Episcopal bishop rejects Nigerian criticism on gays

American Anglican Council ^ | 9/20/2005 | Ekklesia Society

[little jeremiah]

I could not agree more with your comments.

[little jeremiah]

Thank you. I'd like to get a Douay-Rheims bible.

[Petrosius]

I'd like to get a Douay-Rheims bible.

Check out catholicccompany.com.

[hellinahandcart]

Isn't Chane the bishop who attended (or maybe performed?) a gay wedding the day after presiding over Reagan's funeral?

And aren't there an awful lot of poor and possibly hungry people in DC? Until they're all fed, clothed, and housed, he has a hell of a nerve attacking Akinola on those grounds.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks - I'll check it out.

[stan_sipple]

Arent millions of women children etc in Africa poor diseased and ill fed BECAUSE of the Aids epidemic which sexual immorality spread?

[Polycarp1]

The same question could be asked of the Episcopal Church USA which, despite having financial resources that are exponentially greater then Nigeria's, has also focused itself largely on sexual politics.

[stan_sipple]

"Archbishop Akinola stated that the economic imbalances of the past must be corrected. Equally, he said, the governments of the Global South must identify and develop their own resources in order that "they may call themselves developed nations." Church Leaders call for Action on Poverty anglican communion news service 30 JUNE 2005 http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:Q3XNLwcYLVEJ:www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/00/acns4000.cfm+archbishop+akinola+nigeria+poverty&hl=en&client=firefox-a

[I got the rope]

Well, did a little fact finding. The Douay-Rheims is the Jesuit translation of the Vulgate. It is basically the same as the New American Bible.

It was not translated from the same text as the King James.

[little jeremiah]

If either of you could direct me to a website/article which discusses the various translations of the Bible, I'd appreciate it.

For instance, I have no idea what the Vulgate is... I need to start at the beginning.

[I got the rope]

There are actually two Vulgates. The Old Latin Vulgate is the Valdouis version and then there is the the Roman Catholic Vulgate.

The King James translated the Received Text from the Greek.
Here is Mark 6:11 in Greek:

kai osoi an mh dexwntai umaV mhde akouswsin umwn ekporeuomenoi ekeiqen ektinaxate ton coun ton upokatw twn podwn umwn eiV marturion autoiV amhn legw umin anektoteron estai sodomoiV h gomorroiV en hmera krisewV h th polei ekeinh
This site is awesome:
http://www.olivetree.com/cgi-bin/EnglishBible.htm

Here is the Latin Vulgate version of Mark 6:11

et quicumque non receperint vos nec audierint vos exeuntes inde excutite pulverem de pedibus vestris in testimonium illis.

No Sodom and Gomorrah here either. The Roman Catholic Vulgate was translated from a different Greek Text. BTW, the Greek Orthodox church uses the Received Text like the King James.

[little jeremiah]

There are some scholars on FR! I just need to give up sleeping.

[Petrosius]

Try www.bible-research.com .

[little jeremiah]

Thanks - just added it to "Favorites".