of limited capacities and resources.”
Do you understand what that means?
Perhaps you do, but you obviously do not care.
Literalism is a relatively NEW phenomenon. And to twist what I said into something I didn't, should be above even you.
Well, at least thank you for your honesty. Incidentally, the allegorist interpretation of Scripture was only made popular since the time of Augustine. Early Christians took the Bible literally. The Catholic church follows Augustine's interpretation, and honestly, I could tell you were Catholic by your interpretation of Christian beliefs. That is not an insult or anything of the like. I know what the Catholic church teaches, and I know where they got it from. I know where Augustine got it from as well, and it wasn't from Jesus or Paul.