My religion is founded not on scripture but on Christ. I am a Roman Catholic. Scripture doesn't determine our Faith, but rather scripture supports and testifies to our belief. When we say "We Believe..." scripture witnesses to our belief, oral and written tradition witnesses to our belief, history witnesses to our believe, and the Holy Spirit ratifies our belief through deeds of power.
You may call us a "people of the book" but we specifically deny that in our own teachings and say instead that we are a people of Christ not of a book, and whose faith is in the Trinitarian God -- The Father Creator of all things, the Only Begotten Son who became Incarnate Jesus, and the Spirit who is the Lord and Giver of Life.
As Cardinal Giacomo Biffi said at a theology convention in Bologna, "We are not the 'people of the book' and we are not even 'people of the word': we are 'people of the Event' [...] Hapless is that theologian, that exegete, that reader of the holy book for whom Jesus is primarily a literary figure, and who therefore speaks of the Christ of the synoptics, the pauline Christ, the Christ of John, and does not speak of his Saviour".
2006-07-07 18:04:44
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answered by Liet Kynes 5
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Christianity isn't a faith in holding with a e book (not even the Bible). Christianity become depending on the fellow of Jesus Christ, the Son of God who got here into this international. He depending a Church, around the Apostolic college (12 Apostles) with St. Peter because the top (cf. Mt. 16:18). The Bible become born from that Church. The Church is the "pillar and starting place of all actuality" (a million Tim.), not the Bible. the tremendous situation is that maximum non Christians associate Christianity with protestantism. they don't seem an same element. Protestantism become born interior the sixteenth century out of refusal to settle for the Authority of the Church. even if the Church depending by using Christ existed some 16 centuries earlier that! desire this enables. good success on your search for, and would Almighty God bless you.
2016-10-14 05:16:51
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answered by ? 4
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I say use the King James Bible, the companion bible.
With tools. The Strong's Concordance.
This the best way to read the the bible, the best way to translate from the original languages.
2006-07-07 02:26:18
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answered by LP S 6
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The foundation for my religion is the King James Bible, translated from the Textus Receptus. Why? Simple: It's never been proved wrong and it has no contradictions.
2006-07-07 02:28:09
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answered by irishharpist 4
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The oldest scrolls, written in Ge'ez and Amharic, are in Ethiopia, a Christian country where the Trinity is recognized. Where the Prophet Muhammad found sanctuary.
English versions of scripture are unreliable as they often contradict.
Peace & Blessings.
2006-07-07 02:27:46
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answered by DaddyBoy 4
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the newer versions of the Bible have simply been updated in speech so that they match our times... they are easier to understand!!! most people dont know what "begotten" means! nobody uses that word anymore!! the Bible says the same thing only in contemporary language!!!!
2006-07-07 02:23:51
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answered by Bean 3
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The next time you want to give a lecture on your beliefs perhaps you should LEARN HOW TO SPELL. I don't believe I have ever seen anyone state they believe in the Quraan.
2006-07-07 03:46:50
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answered by Anonymous
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