Catholics or anyone knowledged in both Canons?

Question

I'm an atheist so I have no issue with you. I'm just curious.

I know that you have the original canon of the christian church. I know this is one of the reasons Protestants of today despise you (Whole different reasons during the Protestant Reformation). I also know that there are additions and subtractions made on both sides.

Does the verse John 14:6 exist in the Catholic version. If it does does it say : Jesus saith unto him, I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me.

If it doesn't that's all I have. If it dies then why the need for a priest.

Answer 1

yes it exists. however there is also In 1 Cor 12:12-30 we are taught that we are one body, one membership but that there will be set aside in the church some as first second third and so on, some will have gifts of faith, healing, tongues, etc. Thepriests are teachers on the earth. how many times did you play relephone or grapevine as a kid?! the game where one person starts a story and everyone has to repeat it toone person - doesit ever come back the same?! nope! the priest is there as a teacher to helpguide and lead those who need help and istill hope in those who are needing comfort and help guide the misguided backto Christ.

Answer 2

The New American Bible translates John 14:6 as:

Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth 5 and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same.

The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.

The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.

The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.

After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.

The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).

The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint.

1500 years later, Protestants decided to change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

The New Testament canon is not questioned. The ONLY things questioned are books and passages which were included in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament which were not part of the Hebrew canon. That translation was not made for the Jews, but for the library at Alexandria. Its purposes were different from the Jews in creating and maintaining the information. The passages in question were not considered AUTHORITATIVE by the Jews, though they do include accurate history.

Several passages teach that EVERY CHRISTIAN is a priest:

1Peter 2:5 You also are like living stones. As you come to him you are being built into a house for worship. There you will be holy priests. You will offer spiritual sacrifices. God will accept them because of what Jesus Christ has done.

Rev 1:6 He has made us members of his royal family. He has made us priests who serve his God and Father. Give him glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Answer 4

no need Jesus saves himself the priest is just the shephard who guides people to Jesus since Jesus told Peter to take care of his sheep this was past down from Peter and so on ... and when it comes to forgivness of sins we believe only God forgives but jesus gave specific jobs to the apostels to retain or forgive peoples sins so if the priest thinks that you are unrepentent he retains your sins until your truly repentent....sorry for not giving bible verses no time.

Answer 5

Yes, it's in the Catholic Bible, too.