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To: afraidfortherepublic
Even though I’m a Catholic, I think this is exciting news.

I don't understand comments like that. Dude, its a Bible. Isn't the Catholic church Christian? Are you saying Catholics don't believe in the Bible?

18 posted on 03/28/2011 5:48:00 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
The King James translation is not one ever used in the Catholic Church. Interestingly enough, while modern editions of the King James translations don't include the Deuterocanicals, the original 1611 edition included them plus three additional books previously included in the Catholic Bible as Apocrypha, but now excluded.
26 posted on 03/28/2011 6:24:54 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: SkyPilot

Of course Catholics believe in the Bible, but we use a different translation. We have more books in our Bible, for one thing.

When I first became a Catholic, we were not encouraged to read the King James version because it was “Protestant”. However, I already had read it for years because I had been raised as a Protestant, although many Protestants had already switched from the KJV to the “Revised Standard” version. At that time, the approved “Catholic” Bible for English readers was the Douay translation, pronounced Doo-way. I still have a copy. When my kids were in religion classes they used the “New Jeruslalem” translation. Now, a lot of Catholics use the New American Bible. But, never fear. A new Catholic translation is coming out soon.

I used to attend Bible classes with about 3 versions of the Bible laid open on my lap, following along and comparing the language. I can’t say that I find one version better than another. They all have their beauty and truth. Furthermore, the more I read, the less I know.

Although the KJV had already passed out of favor — even with Protestants — by the time I reached young adulthood in the late ‘50s, the passages that we all know by heart all seem to come from the KJV. I have at least 4 different translations on my bookshelf, and I appreciate them all.

Does that answer your question? And yes, Catholics are Christians.


37 posted on 03/28/2011 7:55:48 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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