"Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible"

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That’s really misleading. They were not saying the Bible is inaccurate, just that it’s not all literal. Catholics have never taught that the Bible is a literal science text-book–that’s what Fundamentalists think.
 
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There is no harm in reconciling Word of God ( the original Revelation discended on the hearts of PerfectMen ProphetsMessengers if secured and preserved in the original language) and the Act of God i.e. science ascertained/discovered from the Universe, created by God. This is very essential so that children are not mislead and become atheists or ignostics; though as human beings I love them all.
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Yes it is misleading and the media should really check their headlines and what they say. Im assuming the writer is anti Christian based on how the title was done or it could have been a serious miscommunication.
 
I’m hoping that an article in the Catholic Times in the U.K.last weekend is just misleading;-
A new survey in Dublin has found that Irish parents want their children to find their own religious beliefs and will not press them to practise as catholics.The findings of the MRBI Poll for RTE Television found that 82% of parents would rather their children picked their own Faith.Only 7% of parents gave similar answers to the same question in a poll 30 years ago.12% of respondents say they no longer believe in God,while 22% do not believe in an afterlife.Commenting on the findings,David Quinn of the Iona Institute think-tank called on the Church to spend a little of its resources actually getting its message out to people.He said parishes were willing to spend millions restoring churches,but would not put emphasis on filling seats.
I agree with the last few words of the last paragraph.I try to do
my bit by handing round books by catholic apologists.I give them to those people i feel will actually read them,rather than stick them in a cupboard and forgetting about them.In addition,i ask them to pass them on when they are finished with them.I have bought as many as 3 copies of the same book.However,i am not a philanthropist.
 
GuanYuWarGod said:
timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece

Is this article true???

I find it very odd that British Catholic bishops would say something like this. Or is the media trying to get attention? Some atheists are already using it in their argument that the Bible is false. (not that I hate atheists)
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Yes, it is very true but it is nothing new. It mostly restates the concepts of Pope Paul VI in Dei Verbum (1965) and of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
 
The Bible is ‘trustworthy and true’, so to say that the Church no longer swears by the truth of the Bible is just wrong (though given it was in the Times, I’m not surprised. It’s not the paper it was since Murdoch got his hands on it).

The Church doesn’t say that the Bible is always literally true, but She never has. Indeed, there is a massive hint that not everything should be taken literally when the first two chapters of Genesis present two different creation stories, and if you didn’t get that hint then there are two different flood stories a few chapters on, and if you haven’t got the hint by then you’re probably being stubborn 🙂

Mike
 
GuanYuWarGod said:
timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece

Is this article true???

I find it very odd that British Catholic bishops would say something like this. Or is the media trying to get attention? Some atheists are already using it in their argument that the Bible is false. (not that I hate atheists)
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It is true that the “teaching document” was issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, and of Scotland. However, the document is flawed and should be corrected. It is a mis-statement of Church teachings.

The document can be read here: The Gift of Scripture

Critiques of it can be read here: The Gift of the Scripture: A Disappointing Document, by Msgr. John F. McCarthy, J.C.D., S.T.D.

and here: A Critical Review of the Document ‘The Gift of Scripture’ by Ronald L. Conte Jr.

The document, “The Gift of the Scripture,” does seem to contain serious errors, some of which may arise from a lack of lucidity in translating the Church’s teachings from Latin and other languages into English, coupled with a lack of appreciation that the Scriptures, when read in English, are being read in translation.

Spiritus Sapientiae nobiscum.

John Hiner
 
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