[metmom]

The Catholic church has mistranslated some passages of Scripture. Therefore, you cannot use them right?

If sola scriptura is invalidated because there may an inaccuracy in the translation of a word, then that invalidates anything the Catholic church has to say when they deliberately mistranslate a word.

[paladinan]

(Sorry if I'm answering this out of order; this thread is going to Mars and back!)

metmom wrote:

The Catholic church has mistranslated some passages of Scripture.

Such as? And can you tell me HOW you know they're "MIS-translated" (and not simply translated in a way you and/or your pastor happen not to like)? Such a charge needs to be proven.

Therefore, you cannot use them right?

(??) I'm not following your reasoning, here. First, you'd need to prove (not merely claim) that "the Church" has both mistranslated portions of Scripture AND said that those "MIStranslations" are infallibly true (as opposed to some well-meaning Catholic theologian who happens to get something wrong while translating). Second, you'll have to explain what "them" means; do you mean "the mistranslated verses"? If so, then yes... no one should use mistranslated verses. If you mean ANY verses, then you'd have to explain why not.

If sola scriptura is invalidated because there may an inaccuracy in the translation of a word,

That wasn't what I said. Sola Scriptura is invalid because it is self-contradictory, and therefore provably false (i.e. it violates itself while trying to prove itself). I said that ANOTHER flaw of sola Scriptura was its inability to be sure that they had the correct Scriptures in the FIRST place.

then that invalidates anything the Catholic church has to say when they deliberately mistranslate a word.

I think you mean to say, "If the Church isn't infallible in Her teaching, then there's no reason to trust Her teaching." That's correct; if She can err in Her formal teaching, then there's no reason to prefer Her to any other Christian group. But you've not yet shown that She (the Church) *has* "mistranslated" Scripture (and taught that mistranslation as a doctrine). Can you?