The Holy Bible?

Question

I am a born again Christian, and want to know and understand the Bible better.
I will open a can of worms here, but here it goes.
Who,or which of the Christian Bibles came out first and formost. Roman Catholic says they was first, Greek Catholics say their's is, Protestants says it's theirs.
Why do Catholics and Protestants argue so over the Bible. Who's right and who's wrong.
Where is the best place to really learn this out side a collage, I don't have money to do this.
What in fact was the very first Christ following Chruch ? How long after Christ assendended into heaven, did the Church come out of hiding ? I really want to understand this.
Come on, no guessing people, I want to know.
God bless you all through, Y'shua /Jesus Christ our awesome Lord..
Only begotten Son of the most High God, Jehovah/ Yawah..

Answer 1

I will study the bible with you if you would like - using your own copy/copies of the bible in whatever translation you have

I will show you where to look in the scriptures to find out such things as - God's purpose for the earth & mankind and many other questions you may have.
It will cost you nothing & you're under no obligation.

If you want to take my offer up - please email me

Answer 2

The protestant-catholic thing has always got me. I mean, catholics came first, and the protestants sort of fought against the religion. I think it makes more sense to believe the catholic religion as they were around long before the protestants. Did they have any proof to back up their theories?

A good way to learn more about god is by going to church and speaking to other christians. Reading the bible always helps, especially books in the new testament as theyre god's words. One of the best ways is thru prayer. A lot of people i know say that they dont pray because they dont know what to pray for. I pray using an acrostic poem: Monday - Me
Tuesday - tasks
Wednesday - workers (either collegues or people that work in ur church)
Thursday - thanksgiving
Friday - Family and friends
Saturday - Saints, or fellow christians
Sunday - sinners, those who do not know god

hope this has been helpful
god bless xXoO

Answer 3

I suggest you to follow the King James Version.(KJV).

KJV is the first English Bible Transalated out of Original Texts.

Now a days many versions are available. But these versions are not correct. They differ in many meanings.

Eg. Mathew 3: 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

here the Locust means LOCUSTS in Exodus : 10:4,12 , Leviticus 11:22 etc.

In some modern Bible I saw the meaning Given as A ROOT of some kind of plant, A FRUIT of a kind of plant etc.

What happend here is; people are finding their own solutions for their questions.
If they think they cant imagine of eating a locust so they asumed its a root or fruit.

This is happening all over the Bible that is why the Anti Christian religions argue that the Bible is corrupt.

If you read Leviticus 11 you can find that the locust is a flying living thing like grass hopper.

Answer 4

paula b,
"The Holy Bible?"
As I understand it, the word 'Holy' means dedicated. It means different things to different people, but that's what it means to me.

"Who,or which of the Christian Bibles came out first and formost. Roman Catholic says they was first, Greek Catholics say their's is, Protestants says it's theirs."
The originating churches had copies of certain Jewish documents and certain Gospels and Epistles. The 'Bible' wasn't put together until much later. But you know what, I think they did a pretty good job of placing the ones that would shape the church. Out of all the complete texts, no one of the complete Bibles are older than the different incomplete texts they have, which I believe number in the thousands, and so all the so-called complete texts should be weighed in the making of a new translation.

The KJV for instance, was made without a copy of the Septuagint around. And now that there is a Septuagint to compare, certain errors or deviations were caught.

For instance:
Psalms 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ORDAINED STRENGTH because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

And Jesus in the same version in reported as saying this (later found to be a quote from the Septuagint):
Matthew 21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast PERFECTED PRAISE?

"Why do Catholics and Protestants argue so over the Bible. Who's right and who's wrong."
You can thank the Reformation for bring the Bible to us, because the State Church (one great reason why our founding fathers here in the US required a separation of church and state), that was the Roman Catholic Church made it against the Law for a layman to own a Bible upon penalty of death. They had to depend upon the priests to tell them what to care about. It was those that resisted them that made it possible for future generations to own Bibles, even in their own tongue, instead of Latin only.

I favor the use of the Apocrypha, which is included in the original KJV as well. But I have no problem with the Roman Catholic Bible that I own (at least one translation in print) the New American Bible or NAB. If you are not Roman Catholic and do not want thee's and thou's, the New International Version is extremely common and well done.

"Where is the best place to really learn this out side a collage, I don't have money to do this."
The best teaching pastor that I have ever known or heard was Dr. Gene Scott. I don't believe that you will find a better one. He has passed away but can be seen at drgenescott.com to this day.

Otherwise you need to find a great teaching pastor, though I have found none better than Dr. Scott, I have heard Chuck Missler and if you want to give it a try, Pastor Chuck Smith appeals to many. Do a Google on them, you'll find them quickly.

"What in fact was the very first Christ following Chruch ?"
I would have to say that it was the church at Jerusalem. James took hold (the half-brother of Jesus), of that church and made it highly Legalistic. Where they thought that they had to do the works of the Law of Moses in order to be right with the Lord. (Acts 15 and Acts 21, see Galatians 2 especially)

"How long after Christ assendended into heaven, did the Church come out of hiding ?"
The answer to that is in Acts 2. Not that they were hiding so much as they didn't know what else to do but wait. (There is so much to get into with that subject!)


I hope that helped you. E-mail me if you really need to know something. I have been at it for about 20 years, and I am still learning!

Answer 5

It would be a mistake for any religion to advocate any particular translation as though it were the only acceptable one, or as though the translation were particularly infallible and itself inspired (actually only the original bible writers were inspired when they themselves put 'pen' to 'paper').

Regarding the controversy about which translation was FIRST, there is no real advantage to winning that argument. The earliest manuscripts were discovered only in these last few decades, so newer translations almost by definition MUST be superior to older ones, if the newer include the most recent scholarship.

Interestingly, over 130 million copies of the New World Translation have been distributed since about 1960. The full text of that translation is available here:
http://watchtower.org/bible

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20010701/article_01.htm

Answer 6

As to accuracy, which bible is best:

Please read:

New Testament:

While critical of some of its translation choices, BeDuhn called the New World Translation a “remarkably good” translation, “better by far” and “consistently better” than some of the others considered. Overall, concluded BeDuhn, the New World Translation “is one of the most accurate English translations of the New Testament currently available” and “the most accurate of the translations compared.”—Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament.

“Here at last is a comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible:

King James Version,
New American Standard Bible,
New International Version,
New Revised Standard Version,
New American Bible,
Amplified Bible,
Today's English Version (Good News Bible),
Living Bible,
and the New World Translation.

The book provides a general introduction to the history and methods of Bible translation, and gives background on each of these versions. Then it compares them on key passages of the New Testament to determine their accuracy and identify their bias. Passages looked at include:

John 1:1; John 8:58; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1

Jason BeDuhn
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair
Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion
Northern Arizona University

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is produced by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Think about it, if they are honest enough to provide a unbias translation of God's word,

What other truths will you discover?

www.watchtower.org.

Answer 7

The Roman Catholic system was the first form of Christianity in Europe whcih spread to other parts of the world thanks to colonization so I assume that their version of the Bible was the first. I do stand to be corrected.

Nice to know that there is another born again Christian here.

Answer 8

I see very little difference between the catholic and the protestant versions of the bible. The difference between Catholicism and Protestantism is that Protestants say the final word on everything is the bible. Catholics say the final word is the bible plus church tradition. I've got almost 40 bible versions on my computer and software to compare them against each other and I find almost no difference between them.

http://www.ankerberg.com/

http://www.answersingenesis.org/

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/

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http://www.equip.org./

http://www.christian-thinktank.com/

http://www.icr.org/

http://www.str.org/site/PageServer

http://www.reasons.org/index.shtml

http://www.tektonics.org/

Answer 9

You are a born again Christian?
You are asking questions on the Internet?
Why are you not asking your church people these questions, if you are so convinced you've been re-birthed?
People in your church, should have the answers, and if they don't, then....I've just opened up a can of worms here.

Answer 10

in case you opt for the nearest interpretation of what the Bible easily became meant to assert earlier the thousands of translations think about to get used to the "thees and thous". i stumble on although that the King James version of the Bible has lengthy previous by a lot less translations and interior of reason effortless to appreciate.