2007-02-23 05:09:17 · 8 answers · asked by RUBEN C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Catholic and Episcopal bibles include some of the non-canonical Apocrypha texts.
To learn how the books of the bible came to be assembled as such see: http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/canons.stm
Many versions of the bible existed before the King James and the advent of mass printing. See: http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/
2007-02-23 05:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bibles are different because of the books included in them. The Catholic Bible, has what the Protestants call the Apocrypha writings since we accept the Greek Translation of the the books of the Bible, to include later accounts in the Jewish community that lead to the birth of Christ. The Protestant Bible is based on the Lutheran interpretation, not the religion but the person Martin Luther, who revised the Bible to exclude these later books because they weren't in the original Hebrew text and also because according to him they weren't significant sources that would affect our religion. Yet he accepted the Greek version of the New Testament because there was no other version of the these sacred writings.
This was a simple explanation, but you can find much better explanations by asking your priest or pastor.
God bless and keep on searching for truth.
2007-02-23 13:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by Perhaps I love you more 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The OT in the Catholic Bible is the Septuagint, because it was Scripture at the time and place of the founding of the Church. The Protestant Bible is missing some books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_canon#Early_Christianity_of_the_first_three_centuries
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Septuagint.htm
2007-02-23 13:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends on the Protestant Bible version, King James Version was taken from the Texus Receptus, the catholic Bible was taken from the Latin Vulgate and several different texts. there is a long list.
2007-02-23 13:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by ALEIII 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One difference I know is the dating of the book of Daniel. Evangelicals believe it is an actual text from the sixth century BC whereas Catholics believe it was written around the second century BC.
2007-02-23 13:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some of the passages have been removed from the catholic bible to make the protestant corinthians 2 being the most notable as it gives refurance to purgatory.
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2007-02-23 13:12:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic Bible has added books which God did ot have in the Bible in the first place. The protestant Bible is the original Word of God.
2007-02-23 13:13:16 · answer #7 · answered by Paige Sputnik 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
catholic bible has books added that, if you study them, clearly are not written by God and can easily find flaws whereas, the Holy Bible is the perfect word of God.
2007-02-23 13:14:49 · answer #8 · answered by sammyw1024 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋