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To: realcleanguy
This is probably what is causing many in high places to believe as they do.

In bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was going to give a gift to someone, like a president, or any other high "ranking" person in society, it is what you would buy.

Every page was in Arabic on the left side, and English on the right. The English side was just like the other modern ones, all the "bad" stuff left out.

I have a non Muslim friend who is fluent in spoken and read Arabic. I asked him to come to the bookstore with me, because I was too cheap to buy the book.

I pointed out the sura I mentioned, and a few others, plus there were some he was familiar with he wanted to check. (he had spent quite a few years in Saudi-Arabia as a civilian). I have never seen the expression that came on his face before. Absolute shock.

He had only seen true versions before too. He said, "My God, they are two different books". I remember those exact words. I don't remember the rest of his comments word for word, but he went on to say, that this explains why so many people in our government have the wrong idea about Islam.

Every non Muslim (infidel) needs to read a true translation of the Holy Koran. Then they might understand why this is happening and why it will never stop happening.

IMHO these are probably the most accurate translations, and they are FREE.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955


4 posted on 12/05/2023 7:38:38 AM PST by Mogger
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To: Mogger
From the article:

On the other hand, Catholics have historically believed that prophets have arisen even after the New Testament. However, the testing of these prophets has always been a stringent and exacting process. The Catholic Magisterium, the body of Catholic theologians that has set and interpreted Catholic dogma and canon law throughout the Church’s long and embattled history, has also made it a point to require that all new prophecies, whether they come from a vision or from the inspiration of one of the Catholic faithful, must be in accordance with the lineage of doctrine and prophecy that has come before it. Any new prophecy that rejects or explicitly changes any of the essential principles of the Catholic creed is to be rejected.

This is a misrepresentation of Catholic teaching as it implies that new "prophecies" can become official Catholic teaching. The Catholic Church (along with the Eastern Orthodox and Protestants) also teaches that public revelation ended with the death of the last apostle. This includes the Sacred Scriptures (which are uniquely put down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit) and Sacred Tradition, that which handed down from the Apostles and is lived out in the life of the Church from the beginning (as is apparent from the witness of the earliest Church Fathers).

The writer of this article may be referring to what are called private revelation that is periodically received by individuals (things like Fatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe, etc.). But these are not part of the Church's deposit of Faith and no one is bound to believe them except the person who received them. The Church may investigate them to determine whether they seem to be authentic or fake, but even then they are not placed on a par with revealed truth that is binding on all Christians.

5 posted on 12/05/2023 8:01:02 AM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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