Should catholics release all hidden bible doucements?

Question

It is no secret that the the catholic chruch had edit the bible to their liking over the past 1000 years, should they be forced to give us the uncut version of the bible so we can get the truth!

Answer 1

sure a director's cut, the unrated version

Answer 2

While I am sure that there are documents that the Catholic Church has never released, I would not characterize those as "hidden bible documents". The items you refer to would be Gnostic sources and the like. Relative to the often suggested "editing of the bible", lets remember what we do know for certain:

There are currently over 24,000 manuscripts containing portions of the New Testament. Over 5,000 of these old manuscripts are in NT Greek. Numerous other manuscripts are in Latin, Syriac, or another language.

Thus, it would have been physically impossible to manipulate so many texts from so many sources. Further, the entire NT (except for several verses) can be reconstructed via ancient quotes alone.

The varied sources for textual comparison are so diverse that any attempt at "manipulation" would be physically impossible. In short, the bible as we have it today is extremely accurate to the original text...

Further Comments:
Per the things I mentioned above, there is no question over the wording of 98.5 percent of the Bible. Despite the centuries of copying the OT/NT Biblical manuscripts, only 1.5% contain any questions on content/wording (BTW: the NT is 99.5% accurate to original wording). No ancient writings of the entire world approach the accuracy of the biblical documents.

The remaining 1.5 percent does not affect any doctrinal beliefs. The vast majority of variant readings consist mainly in variations of wording and spelling.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church gave us the Bible, period. The bishops of the Catholic Church, gathered in Council at Carthage, North Africa in 397 AD, finalized the Canon of Scripture once and for all time, selecting 73 divinely inspired texts and binding them into a book for the first time. That is when "the Bible" as we know it came into existence. Since then, not a word of the bible has been changed by the Catholic Church. The only "editing" that has been done was by Martin Luther, who threw out 7 Old Testament books of God's Holy Word, tried to throw out 3 New Tesmanent books (fortunately his followers would not allow him to trash the writings of the Apostles themselves), and added words to the text. If you want the uncut version of the Bible, it is available at any Catholic bookstore. Otherwise you'll just have to do the best you can with an incomplete Protestant version.

Answer 4

Although it is likely that parts of the Bible which seemed to present challenges to conventional beliefs were destroyed throughout history, what is important is whether the message is affected. And, I dont believe that any new "truth" is revealed should we learn new details about the life of Jesus, etc-- because the real truth of the Bible (that of moral rather than historical) is already here right now for those with open eyes and ears.

Many people are frantically searching for such controversial documents to stir argumentation against other groups of people for mostly selfish and shallow motives, for example, to incite a believers vs. non-believers conflict for political gain- which exactly against the way we should be living according to the Bible's actual message on how to live in peace with our neighbors.

So to answer your question, "releasing" new specific documents is difficult- because determining their accuracy as "bibilical" writigs is not always so easy (Mark as the earlier gospel was written in 60 AD for example), and the real tradition of the Bible has already been well formualted to what it is today. Possible alternative scriptures can and probably should be discussed, but there is no need to "add" to a Bible that has already given the true spiritiual sense to people around the world.

Sadly, most people don't seem prepared to discussing different Biblical-related documents without attaching a whip of ridicule and attack against others. These weak moves, even if eventually resulting in strength demonstrated at the receiving end, are only designed to hurt individuals rather than love them. Such attacks are simply rooted in one's OWN fears and weaknesses.

Only time will tell how we evolve spiritually to adapt to new sources of enlightenment. I can say this though, these things happen slowly, and over generations. The church is a fragile institution, but it should choose to discuss openly different documents as ancient writings of religious interest, and always remain focused on Jesus message in the different contexts.

While a pure/objective historical examination is noteworthy, tainting it with a lust for destruction is unecessary; any intention to rock the tenants of the belief in God for some perons is possibly the worst thing one person can do to another. As it is diffucult to seperate this historical search from the negative reprecussions regarding religious commitments of current followers, the Church thus must handle information with care and focus on what is unaffected- the moral messages in the Bible for its people to live with God everyday.

Answer 5

Was Doucements a pun? If not, then yes I think it would be awesome in the Catholic Church release all of their vaulted archive information.

Answer 6

It isn't just a Catholic thing.

The modern English bible was correlated by James I (which is why it's called the King James I Bible).

There are gospels by women that were not included - one even by Mary Magdelene.

I very much doubt that they'll be released generally though. Some of it would be too controversial for the modern church to accept.

Just imagine - a woman wrote! She must have commitied another version of original sin! Lets persecute women for centuries again! (Joke)

Answer 7

The Vatican is locked down tighter than fort Knox.We will never get our hands on the secrets,I wish.One of the things which troubles me is that they do exorcism daily,whilst the rest of the world says mental illness.

Answer 8

The Catholic Church uses the same Bible it has always used. It was Martin Luther who removed the 7 books that are in the Catholic Bible. We Catholics kept these books.

God bless,
Stanbo

Answer 9

Getting the Vatican to release all the ancient texts they have kept in hiding for almost 1,700 years at their Archives will be called a "true miracle".

I doubt that they would ever agree to such thing.

Answer 10

They don't have to give it to us. It is the same Bible that has existed from the beginning. There is one in the Vatican, and one in the British Museum.Thousands of early Christian writers confirm both copies, verse for verse. They both agree with each other. No one changes the Bible.
The Oldest Koran in existance, is also in the British Museum.

Answer 11

There is no hidden bible documentation. People just love to believe in conspiracies, because were all parnoid. Get over it.