The Catholic Bible?

Question

if it's true that there's a God,can anyone explain why are people pretending to be kind and honest (like they're praying everyday) always have the comfort and joice of life rather than the real people who's purely kind and honest....There's sumthing wrong in Catholic Bible right?It only refers to the rule of person not the rule of God in this chaotic world......

Answer 1

You have been misinformed about the Catholic Bible.

The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same with 27 Books.

The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.

The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.

The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.

After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.

The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).

The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.

1500 years later, Protestants decided to keep the Catholic New Testament but change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.

Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

All bibles originate with the "Catholic Bible." Today's Catholics have five authorized translations to choose from. The primary bible of the the Church is the St. Jerome's or the Vulgate. Though this translation isn't the most authoritative it is the bible that all others originate from (yes ALL). The bible most commonly used in the U.S. is the New American Bible (it is the most through English translation). It is where our readings for the Mass come from. The difference between the Protestant bibles and the Catholic bibles are few. The basic difference is they are missing 7 books. We use the Septuagint (written in the 3rd century BC and quoted by Christ) and they use the Hebrew version (gathered in the middle ages). The seven books are called "Deuterocanical" (meaning second rule or law) and not apocrypha. Apocrypha is a Protestant label that we use to describe writings like the Gospel of Thomas.

Answer 3

I am more familiar with the King James Bible.
I don't think that is the teaching of the catholic Bible. Maybe you could take a course in religions of the world, attend a Bible study or talk to a catholic priest.
In very general terms, most Christian religions believe that the reason for all sins is the falling out of grace with God.
Faith does not guarantee a life on earth with no problems.
I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Ignoring the rest of your post (since, obviously, there are both praying and non-praying fakes in the world, as well as praying and non-praying honest people)...

You are entirely wrong about the "Catholic Bible", as "Catholic" bibles contain the same contents as the King James bible (not the abridged Oxford Revision in common use today), as well as many other "Protestant" bibles (RSV, NRSV, etc. etc.)

Also, there are more than 5 "authorized" "Catholic" bible versions. There are several versions that have an imprimatur. However, it may be that the U.S. Roman Catholic council of bishops have authorized only 5. This, of course, has no bearing on the decisions made in other English-speaking countries.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 5

All the scripture in the world can't change someone's heart if they don't want to change.

It sounds as though you are asking about apparant injustices, too....I look at it this way- when people hear I work for the Church (which, by the way is completely exhausting but I'd never give it up), they say "Well, you'll never get rich working there!"

I reply with a wink and a nudge- "I know, but the retirement plan is HEAVENLY!"

We must always remember to do our best in this life- because the true reward isn;t here- it comes when we die.

Answer 6

The Catholic bible has all the books of the Protestant Bible, but it includes the Apocrypha.

Answer 7

"There's sumthing wrong in Catholic Bible right?It only refers to the rule of person not the rule of God in this chaotic world......"?

I have no idea what you're talking about, could you please specify?

Answer 8

What has it got to do with the catholic bible or the protestant bible?

Answer 9

I never heard of the catholic bible.
I'd be more concerned with grammar and syntax if i were you.

Answer 10

Not the "JERUSALEM" catholic Bible I had. Why it was a BETTER translation than mah good ole KJV!