Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible

Times (UK) ^ | October 05, 2005 | Ruth Gledhill

[MeanWestTexan]

THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true. The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible.

[MeanWestTexan]

Wow.

[Sir Gawain]

Armageddon in our lifetime.

[John W]

"The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland..."

I'll get my teaching form a different source.

[clee1]

Amen.

[AlaskaErik]

I was one once, but even as a teenager I could recognize a church that was built on lies, deceit and falsehoods.

[Rapscallion]

This part of the homosexual agenda to fight off a self-correcting Catholic Church. It sounds like incipient heresy to me.

[Chode]

ummm... the Bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are NOT the Catholic Church!!!

[Michael Goldsberry]

Ping

[MeanWestTexan]

Hey, I just copied the Time's title.

Don't shoot the messenger.

[sinkspur]

the Bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are NOT the Catholic Church!!!

But they happen to represent the larger teaching of the Catholic Church.

We are long past the days of believing that the world was created in six 24-hour days.

[TXBubba]

I sure hope they aren't! Any word from the Vatican as to when they will be booted out?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Actually, in the '50s and 60's, American Roman Catholics weren't big on the Bible. The texts we used were the Baltimore Catechism and the Sunday Missal, plus Papal Encyclicals.

It wasn't until Vatican II in '62 that the nuns had us reading the Bible, and the RC version at that (Douay), not King James.

[Coyoteman]

Ping

[fizziwig]

"We are long past the days of believing that the world was created in six 24-hour days."

I don't think the Catholic Church believes in a word for word literal interpretation of the scriptures...certainly you don't get that from augustine, aquinas, francis, etc.

[miss marmelstein]

That was my take - as someone who went to Catholic school in the 50s & 60s. My mother went in the 30s and she says the Bible was rarely taught either. It was Baltimore Catechism all the way. (Oy! Memorizing all that stuff!)

[sionnsar]

ping

[Jorge]

The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible.

Yes, from now on THEY will be the ultimate authority on God's truth.

[PatrickHenry]

Thanks, but this looks like a thread to stay out of.

[blowfish]

We are long past the days of believing that the world was created in six 24-hour days.

There seem to be plenty of people here who still believe every word is literally true. It's a bit scary...

[Always Right]

We are long past the days of believing that the world was created in six 24-hour days.

Perhaps, but that does not mean we should not believe in the “total accuracy” of the Bible. Just because the Bible is not literally true, does not mean it is not The Truth. It probably means we are just too stupid to understand it.