Resurrexi Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1251380' date='Apr 21 2007, 08:03 AM']But getting back to the original topic.... My very [i]third[/i] Bible (1st was a Catholic children's that I received as a tot, 2nd was a complete Bible that I received for my 1st Communion) was a Gideon. I liked it because it was so very pocket-sized. I am curious to see where the case goes... it seems pretty lame going after a couple of Gideons. Where is the ACLU? Oh that's right - they hate God's Word.[/quote] If you want a really great and tiny devotional/pocket sized Bible with Catholic footnotes in the most important places, get the Baronius Press Psalms and New Testament. That's what I use for devotional reading of the Bible. Edited April 21, 2007 by StThomasMore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budge Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 One can get saved even reading a badly translated Catholic Bible. I read the NAB, Romans and Hebrews got me started asking questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathoholic_anonymous Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) [quote]One can get saved even reading a badly translated Catholic Bible.[/quote] The most commonly used translations of the Bible in Catholic Churches are the Revised Standard Version and the New Revised Standard Version. These are also the translations that theology students are [b]obliged[/b] to use at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The name 'Oxbridge' stands for two of the best universities in the world. And no, their theology departments don't list towards Catholicism. If anything, here at Cambridge there is a slight Protestant bias. If a world-renowned university decides that the best translation of Scripture for the purposes of its theology course is one that was prepared by Catholics, I assume that this means that the translation must be reasonably accurate. Otherwise a group of professors who have spent the last forty years studying Hebrew, Aramaic, and New Testament Greek wouldn't have chosen it. Regarding the Gideons and their Bibles, I like them. The translation is poor, but it is comforting to go into a hotel room and see the red jacket of the New Testament peeping up from the bracket by your bed. None of the Gideons I have ever met have been pushy or rude, so I don't think the fault was theirs in this case. Edited April 21, 2007 by Cathoholic Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Budge' post='1251741' date='Apr 21 2007, 12:55 PM']One can get saved even reading a badly translated Catholic Bible. I read the NAB, Romans and Hebrews got me started asking questions.[/quote] funny ... Romans and Hebrews got ME asking questions that led me into the Catholic church ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Terra Firma' post='1251952' date='Apr 21 2007, 05:51 PM']funny ... Romans and Hebrews got ME asking questions that led me into the Catholic church ...[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Terra Firma' post='1251952' date='Apr 21 2007, 04:51 PM']funny ... Romans and Hebrews got ME asking questions that led me into the Catholic church ...[/quote] Probably because Romans is thoroughly Catholic and only makes sense for Protestant theology when you cut out 90% of it, right? : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullTruth Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1251371' date='Apr 21 2007, 10:56 AM']Inflammatory? No. Factual? Yes. Dude! That's too cool [/quote] Not you Lounge Daddy, unless you're StThomasMore. I'm talking about Thomas More, who says burn protestant bibles. If Roman Catholics want people to convert, don't send someone like St.ThomasMore out. He goes against the Pauline way of evangelism to become as one of the people you want to witness to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Budge' post='1251378' date='Apr 21 2007, 08:01 AM']You trying to help me out, to show that the Catholic Church did BAN and censor Bibles?[/quote] Budge, Budge, Budge. Are are trying to say that you wouldn't be against Bibles that contained errors? Let's say someone published a Bible that said Jesus was a stoner? Would you be for or against the publsihing of said Bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullTruth Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1252077' date='Apr 21 2007, 08:17 PM']Budge, Budge, Budge. Are are trying to say that you wouldn't be against Bibles that contained errors? Let's say someone published a Bible that said Jesus was a stoner? Would you be for or against the publsihing of said Bible?[/quote] Would you be for against a Bible called, Jesus Loves Porn Stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessalonian Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Still waiting for budge to somehow twist this in to Jeb Bush and paganism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='FullTruth' post='1252085' date='Apr 21 2007, 05:21 PM']Would you be for against a Bible called, Jesus Loves Porn Stars?[/quote] Moot point. Jesus loves everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullTruth Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1252126' date='Apr 21 2007, 08:42 PM']Moot point. Jesus loves everyone.[/quote] Exactly, the other person was bringing up something far fetched. Every bible has errors in it, because every bible has a certain bias to it, and then there is the lack of understanding of the language, which can cause errors in the text. 'Bibles' printing outright lies, or adding too or subtracting from a scripture, should be handled with extreme prejudiced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 [quote name='FullTruth' post='1252192' date='Apr 21 2007, 07:12 PM']Exactly, the other person was bringing up something far fetched.[/quote] No, I was not bringing up something "far fetched." Budge was critizing the Catholic Church for preventing Bibles with known errors from being published. I was asking if she would support the publishing of a Bible that protrayed Jesus as a stoner. Your point is still moot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessalonian Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1252240' date='Apr 21 2007, 09:30 PM']No, I was not bringing up something "far fetched." Budge was critizing the Catholic Church for preventing Bibles with known errors from being published. I was asking if she would support the publishing of a Bible that protrayed Jesus as a stoner. Your point is still moot.[/quote] This is actually quite funny, because in complaining about this, Budge is acknowledging errors in Bibles. Now the question is what is the perfect Bible? Who has a perfect Bible if you acknowledge errors in some. What proof is there that there is not errors in all, especially since fallible men did the translating. So then Budge believes the Bible is infallible if the originals existed but they don't. So there is no such thing as infallible scripture for her. Or do you have a perfect Bible from infallible translators Budge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RezaMikhaeil Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Budges new post is probably going to ignore what she admitted, ignore where she's wrong and manipulate the rest to go in her direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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