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I’m new to this, so sorry If I’m doing something wrong. I’m 17 years old and I have been a Catholic all my life. about a 4 years ago I became more interested in what Catholics as a faith believes in. I’m confused if there is a different Catholic Bible that isn’t the same as other ones. if so, what makes them different, and why were they written. I’m also not sure about the differences between the denominations. I was also wondering about saints and their role in heaven and with us here. lastly I was wondering about 5 (or 7?) point calvinism, what exactically is it and what is the Church’s view on it. thanks for the help
 
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I’m new to this, so sorry If I’m doing something wrong. I’m 17 years old and I have been a Catholic all my life. about a 4 years ago I became more interested in what Catholics as a faith believes in. I’m confused if there is a different Catholic Bible that isn’t the same as other ones. if so, what makes them different, and why were they written. I’m also not sure about the differences between the denominations. I was also wondering about saints and their role in heaven and with us here. lastly I was wondering about 5 (or 7?) point calvinism, what exactically is it and what is the Church’s view on it. thanks for the help
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On the Bible:

There is one True bible and that is the Catholic Bible. The scriptures of the NT were written most likely in the 1st century AD and copies were made of the next fe hundred years and distributed to various parts of the world. Some heretical or false texts started to show up. The Church held the Council of Nicea (4th century AD) to pronounce which texts were true. They took these texts and put them in a single book called the New Testament. This is what we have today. There are several translations of the New Testament in existance. St. Jerome created a Latin translation called the Vulgate in, I believe, the 4th century from the original greek texts. This is the basis for the other translations we have today. Other translations are the Douay-rheims translation from the 1500’s, the Iganatius tranlation from the 20th century and several other modern translations.

When Matin Luther came along he disagreed with the Catholic Church on some things. Because some the scriptures disagreed with these beleifs he created his own bible by removing some the Old Testament and some of the New Testament. Later on the portions of the New Testment were put back but several books of the Old Testament were left out. This is the basis of the King James Version of the bible and what most protestants use. There are also several translations of this bible based on this abridged version. There are also some fringe groups that have some pretty wacky translations that make some signifigant changes to the text to justify their beliefs.
The Douay-rheims is your best bet. If you want a more modern translation the Ignatius is the best. I hope this helps.
 
Rhyli,

Your in a good place to learn so much about the Catholic Church.🙂 I was about your age when I began learning all I could and I LOVE it! I read books (and still do) and asked lots of questions. It all makes perfect sence and a tranquility to live my life right the way Christ wishes me to.

I live close to a beautiful Catholic Bookstore (2 actually) and I can’t get enough of Catholicism. What a fantastic gift Our Lord left us.

Blessings on your journey:angel1:
 
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