[fish hawk]

Go argue with Dr. R.B. Thieme, not me. He pointed out that the verb used in the imperfect tense indicated this. If you read his bio you will find that he is an expert in Hebrew and Greek. The Bible was written in those languages, no? Of course your local Padre knows better than the biblical scholars.

[pgyanke]

Of course your local Padre knows better than the biblical scholars.

Can't speak for the local Padre but considering we Catholics don't marginalize Books with which we disagree (James, Apocrypha and Deuterocanonicals) and discount the Words of Jesus at The Last Supper as an empty ritual, I think I'll take our 2,000 years of understanding and development over this Johnny-come-lately.

Again, I know many graduates from DTS and respect their knowledge. However, I also know from my conversations with them that DTS starts from the perspective that the Catholic Church is wrong... and seeks an alternate explanation. That's not how you FIND truth... it's how you INVENT it.

[bornacatholic]

If you read his bio you will find that he is an expert in Hebrew and Greek.

The Bible was written in those languages, no?

*Do you think he had access to the original autographs?

Of course your local Padre knows better than the biblical scholars

*Oh, yes. I agree. After all, we wrote every single word of the New Testament. We wrote it and we decided what texts, among the MANY circulating, would be included in the Canon of Scripture and which texts would be excluded from the Canon of Scripture. The Church established by Jesus (matt 16:18,19) preceeded the New Testament.

Isn;t it Common Sense the authors of a work would know it better than those who were not the authors?