2007-06-28 00:28:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was a catholic for 19 years, ask away.
2007-06-28 00:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Encyclopedia states Bible is Skeptic and Concocted
A. THE FORMATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON (A.D. 100-220)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03274a.htm
The idea of a complete and clear-cut canon of the New Testament existing from the beginning, that is from Apostolic times, has no foundation in history. The Canon of the New Testament, like that of the Old, is the result of a development, of a process at once stimulated by disputes with doubters, both within and without the Church, and retarded by certain obscurities and natural hesitations, and which did not reach its final term until the dogmatic definition of the Tridentine Council. ("Canon of the New Testament")
There is a lot of confusion about the earliest existing texts of the Bible. The oldest extant manuscript of the Bible is believed to be the Codex Vaticanus, (preserved in the Vatican Library), which is slightly older than the Codex Sinaiticus (preserved in the British Library), both of which were transcribed in the fourth century.
As for the story of Jesus, there were at least 50 gospels written in the first and second century CE. Four of them (Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John) were included in the official canon during the fourth century CE and are found today in every Bible. All of the original copies of the gospels were lost. What we have now are handwritten copies, which are an unknown number of replications removed from the originals.
Rudolf Bultmann, a prominent 20th-century professor of New Testament studies writes about the life of Jesus:
We can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus, since the early Christian sources show no interest in either, are moreover fragmentary and often legendary; and other sources about Jesus do not exist. (Bultmann 8)
2007-06-28 00:31:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I am Catholic. Feel free to email me anytime if you have any questions concerning the Catholic Church.
2007-06-28 03:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Catholic. What's your question?
2007-06-28 01:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by sparty035 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Catholic as in universal, or Roman Catholic, there is a major difference.
2007-06-28 00:32:09 · answer #5 · answered by Robert S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm catholic
2007-06-28 00:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sυ$ιє 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the question is...
I was born and raised as Presbyterian Protestant and converted to Catholicism when I was 22. I have not looked back since then. I am now 68 and retired.
God has been good to me and my family every single day.
Peace and every blessing!
2007-06-28 01:23:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many Catholics in this forum waiting to answer your questions.
With love in Christ.
2007-06-28 17:16:24 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Is Catholic*
Degrees in Theology specializing in dogmatics, philosophy, comparative religions. Topics of interest are ecclesiology, ecumenism, Church history, early Church.
2007-06-28 04:24:32 · answer #9 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-28 00:34:37 · answer #10 · answered by Jameskan Video 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋