[pctech]

Sorry to tell ya, but the KJV is not an abbreviated version. It was translated from documents that were as close to the originals as is possible. The Latin Vulgate and subsequent catholic interpretations were not.

I don't want to hash religious arguments here though, for am I very impressed and pleased with the Popes statement. Even though I am not catholic and don't agree with the catholic doctrine, doesn't mean I can't put that aside and praise the Popes words. I fear for the world when that man leaves us for his reward.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Saint Jerome's Latin Vulgate was in existence nearly 12 centuries prior to the commissioning of the abridged and heavily edited KJV.

[Aquinasfan]

Sorry to tell ya, but the KJV is not an abbreviated version.

Let me put it to you this way. How do you know which books belong in the Bible and which don't? By what authority?

[cupcakes]

Agree PC. I am not a Catholic either, but on matters such as these, I trust this man as one of the leading scholars on what Christ's last hours were like. He, and others like Billy Graham, are much better read on such matters than the average Christian and their opinions mean a lot as well read men of Christ. To admire him for his candor doesn't make me Catholic any more than admiring Billy Graham for his endorsement makes me Baptist.