Question:
So the Bible was just updated today, who gives them the right?
2011-03-03 12:28:42 UTC
Did anyone see the news that the Catholic church just updated the Bible? Who gives them the right? Did God tell them too? Or did the publishing houses tell them too?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110302/us_nm/us_religion_bible
25 answers:
Crazy Face :)
2011-03-03 12:33:49 UTC
The catholic church and everyone who translated the bible in the first place did it however they felt like it. I believe it has been edited too much and so much was lost in translation that is no longer what it was mean't to be when it was written in latin. This isn't something new, just their latest edition of the book they wrote. And in it, it says not to revise it. Pretty ironic, huh?
Tantum Ergo 2
2011-03-03 12:36:14 UTC
The bible was originally written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic. It was later all translated into greek, then into latin, then into every other language in the world. We've since gone back to the original greek, for a more direct translation of what the bible says, but ultimately, as with any translation of anything, no translation will ever be entirely precise and carry all the meaning the the original did. The best we can do is keep trying, and hope we arrive at something that carries the same general message.



If you really want a non-updated bible, well, I hope you've got a thorough background in four separate languages; two of them dead.



As of right now, there are over 100 different versions of the bible in English alone, many of them leaving books or verses out, or changing verses without the teaching authority needed to justify such changes.



The Catholic Church, however, DOES have teaching authority. It received this authority right from the lips of Jesus himself, and it created the bible in the first place. Furthermore, the entire new testament was written by Catholics. I think they have the right to do this. The Holy Spirit will protect them from error.
?
2011-03-03 12:42:01 UTC
That's been going on for as long as the Christian church translated from manuscripts. Even the King James Version was an updated version in it's time. Some time before that, the Roman Catholic Church would only allow versions in Latin to be produced legally.



So, it's nothing new. There is a new version of the New International Version as well.



(New International Version, ©2011)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NIV



I think the chiefest of reasons is that the languages keep changing.
?
2016-11-30 17:23:20 UTC
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?
2011-03-03 12:36:25 UTC
All Bibles, except those written in Koine, Hebrew and Aramaic are translations. The Catholic Church didn't "update" it - in the New American Bible *translation* they substituted some translated words to better reflect contemporary usage.



Examples: "booty" was updated to "spoils of war." "Cereal" was updated to "grain."



This has always been necessary because current languages are always changing.
SpiritRoaming
2011-03-03 12:38:47 UTC
Read the article please.



"to better reflect modern understanding"



"Nearly 50 scholars from ALL faiths and a committee of Roman Catholic bishops"



"The revisions more accurately reflect translations of ancient Hebrew and Greek versions of the Old Testament and the constant evolution of modern-day language. For example, the word "holocaust," which for most people refers to the World War Two genocide of Jews, was changed to "burnt offerings," which clarifies the original, positive idea of making offerings to God.



"Booty," which has come to have a sexual connotation, was changed to "spoils of war;" and "cereal," which many think of as breakfast food, became "grain" to reference loads of wheat.



In a change in a passage in Isaiah 7:14 that foretells the coming of Jesus and his birth to a virgin mother, the 1970 edition's reference to "the virgin" will become "the young woman," to better translate the Hebrew word "almah."



"The bishops and the Bible are not signaling any sort of change in the doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus. None whatsoever," Sperry added."





geesh
2011-03-03 12:58:44 UTC
It's our bible, we have every right. God has never left the Church.



1Timothy 3:15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.



"pillar and foundation of the truth"



Peace be with you



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?
2011-03-03 12:43:57 UTC
They're updating a translation. And it's their translation, so of course they have the right.



Looking over the described changes, I see that most are intended to prevent misunderstandings due to changes in American English. "Booty," for example, is now likely to be misunderstood.



They probably should have changed "cereal" and "holocaust" in the 1970 revision, actually.
2011-03-03 12:33:08 UTC
Anyone who wants can translate the Bible, and, since there is rarely a one to one correspondence between words in two different languages, they will have some freedom in determining how they translate.
happygael
2011-03-03 13:56:02 UTC
so a couple of words had their meanings changed The church changed the words to keep them in line with the biblical meanings. What is the big deal?
:)
2011-03-03 12:48:22 UTC
this is not the first time that random people felt they had the power and right to update the bible. it has happened many times in past 2000 years since the bible was first revealed. thats why the bible is not an authentic source. its not a reliable religious book. this is the exact reason why God had to send another prophet with a nother book. Thats the book that God has protected. The bible is not the protected book of God. You have to find out which is the right book of God.
2011-03-03 12:32:19 UTC
You do realise that translation is a very subjective process, and meanings change and need updating in English and other languages.
Tolstoyevsky
2011-03-03 15:10:41 UTC
The Nerve of them! Gets your blood pressure up just thinking about it, doesn't it!



You're not the first person on yahoo that has been screaming in outrage over this. We are So grateful you said something.
2011-03-03 15:00:23 UTC
What's your beef? The idea is to make the bible's meanings more understandable for today's readers--or do you prefer the thees, thous, yes, and so forth? Or is it that it's Catholic that your toes are curling?
♪Jackie Blue♪
2011-03-03 12:37:15 UTC
I say if they want to change the word booty, they need to just go back to the original form of the word. If people just read and understood the words and phrases in the bible, there would not be a need to rewrite just to accommodate those that don't have the intelligence to understand what is being said.
Marysia
2011-03-03 14:36:11 UTC
the same thing that gives those who publish the NIV and many other bibles.

what does the word intercourse mean to you???

how about conversation!?! guess words change meaning over time!

do you question when the dictionary changes and they take words OUT and out words IN?!
oldguy63
2011-03-03 12:30:13 UTC
Updating does nt mean changing it, it means updating the language since words change meaning over time and usage.
2011-03-03 12:30:06 UTC
Did you think that the bible had never been updated before?

Why do you think there are so many versions?
Devils Advocate
2011-03-03 12:34:18 UTC
The Bible is slightly our of copyright, so it's open season, and has been for almost two thousand years. Most sects and denominations have their own interpretations and translations anyway, so I have to say "whats new already?" Serves god right for making his holy book so ambiguous!
2011-03-03 12:34:47 UTC
The people who accept any translation that comes their way give them this right.
?
2011-03-03 12:30:23 UTC
If you are Catholic then you have to believe the Pope spoke with God.



If you are not Catholic then why do you care what they do with their version of the Bible?
2011-03-03 12:32:27 UTC
The bible has been updated and changed pretty much from the day it was written.
Anthony Stark
2011-03-03 12:37:31 UTC
So, Mary Sperry found me the love of my life!



It was so complicated that I'd never have blah blah yaddah yaddahhh...



I won't even thumb you down...
?
2011-03-03 12:34:38 UTC
I am waiting for the Pope to perform a miracle like is required of true prophets and apostles...
?
2011-03-03 12:31:01 UTC
because they don't appreciate the irony.



If i have a shovel, and I replace the blade five times and the handle six times is it still the same shovel?


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