To: Scotswife
the fact that it was the Catholic Church that preserved it, translated it, and declared it divinely inspired.
So, please explain the Dead Sea Scrolls which predate the Roman church by hundreds of years. Your history regarding the preservation of Scripture is shallow at best.
59 posted on
09/28/2005 3:38:42 AM PDT by
safisoft
(Give me Torah!)
To: safisoft
So, please explain the Dead Sea Scrolls which predate the Roman church by hundreds of years. Your history regarding the preservation of Scripture is shallow at best.
Was the New Testament in the Dead Sea Scrolls? That's news to me...
61 posted on
09/28/2005 4:28:48 AM PDT by
mike182d
("Let fly the white flag of war." - Zapp Brannigan)
To: safisoft
"So, please explain the Dead Sea Scrolls which predate the Roman church by hundreds of years. Your history regarding the preservation of Scripture is shallow at best."
You are referring to Old Testament writings preserved by the Essenes - a Jewish community.
I could have been more specific - the New Testament writings were written by the first christians, of which this church was first referred to as "catholic" - universal- by Ignatius.
It was this same Church which preserved these writings, translated them - and declared them divinely inspired.
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