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Uhhhhhhh, The inspired words of God, through the prophets and apostles, including the old testament writers are brought to you, in easy to read and understand, book form by the Catholic church. You can go, of course to a synagogue and read the old testament, but if you want to buy it at a book store, you buy a bible which was compiled, copied (by hand)preserved through the ages, made available to the masses after the printing press was invented (by a Catholic)....Otherwise you wouldn't have the faintest idea of who Jesus was. Yes, the word of God comes from Him...but He chose the Catholic church to do the grunt work for Him.

Say thanks, Catholics.

Uhhhh. No. The Catholics were the ones keeping God's Word under wraps. Wonder why the RCC hated the printing press so... and Gutenberg. Hmmm? How about Wycliffe? Tyndale? Hmmm?

Thanks to THEM, the rest of the world was able to actually have and READ God's Word.... under threat of death by the Roman Catholic Church. Sounds like the RCC really wanted folks to have it, eh?

Despite what you believe, the reason why the world has the Bible is The Reformation. Like it or not.

Besides... I don't know if I would necessarily believe the Roman Catholic Church would really stand behind a work that they claim to have provided but fail to follow.... like ignoring 1 Timothy 2:5 by writing CCC 969. Or CCC 841 which claims that Catholics and Muslims worship the same "God" -- and we know Muslims do not worship the one true God; Muslims worship Satan. So I don't personally put much stock in what the Roman Catholic Church did to "provide" the Scriptures. We have them because of God and IN SPITE OF Roman Catholicism.

Have a Happy New Year.

Hoss

Uhhhh. No. The Catholics were the ones keeping God's Word under wraps. Wonder why the RCC hated the printing press so... and Gutenberg. Hmmm? How about Wycliffe? Tyndale? Hmmm? Thanks to THEM, the rest of the world was able to actually have and READ God's Word.... under threat of death by the Roman Catholic Church. Sounds like the RCC really wanted folks to have it, eh? Despite what you believe, the reason why the world has the Bible is The Reformation. Like it or not.

Yeah right...pretty funny...What percentage of the people on Earth could read in say the 1500's....a VERY small one as there was virtually no books that the average person could afford. Books were manuscripts, written by hand and mostly owned by libraries, governments, monasteries, wealthy families, and the like. The revolution did assist in the distribution of bibles, but the Catholic church insisted that ONLY true and accurate bibles could be distributed, not the readers digest edited and incorrect translations that came out of the revolution.

The Catholic church was then, and is now, the protector of the Christian faith, if you don't believe that, then just ask the 30,000 or so leaders of the various protestant denominations who is.

You may want to check your facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible

The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed in the West using movable type. It marked the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of the printed book in the West. Widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities,[1] the book has an iconic status. Written in Latin, the Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Vulgate, printed by Johannes Gutenberg, in Mainz, in present-day Germany, in the 1450s.

Wonder why the RCC hated the printing press so... and Gutenberg. Hmmm?

This statement is not right and is so absurd it is not even wrong.

Gutenberg Bible

The first Bible printed using movable type was The CATHOLIC BIBLE in the mid 1400's. It contained the exact same canon used by the Catholic Church today. Approximately 200 were scheduled to be printed on rag cotton linen paper and around 30 on velum (animal skin).

There are less than 25 known to have survived. One of which is in the Library of Congress. Learn some real history.