[Iscool]

All translations have ambiguities in them that often are not captured by the original translators at the time. Get over it.

But NOW, after those hundreds if not thousands of translations, you have found a translator who has a REAL understanding of what needed to be translated, eh???

Let's see, you old church fathers are better at understanding biblical times because they were nearer to the action...

But recent translators are better because; what was your reasoning again??? Hmmm...

[bdeaner]

The translation is perfectly fine. However, in English the phrase "shed blood" has two possible meanings.

Verb
1. shed blood - kill violently; "They will never stop shedding the blood of their enemies"

2. shed blood - lose blood from one's body bleed, hemorrhage, menstruate, flow

The Papal Bull is referring to the latter meaning in ENGLISH. In the original language of the Papal Bull, there is no such ambiguity. The translation is fine, as long as one understands the language is referring to the latter meaning of "shed blood" not the former.

Of course some might not want to permit logic and reason or common sense to get in the way of hatred toward the Catholic Church. But the Truth prevails, nonetheless, acknowledged or not, as the case may be.