I once heard that the catholic version Bible didn'thave the 10 commandments like all the other Bibles as far as the second commandment which is "thou shall not worship idols or any craven images of wood, stone,etc..." but something about 'keeping celebrations blessed'. It would make sense since they pray to saints and Mary instead of directly to Jesus all the time, but I'm not here to make judgment, Only God can (and will) do that. I just want to know as faras refference-wise
(Altho I have a feeling this will inevitably spark controversy)
Thanks in advance to anyone who answers the question!
God bless!
2007-08-01 07:45:56 · 19 answers · asked by Miguel O 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, the 10 commandments are the same. They have the graven images commandment is the same - and it's not just about worshipping them, it's about making them.
The Catholic Bible was put together in the late 4th century and was the first single volume Bible. The Protestant Bible came about in the Protestant Reformation when Martin Luther et al removed the Deuterocanonicals from the Bible because they believed those books should never have been included in the first place. It's an interesting debate.
But the 10 Commandments are basically the same for all of Christianity. Judaism views them a little differently.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. (King James Version)
2007-08-01 07:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that's not true. In the Catholic tradition (and the Lutheran tradition, as well), the commandment against idolatry is part of the First Commandment - which makes sense, since the First Commandment is "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me".
It's also not true that we pray to the saints in the same way that we pray to God. I'm attaching a link below to a website that does a good job of explaining Catholic practices and beliefs (www.catholic.com).
2007-08-01 07:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
right here we bypass lower back. yet another Catholic basher. this is Friday night. Your social existence could be adverse so take it out on the Catholics. Catholics did no longer substitute the Bible. Catholics had the 1st New testomony. They positioned it mutually. this is all wherein translation you employ. Do you examine a Bible which fits back to the unique Hebrew or Greek or Latin? Catholics have been those to place the Bible mutually from historic manuscripts into the Books we've immediately. If there is any substitute, this is because of the fact words substitute once you translate them into different languages. examine the unique manuscript in its unique language in the previous you throw dirt at Catholics.
2016-10-09 00:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by teters 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
finding the truth to this really shouldn't be so hard for you. first you could get an actual "catholic bible" and look it up yourself. you'd find pretty much the same you would in any other translations.
catholics consider the phrases dealing with idols to be part of the first commandment: no other gods. the second is considered to be "thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain" [deuteronomy 5:11]. if you look at the actual text, it's all a matter of where you make the divisions and how you number the commandments but it's all there, no differences.
2007-08-01 10:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by lar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Bible is a Catholic Book. Versions outside of the catholic one are the ones that have changed
2007-08-01 08:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
The Bible is the same.
However there are actually three versions of the Ten Commandments, Jewish, Catholic (and Lutheran), and Protestant taken from Exodus Chapter 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy Chapter 5:6-21.
With the new revelations of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in the early Catholic Church, a slightly different emphasis was placed on different commandments.
Then 1500 years later, the Protestant in objecting to certain Catholic practices, once again changed the emphasis of the Ten Commandments.
+ Jewish Ten Commandments (before 1000 B.C.E.)
1. I am the Lord your G-d who has taken you out of the land of Egypt.
2. You shall have no other gods but me.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your G-d in vain.
4. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy.
5. Honor you mother and father.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Source: http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Torah/Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html
+ Catholic (and Lutheran) Ten Commandments (about 100 C.E.)
1. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
3. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it, you shall not do any work.
4. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ***, or anything that is your neighbor's.
Source: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1ind.htm
+ Protestant Ten Commandments (about 1600 C.E.)
1. You shall have no other gods but me.
2. You shall not make unto you any graven images
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
4. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
5. Honor your mother and father
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor
Source: http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Bible%20Studies/10%20Commandments.htm
With love in Christ.
2007-08-01 16:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that isn't true at all. The second commandment in that group of commandments is still the same. They didn't re-write the Bible.
2007-08-01 08:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by One Odd Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two links below show Exodus chapter 20. One is NIV one is from the NAB, a Roman Catholic Bible.
You tell me what has been changed.
Pastor Art
2007-08-01 07:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, that's just ignernt.
The bible that the Roman Catholics use have a few more apocryphal books and number some of the other books a little differently, but that's all.
Whoever told you that was just trying to diss Catholics.
2007-08-01 07:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by Acorn 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The catholics changed all of the commandments and the meaning of the commandments. For 300 years adultery meant molesting children. 100 years ago they changed the meaning to mean having sex outside of marriage and guess what priests have been doing with wild abandon since then. Also, at one time celibacy meant not being married, it had nothing to do with having sex which is why at one time some of the criteria for choosing a pope was which one had the fewest concubines and fewest illegitimate child the church would have to support.
2007-08-01 07:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋