superchunk on 20 March 2008
| marciosmg said: @superchunck - i knew that the catholic bible was different than protestant bible. I just didnt know that protestants had so many versions of theirs. Since i live in a country thats mostly catholic and only now evangelics are really starting to grow, i never really got to know this fact. You say that the catholic bible has a completely different set of books than other Christian bibles. but i learned that the only difference is in the Old Testament where catholic has more books (1st and 2nd Maccabees, Baruch, Tobit, Judith, The Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), additions to Esther, and Susanna and Bel and the Dragon which are included in Daniel - got this off the internet dont know if its accurate). Is that what you meant? Also, I do recall that theres a part of the New Testament, where theres a line in the catholic bible that there isnt in protestant bible. Is that true or is my mind playing tricks on me? |
You're right. My wording was poorly done. I didn't mean to imply that it is 100% or even close to that different. Catholic bibles have a few more books and the translations are obviously different in many cases as well, which is the primary difference among the other various bibles. Translation or interpretation from the aramaic, greek, jewish texts.
