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To: caww

You are presenting only part of the story.
Certain poor translation were prohibited. You need to do just a bit more research.


152 posted on 01/24/2012 6:58:44 AM PST by verga (Only the ignorant disdain intelligence.)
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To: verga
Certain poor translation were prohibited. You need to do just a bit more research.

I did...In the 1300's Wycliffe and Hus both wanted Bibles in the peoples language.... Catholic leadership burned Hus at the stake and used Wycliffe's manuscripts as kindling for the fire.

Hus's said..."In 100 years God will raise up a man whose calls for reform cannot be suppressed"...and thereafter entered... "Luther"...and we know how that played out all to well.

Luther used Erasmus's new testament translation, which we know Catholicism refused because he corrected the Latin Vulgate, , and by doing so revealed how corrupt the Latin Vulgate was.

Later "Tyndale" Printed the first N.Testament in English language....who was fluent in 8 languages and known as "The Architect of the English Language" Tyndale and Luther worked together in Tyndale's translation, which Luther's had already been given to the German people. Catholics put a 'bounty' on Tyndale's head...which God foiled their plans. So in 1526 The first scripture in English was successful.....though catholics set out to burn these the very fact they did so caused the populace to desire reading of it all the more.

They were relentless to take out Tyndale and ten years later they strangled him and burnt him at the stake after 500 days of torture.

Tyndale's last words as he was being burned..."Oh Lord, Open the King of England's eyes"......and just three years later (1539) God answered that prayer as King Henry 8th not only allowed the Bible but financed it's printing...which was known as "The Great Bible".

The whole idea is Catholicism could not stop God putting His word into the hands of the people as they wanted to do in order to continue with their indulgences and suppression of the people.....God determined men should have the scriptures in their own languagest....especially since it's truth would reveal the falsehoods which were established by the catholic hierarchy and reveal the hierarchy was a farce... never instituted by the Lord as officiating over His people.

And you know what?....Few catholics today read the bibles the do have as most are dependant on what the leaderships says rather than to read the scriptures for themselves.

I have yet to meet or converse with a catholic who can do any more than quote church traditional talking points....never the scripture and when I use it they are completely in the dark.

159 posted on 01/24/2012 11:17:19 AM PST by caww
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