is it true that catholics have a slightly differnt bible than the kjv?

Question

I once heard that and didn't know why they would or,if it is true

Answer 1

Hello Angie
The answer to your question is yes but a yes that requires some detailed explanation. The KJV is only one particular Protestant Christian translation of the bible, what you should really be asking is wether the traditional Protestant Bible differs from the one accepted by the Roman Catholics, the answer is yes, in this way; the bible accepted by Roman Catholics accepts several more writings into it than the Protestants do.These writings are known collectively as the apocrypha and are actually ancient Jewish and Jewish Christian writings writings which were never really accepted with full acceptance because they were not Apostolic and contain information considered questionable . The Apocrypha has been around since the beginnings of Christs incarnation and before, they were studied in the early church but were not considered of equal weight with the NT and are not part of the NT. Indiviuals within the church would sometimes quote from them here and there to support an idea. But the apocrypha collection has been included in printings of the bible by both Catholics and Protestants and that for informations sake and value.
The Apocrypha was never officially accepted by any church including the Roman Catholic Church, up until the Council of Trent where the Roman Church declared them officially to be accepted. This took place in the 1500's. So in this way the bibles differ or one can say in this way the two churches differ. My persoanl opinion is that the Roman Church made a big mistake here and should have simply kept the Apocypha wrtings as church literature and not officiated them.

Here is a quote from a source for added benefit.

"St. Jerome distinguished between canonical books and ecclesiastical books. The latter he judged were circulated by the Church as good spiritual reading but were not recognized as authoritative Scripture. The situation remained unclear in the ensuing centuries...For example, John of Damascus, Gregory the Great, Walafrid, Nicolas of Lyra and Tostado continued to doubt the canonicity of the deuterocanonical books. According to Catholic doctrine, the proximate criterion of the biblical canon is the infallible decision of the Church. This decision was not given until rather late in the history of the Church at the Council of Trent. The Council of Trent definitively settled the matter of the Old Testament Canon. That this had not been done previously is apparent from the uncertainty that persisted up to the time of Trent." 82
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 'The Canon'


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Answer 2

Not really.

The KJV is actually a different collection of writings than the Catholic Bible.

The Catholic Church originally compiled all the old testament and new testament scriptures into the form we commonly know today as the Bible, way back in the 4th century.

It became the most widely distributed book in history, when Gutenberg set it in moveable type, and printed it with his newly invented printing press, around the 15th century.

The first KJV originally INCLUDED all the books that are still found today in the Catholic Bible, but the Protestant "reformers" later took them out.

Answer 3

Yes. The Catholics Bible contains two books that are not present in the KJV.

Answer 4

Keyword: Slightly different.
Yes, its slightly different, but is basically the same. Maybe written somewhat different, but same meaning. They way that is interpreted is different.

Although we have our own version of the bible- the New American Bible- don't think were bias ("and put extra stuff in") or anything:
"The New American Bible has accomplished this in response to need of the church in America today. In the achievement of some fifty biblical scholars, the greater number of whom, though not all, are Catholics" -Preface to the New American Bible

Hope this was helpful.
God bless.

Answer 5

The Catholic Bible has a few more books,(I once heard seven more books,I'm not sure if that's correct), than the Protestant Bible (including the KJV) has.

Answer 6

Yes, the KJV is just one version of the protestant bibles anyway, but there are books in the Catholic bible that were removed by Martin Luther. These books were around at the time Jesus was Rabbi (Yeshua) and were likely part of His "formation."

Answer 7

Why ought to we use an incorrect bible? And we do use the bible, only not your mistaken translation. None of your verses make any experience in this section. they have not some thing to do with our declare to were the collector of the bible. THe declare is that the Catholic church is the only which taken care of out each and each and every of the fake books and compiled a canon of the bible. It wasn't till the sixteenth century that Martin Luther bumped off books from the bible. We did not upload some thing. YOU subtracted. so as that verse truly applies to YOU. So actually, the church kept, maintained and allotted the bible for over 1000 years. Then Martin Luther comes alongside, breaks off and bumped off books from the former testomony. then you truly let us know that we extra stuff? incorrect. also, you're taking a translation that replaced into politically inspired and undesirable and have a glance at to assert it truly is the perfect one? So actually, your church is interior the incorrect. i comprehend that attempting to assert we extra to the bible is the in elementary words genuine thanks to protect your self, although this is incorrect. incorrect at perfect, a committing of fake witness on the worst.

Answer 8

the catholic bible has a few extra books in their bible, that don't contradict with the rest of the bible. i don't know why people get so worked up about it. mortal, imperfect humans decided which books would go into the "official" Bible anyway. just because it's not in the Bible doesn't mean it's not right.

Answer 9

Yes. Catholics didn't make changes to the bible. Changes were made by protestants either during or after the Protestant Reformation.

Answer 10

Yes the catholics and the KGB have the same bible