02-25-2007, 09:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2007, 09:53 AM by Faith Hope Charity.)
Glory to the Word made flesh!
Assalamu alykum everybody...
:banghead: If someone can find the word "original" in my above quote, I'll consider reverting to Islam (no editing, moderators ;)).
The Holy Bible is the property of the Catholic Church - the collection of books which formed the Holy Bible were declared canonical in the 4th century AD by the Catholic Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The first non-Catholic Bible was produced by Martin Luther (RIP) more than 1000 years after. Luther (RIP) by his own self-appointed authority removed 7 books from the O/T & 7 from the N/T (the N/T books were later readmitted at the request of one of his followers).
Protestants are free to do what they want with their versions & teachings, but as you stated in another post, the majority of Anglican ministers (the mastermind denomination behind he KJV) don't even believe what's written in the Holy Bible, therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if they modify it in years to come.
The only part of the Holy Bible that the Catholic Church would & could change is the commentary section.
The pure, revealed, living & Incarnate Word of God is Jesus Christ. The Sacred Scriptures contain the Word of God & because they're divinely inspired, they become the written word of God. Only the Catholic Church has the right to transmit the Word/word of God & she does so in light of Sacred Tradition which is also divinely inspired & cannot err.
"ROME HAS SPOKEN, CASE IS CLOSED" (St Augustine - 4th Century AD).
If you manage to track down one dogma pertaining to faith/morals which the Church has altered in any way, shape or form throughout Christian history, I'll reach for my veil, race to the mosque & shout the Shahadah from the tops of my lungs... :shahadah:
Thanks for respecting my beliefs. I respect yours too, bro. I'll try not to overly insist on truth in the future... so long as you quit lecturing me on Catholicism & begin educating me more on Islam. The authenticity of the Qur'an is a good place to start :)
God bless all His people & holy books of the world!