We do have an official English translation of the Latin Vulgate. It is called the Douay-Rheims. We also had 2 modern Bibles based off of the Latin Vulgate during the 20th century. One will be going back into print shortly. This is the Ronald Knox Translation.
No, of course not. I just figured that because it was the Latin Vulgate it has such a rich history and what not.
Revelation 3:3 is correct. “Do penance” that isn’t the only time that “Do penance” is in the D-R. The Latin Vulgate also states penance. Protestants don’t believe in penance so everything in their Bibles is repent or confess. All Bibles do have some error in them. But the the Latin Vulgate is free from doctrinal and moral error and the Douay-Rheims is its word for word English translation. Any more errors you can think of. If you can spot them, that is great. There are much less errors in the D-R than in the JB, NJB, RSV-CE, NRSV and NAB combined
No they were changed to fit Protestant doctrine.
So you’re saying that the original Hebrew and Greek is wrong when compared to the Vulgate?
No, but the Vulgate was translated from the original Hebrew and Greek and is the most accurate Bible. But unless you know how to read and speak Greek or Hebrew you probably aren’t going to understand it. If the Vulgate says the Hebrew and Greek say “Penance” then it is “Penance” I don’t go back and change the word of God. The Catholic Church was lucky enough to give us the Bible we have today.
So if I go look at the greek in Revelation 3:3 it’s going to say “do penance” and not “repent” is what you’re saying right?
If you can read Greek, that is what it will say. Why would the Catholic Church give us something that is faulty???
Let’s see here…
It was translated “penance” for 1125 years, then after the rise of Protestanism, there bibles translated it as “repent” which Greek texts are you using? Those used in modern Bibles today are not as accurate as those translated by St. Jerome from 382-400. We can’t prove that those manuscripts are older than the ones that St. Jerome used. You said that the Vulgate has a rich history and such in one of your posts. Since you stated the D-R has errors in it, doesn’t that make the Vulgate faulty as well as the manuscripts that St. Jerome used. I highly doubt St. Jerome would change words to benefit Catholic teaching. The Protestants refuse to accept Catholic teaching so they changed words to benefit their doctrine, which is false. Repent and Penance are similar in definition. Protestants refuse to use the word penance although it is accurate. Not to say that repent isn’t accurate, but it is only half accurate
We have the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which is the best companion to the Bible ever written. We have the Magisterium, which has never taught error in faith and morals. And, oh yes, Catholics wrote Scriptures in the context of Catholicism for Catholics, and assembled the inspired written Tradition into the Bible.
Well good for you! Where was all this purity and authority when the Saeculum obscurum was going on?
(Edited) You are Protestant and more than like of some denomination.
St. Jerome had the best known manuscripts during his time. The versions of the Vulgate up to the release of the Nova Vulgata were based on the same manuscripts. I personally don’t agree with the Nova Vulgata fully. It omits in Luke 1:28, “Blessed art thou among women” Indeed each edition of the Vulgate improved on the previous edition. Scientist cannot prove that the manuscripts found 200 years ago were more accurate or older. I don’t even think we can put a date when the manuscripts that St. Jerome used deteriated. Still the fact remains that Latin Vulgate is the only Bible free from doctrinal and moral error. Why would we need a modern translation of the Vulgate in English anyway? We can’t prove that these manuscripts being used are more accurate than those used. We can only assume that St. Jerome had the most accurate.
