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jp2
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Help! Is there a Catholic in the house?
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Oct 9 18:28 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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Oct 9 18:32 UTC 2003 |
Douay-Rheims.
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tod
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Oct 9 18:41 UTC 2003 |
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mdw
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Oct 9 18:57 UTC 2003 |
Isn't there a latin edition which is still the preferred edition?
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jp2
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Oct 9 19:01 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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Oct 9 19:09 UTC 2003 |
http://www.justcatholic.com is running a special on Bibles!
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mynxcat
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Oct 9 19:38 UTC 2003 |
You worry me, Jamie
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cross
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Oct 9 21:16 UTC 2003 |
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tod
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Oct 9 21:27 UTC 2003 |
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jiffer
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Oct 9 22:07 UTC 2003 |
autographed by who? You realise it is a compilation of various works...
If you want a catholic bible, it is really easy... so to the bookstore... any
bookstore... and look in the bible section... look for the one that says
Catholic Bible... The New American Catholic Bible is really good for study.
Or you may want to get a "student" or "study" bible. Your other option is
to find the closest catholic shop, and ask them to recommend one for your use.
I have a catholic bible that is supposed to be a direct translation from
hebrew... it is 1889, and interesting... not as kewl as my german bible...
If you want to know about missals and prayer books, which are just as
interesting.. email me.
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katie
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Oct 9 22:11 UTC 2003 |
A friend of mine who grew up Catholic told me that in some Catholic
churches, you're not 'allowed' to read it; it has to be taught to you
in church ("spoon fed" was the word she used). Is this true?
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tod
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Oct 9 22:15 UTC 2003 |
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lynne
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Oct 9 22:27 UTC 2003 |
10: Maybe a holdover from the middle-ages tradition that the Bible had to
be in Latin, thus avoiding any corruption of meaning by translating it
into English (giggle giggle snort snort because of course all the disciples
and prophets were spekaing in Latin) and only the priest could read Latin,
thus necessitating that all Bible lessons go through the priest.
Although, come to think of it, I believe it's part of Catholic dogma that
all communication with God must go through the priest/cardinal/pope because
they're closer to God. Catholic dogma is awfully dogmatic. I noticed
a BBC article today on the Catholic church and its insistence that since
HIV virus particles are smaller than sperm, the virus can penetrate the
condom (it can't) and therefore condoms don't protect against HIV (when
used properly, they do.) Obviously educated and informed people wouldn't
believe this patently false propaganda, but it can and probably will do
real harm among less-informed populations.
<set drift = off again>
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remmers
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Oct 9 22:40 UTC 2003 |
I'll second the recommendation of the Jerusalem Bible. I'm about as
far as you can get from being a religious person and have no idea
(nor do I care much) how authentically "Catholic" the Jerusalem Bible
is, but I do read the Bible now and then for cultural enrichment
purposes, and of all the modern translations I've looked at, the
Jerusalem Bible struck me as the best-written. (I'd have to say my
favorite translation is still King James, but that's not endorsed
by the Catholic church for obvious reasons...)
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krj
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Oct 9 23:06 UTC 2003 |
Certainly Katie has seized upon one of the key differences between
Catholic ideology and Protestant ideology. Remember that for the first
1400 or so years of the Christian faith, the idea that the average
Christian would read the Bible herself was simply not imaginable.
Literacy was rare, and books were handwritten -- incredibly valuable
objects.
In the Catholic system of things, everything flows from the top down:
from God through the Pope and the church hierarchy down to the local
priest. So yeah, the idea developed that only trained minds should
read the Word of God directly, lest they form heretical independent ideas.
And this idea conformed to the available technology, for over a thousand
years.
The Protestant revolution required the invention of the printing press,
which was necessary before the idea that everyone should read the Word
of God themselves could take hold. Disclaimer: I was raised Protestant,
Lutheran.
Many of the early people who translated the Bible into local languages
were punished, often executed, for heresy.
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