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However the church fathers may have quibbled over the definition of a "day" in the days of creation, the simple fact is ecclesiastics from Iberia to the Caucasus treated the events of the Old Testament as more-or-less literal.

"Everyone knew the bits that don't match the science/archaeological record was *really* just allegorical in nature" has always been cope from embarrassed modern Christians.

>a more or less literal interpretation of Genesis is treated as established fact across the Christian world up until subsequent scientific discoveries cast doubt on it
based?