MC Just Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 (edited) The Bible Centenary and the Catholic Church Amid the general jubilation over the three hundredth anniversary of the appearance of King James’s version of the Bible, I think it would be a pity if we did not make mention of that great Church to which, under God, we owe our possession of the sacred Scriptures – I mean of course, the Roman Catholic Church. Without striking one single jarring note, I hope, in the universal chorus, yet I feel it would be rather ungenerous, and inDouche historically unjust, did we not turn our eyes at least in passing to that venerable figure standing in the background surveying our celebrations, and, as it were, saying, ‘Rejoice over it, but remember it was from me you got it.’ As a Scotsman, who cannot forget that it is the Bible that has made Scotland largely what she is today, I yield to no one in veneration of the inspired Scriptures and in admiration of the incomparably beautiful Authorized Version. Still, honor to whom honor. We shall only be awarding a just meed of praise and gratitude if we frankly and thankfully recognize that it is to a council (or councils) of the R.C. Church that we owe the collections of the separate books into our present Canon of the New Testament, and that to the loving care and devoted labor o the monks and scholars of that Church all through the ages we are indebted, not only for the multiplication and distribution of the sacred volume among the faithful when as yet no printing press existed, but even for the preservation of the Book from corruption an destruction. It is, then, undoubtedly true to say that, in the present order of Providence, it is owing to the Roman Catholic Church that we have a Bible at all. And no one will be a bit the worse Christian and Bible-lover if he remembers this notable year that it is to the Mother Church of Christendom he must look if he would behold the real preserver, defender, and transmitter of the ‘Word that endureth forever.’ – Henry Grey Graham. Now this is a proven fact and many Protestants believe this, why do so many others not give the respect we deserve for giving them the bible? It's history, it happened, there's no way around it. It was the Catholic Bishops who we're infallible and chose what books to include in the cannn of scripture. Yet we are the one's who will be "Left Behind", we are the "Whore of Babylon" We are accused of being the evil one's. (Just as Jesus was). it was Catholic monks who kept and safeguarded the Scriptures and passed them on. But then again this is part of history and ya'll don't know about History. Because to become deep in history is to cease to Protestant. Edited December 10, 2003 by MC Just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Because to become deep in history is to cease to Protestant. Awe ya, MC Just. Go with this... with an Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Just, You rip out the awesomest stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 The canon of the New Testament is a tradition, a CATHOLIC tradition that ALL Christians follow. The books that belong in the bible and in particular the New Testament are part of Tradition. ALL Christians accept the tradition and follow it, otherwise they would have no bible-they simply would have no way of knowing what the bible is unless they accepted the tradition of the canon. The fact is the canon of the New Testament is part of God's revelation to the Church. The Revelation didn't come to the Church in the pages of the scripture, the Written Word of God. Rather this all important information was gradually revealed by God to the Church completely outside of Scripture itself. After all, there are no "Inspired table of contents" in the bible telling us which books belong. This revelation was preserved and faithfully taught by the Catholic Church transmitted in its integrity from one generation to the next. that's why we have the same 27 books in our copies of the New Testament: from Matthew to Revelation-that our Protestant, Mormon and jehovah's Witness friends have in thiers. They have these books in thier bibles because like it or not, whether they are aware of it or not, (very few of them are aware of it) they are accepting and adhering to a Catholic Tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundsheep Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Ive always wondered how people ignore history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 They're probably too focused on the present and future. But we can only truly know the future by looking to the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Dude, so when is this guy coming into the Mother Church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 HAHA! True enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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