To: RnMomof7
Verse numbers were added to the Bible by a Protestant printer, Robert Estienne, in 1511 A.D.
Chapter numbers were added by Stephen Langton, who would later become the Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury in 1211 A.D.
The Chapter and verse numbers are not in the original documents, just like Sola Scriptura.
Yes, chapter and verse numbers are a tradition of men.
I would suggest finding a Bible that doesn't use them, if you don't want to follow a human tradition.
29 posted on
03/31/2015 4:41:04 PM PDT by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; RnMomof7
Msgr. Ronald Knox did a translation that has the verse numbers in the margins. Reading the Bible without those artificial pauses changed the way I read and understood Sacred Scripture.
33 posted on
03/31/2015 4:48:20 PM PDT by
Legatus
(I think, therefore you're out of your mind)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; RnMomof7
Oh, puh-leeze! Having chapter and verse numbers are about convenience and help in finding and referencing passages than they are some "traditions of men" that would disprove sola Scriptura. That you would even toss that out there shows you probably don't understand the term at all.
69 posted on
03/31/2015 9:50:43 PM PDT by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
What a crock.
That’s desperation if ever I saw it.
Then the same goes for the Catholic church which also uses references for Scripture.
If it’s a tradition of men, they shouldn’t be following it either.
85 posted on
04/01/2015 4:14:57 AM PDT by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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