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To: batterycommander
Catholics don’t read the Bible.

Lol. I guess you've questioned ALL Catholics on the planet, all 1.2 billion of us. Gee, you must have gathered LOTS of information.

However, at daily Mass we have FIVE Biblical readings. [Sundays there always a "second reading" so there are SIX Biblical readings on Sundays.]:
Example for a weekday:

February 14th:
First reading: Acts: 13:46-49
Responsorial psalm: Psalm 117
Alleluia: Luke 4:18
Gospel: Luke: 10: 1-9
Communion antiphon: Mark 16:20

This is DAILY. Each day is different. The cycle repeats after three years.

Also, non-Catholics are allowed to interpret the Word of God as they like. Not so with Catholics. The Word of God was meant to be interpreted only one way.

Non-Catholics may also IGNORE God's Words like they do about the sin of divorce-remarriage=adultery: The Teaching of Jesus on Divorce — (Matthew 19:3-12, Mark 10:2-12).

17 posted on 02/12/2017 4:05:26 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

“However, at daily Mass we have FIVE Biblical readings.”

Someone reading the Bible to you is quite different than sitting down and reading it yourself, which is what this study was measuring.

“Also, non-Catholics are allowed to interpret the Word of God as they like. Not so with Catholics. The Word of God was meant to be interpreted only one way.”

So there is an official Catholic companion to the Bible that you can use to interpret all the verses for you when you do your daily study?


22 posted on 02/12/2017 4:52:11 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: cloudmountain; batterycommander; redleghunter; Springfield Reformer; kinsman redeemer; ...
Lol. I guess you've questioned ALL Catholics on the planet, all 1.2 billion of us. Gee, you must have gathered LOTS of information.

The statement was that Catholics don’t read the Bible, which is typically and comparatively true based on various surveys , as regards much personal reading.

However, at daily Mass we have FIVE Biblical readings. [Sundays there always a "second reading" so there are SIX Biblical readings on Sundays.]:

And which are simply repeated every 3 years, and an industrious RC on a RC forum reports "by my calculations, the 3-year Sunday readings cover about 5%-10% of the Old Testament and about 42% of the New Testament." "I was able to come up with a more precise estimate of the Old Testament covered in the 3-year Sunday readings based on the number of verses read: 5%. Source and more .

28 posted on 02/12/2017 9:22:04 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: cloudmountain
Also, non-Catholics are allowed to interpret the Word of God as they like. Not so with Catholics. The Word of God was meant to be interpreted only one way.

Actually RCs have a great deal of liberty to interpret the Bible within the wide parameters of RC teaching, and are more liberal in their understanding of it than evangelicals. Look at even some of the notes in the approved NAB plus much of the study helps in study versions.

29 posted on 02/12/2017 9:27:24 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: cloudmountain; daniel1212
The cycle repeats after three years.

Thereby skipping over a LOT of the bible.

34 posted on 02/13/2017 3:51:53 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: cloudmountain
Also, non-Catholics are allowed to interpret the Word of God as they like. Not so with Catholics. The Word of God was meant to be interpreted only one way.

So where is the OFFICIAL Catholic church approved interpretation of Scripture that Catholics uniformly, lockstep adhere to with no dissent?

Please post the link so that people can find it and read it for themselves so we know how all Catholics think on each verse of Scripture.

Non-Catholics may also IGNORE God's Words like they do about the sin of divorce-remarriage=adultery: The Teaching of Jesus on Divorce — (Matthew 19:3-12, Mark 10:2-12).

Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

It's a good thing no Catholic ever looked on a member of the opposite sex with lust in their hearts.

Otherwise, there'd be Catholics committing adultery all the time while married.

Non-Catholics may also IGNORE God's Words like they do about .........

Matthew 23: 8-10 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.

45 posted on 02/13/2017 7:51:44 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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