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To: Natural Law
That should have been your first clue that this was a bogus effort. There are slightly under 8,000 versus in the New Testament. That means that, before computers, word processors and printing presses were invented, Luther accurately researched and translated over 200 versus per day. Riiiiiggghhhtt.

Luther TRANSLATED the New Testament books from Greek INTO German (his native language). Why would it need to take more than a year to do that for someone who was fluent in Kione Greek and was already a religious scholar? I did notice that you have avoided answering the false assertion that Luther "removed" books from the Bible. Do you at least retract that? From the earlier site:

    An obvious sign that someone has not read anything about Luther and the canon is the assertion, “Luther removed books from the Bible,” or “Luther removed books from the New Testament.” It is a simple historical fact that Luther’s translation of the Bible contained all of its books. Luther began translating the New Testament in 1521, and released a finished version in 1522. He published sections of the Old Testament as he finished them. He finished the entire Bible by 1534. During these years, various incomplete editions were released. Some Protestants might be surprised to learn that Luther also translated the Apocrypha. The editors of Luther’s Works explain, “In keeping with early Christian tradition, Luther also included the Apocrypha of the Old Testament. Sorting them out of the canonical books, he appended them at the end of the Old Testament with the caption, ‘These books are not held equal to the Scriptures, but are useful and good to read.’”

693 posted on 01/09/2013 2:46:39 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
I did notice that you have avoided answering the false assertion that....

He avoids 'false assertions' like Dracula does; well; Holy Water...

707 posted on 01/09/2013 3:10:05 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: boatbums
"Luther TRANSLATED the New Testament books from Greek INTO German (his native language). Why would it need to take more than a year to do that for someone who was fluent in Kione Greek and was already a religious scholar?"

That proves that Luther did no research, but rather used his "translation" as a monumental exercise in eisegesis.

As for removing books, there are 7 that he removed and several more that he wanted to remove. That is documented fact regardless of the "spin" you are applying ex post facto to the deed.

Peace be with you

713 posted on 01/09/2013 3:29:34 PM PST by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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