[Dick Vomer]

I’m looking for Roman Catholics to comment on something I found very odd.

Yesterday’s mass during the reading of the Gospel stated the Jesus Christ was hung between two “revolutionaries”...WHat is THAT all about?

It was in the seasonal missalette. Since when did the two men change from thieves to revolutionaries?

I’m going to post this on other threads with Catholic themes to see if it was just my parish or if others noticed it.

[P-Marlowe]

Since when did the two men change from thieves to revolutionaries?

The revolutionary was the guy between the two thieves.

[BaBaStooey]

In my church, if I recall right, they were referred to as “criminals.”

In my New American Bible, which is where the lectionary readings are supposed to come from, they are actually referred to by Matthew as revolutionaries. In Mark, they are also revolutionaries. In Luke, they are criminals. In John, they are only referred to as “two others.”

I guess it all depends on the translation.

[vox_freedom]

From Douay Rheims version of the Bible -- in my book there is no better translation from the Vulgate:

Matthew 27

38 Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand, and one on the left.

full version found here:

Douay Rheims