Bible study programs - are they teaching what the catholic church believes?

[carolm]

Wondering if anyone else is concerned ,as I am, about the very
‘liberal’ approach certain ‘theologians’ are taking on bible
translations? It is a real problem here in Western New York.
I have been unable to find a local institution or group which is loyal
to the magisterium. The worst is a group led by two nuns and a
priest which is very attractive to those who want to learn in an
in depth manner. However, the ‘hidden adgenda’, which is presented
along with the bible ‘lecture’, is usually very political (anti-Bush- for
example), supportive of female priests, leans toward the 'woman’s
rights platform, and genrallly tries to win everyone including
conservatives like myself to their ‘side’ of all issues. Bible interpretation leans very much to the idea of questioning and
disecting all the “stories”. Needless to say, they stray far a
field at times from the curriculum which taken by itself is very
much approved by the Catholic Church.
I now attend Stuebenville University and am very satisfied.
My concern is for the droves of good Catholics who attend these
programs which really end up ‘humanizing’ Christ to the point that
even His miracles are explained away. For example, the
miracle we know as the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
was really a ‘miracle of sharing’ as the people shared their food
with one another. Our Lord’s part is minimized to say the least.
If anyone has experienced something like this - were you
able to do anything about it? In Christ, carolm

 

[awalt]

I think that is why the CCC even tells us we have our own responsibility to read the Bible, think, and learn to discern. Catholics going to a Bible study class and believing everything said is no different than people reading a Sola Scriptua article and becoming Protestant IMHO.

Hiss is a simple exercise for Catholics who are really trying to grow their faith; one thing I have always done, if I hear an interpretation, or meaning of verses, or something I didn’t know, I rejoice in having heard it, and then I use that as a learning exercise to research it on my own. I may not be good enough to sit at a table and debate professional apologists, but I know right from wrong in what the Magisterium teaches in a lot of cases. Ding this is actually a lot of fun, and I usually learn more things in the process because it could be an area of the Bible or CCC that I am not as familiar with!

PS - I hate to be perceived as negative, because I am not - I am a realist. We can do our best, but the Bible and CCC both teach that to the end of time their will be many who do not believe in the One True Church. In fact, the numbers will increase in the end. I only say this to remind us all, don’t be surprised at the continual onslaught of tempters, secularists, relativists, and others that slander and misguide. That’s why this is earth and not Heaven

 

[Fidelis]

That there are these heterodox Bible studies (and other Church education) out there is an unfortunate reality of our time, a sad legacy of the highjacking of Vatican II. The solution, however, is not to wring our hands and comiserate, but to be part of the solution!

The fact that you are attending the FUS is a great start. There you can acquire the tools to come back and perhaps be part of a grass-roots effort to reverse the tide. There is no end to the great orthodox Bible and other studies available these days (see my website below for some suggestions). All it takes is for someone to step up, even in a small way, and start retaking the world for Christ, one Bible study at a time.