Acts 8:37

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Is Acts 8:37 officially accepted by the Roman Catholic Church?

Additionally, is the old Biblia Sacra Vulgata obsolete with the release of the new version?
 
And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answering, said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Acts 8:37, Douay-Rheims Bible)

Yes and no. It is referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church in paragraph 454. So, its sentiments are accepted by the Church. However, it no longer appears in Catholic Bibles because it is not found in the oldest and best manuscripts of Acts.
 
Todd_Easton said:
And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answering, said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Acts 8:37, Douay-Rheims Bible)

Yes and no. It is referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church in paragraph 454. So, its sentiments are accepted by the Church. However, it no longer appears in Catholic Bibles because it is not found in the oldest and best manuscripts of Acts.
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How old is our best manuscript of Acts? Is it older than 200 AD? Irenaeus (202 AD),quoted Acts 8:37 “the believing eunuch himself: and immediately requesting to be baptized, he said, 'I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God”. It seems to me that this text is fundamental to the overal linking of the text :confused:

I can see why someone would delete it, but why would someone add it later? :confused:
 
Why is this out of the Bible? I am confused as to what is wrong with the verse.
 
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How old is our best manuscript of Acts?
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I don’t know. My remark was based on the footnote that appears in the New American Bible for this particular verse, here, and on the commentary on this verse in A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture, edit. by Dom Bernard Orchard, M.A., published by Thomas Nelson & Son, in 1953, page 1029:
37, though known to St Irenaeus, is not in the best MSS[manuscripts], and perhaps began as an early gloss to fulfil the need of some confession of faith.
 
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