Need Help! Catholic History?

[mothermary]

I saw a program on EWTN a while ago.

the man speaking told of a story about a woman who had 7to 10 sons.

There was a ruler who proposed an offer to her.

she would receive her freedom if she denied God
Her sons one by one were given offers of money, etc if they denied God.

The woman, (mother) of each son was re-assured by her that the life they are going to is more important than what is being done to them now during that time.

Each son was killed by the ruler or king.

can anyone remember who the ruler/king was or the name of this incredible story of faith? Where is it written?

I am not sure if this is Catholic or Jewish but sure would appreciate any help in finding it again.

 

[runandsew]

This story is from 2 Maccabees Chapter 7

 

[mothermary]

Thank you so much for your help. I appreciate the time you took to find this for me

This is exactly what I was looking for

Is this Catholic or Jewish? Maccabee

 

[mothermary]

I think it is in the Catholic Bible but why isn’t it in the Christian Bible? Would You Know?

 

[LilyM]

For starters, the Catholic Bible IS the Christian Bible - the unedited, no-books-removed, unexpurgated version

But seven books were called into question by Protestants during the Reformation - all from the Old Testament (so Jewish). For a time they were still included, and still are in some Protestant bibles, but labelled as ‘Deuterocanonicals’ or ‘Apocrypha’ (ie of uncertain status). Even the KJV had them originally. But now a lot of Protestant bibles don’t include them at all.

Now the two books of Maccabees (which are also Old Testament and Jewish), if I remember rightly, refer to Judas Maccabeus praying for the souls of some of his soldiers. They died in battle and were found to have been wearing pagan charms/amulets. A lot of Protestants thought this idea (praying for the souls of the dead) theologically was a no-no and the books were removed.

I imagine the others that were removed had similar problems for them from a theological standpoint. Luther actually wanted to remove the Epistle of James and the book of Revelation from the New Testament too. James especially since it refers to works being a component of salvation, as opposed to faith alone. But these were never actually removed.

 

[runandsew]

For more information about the Bible and why the Catholic Bible is different from the Protestant Bible, here is the online version of the book:
Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church
by The Right Rev. HENRY G. GRAHAM

And here is an article from Catholic Answers on The Old Testament Canon

As far as Martin Luther, I think that he had put Revelation and James into an appendix of his first addition of his translation of the Bible, giving them lesser authority that the rest of the New Testament canon, but put them back in as well as taking out the word “alone” in Romans 3:28 in which he had added to make it say what he though that it meant (.For we consider that a person is justified by faith (alone) apart from works of the law."

He downgraded James because he thought that it contradicted what Paul had written and went against Martin’s “saved by faith alone” theology, and he also downgraded Revelation because he thought that prophecy should be clearly understood (or something like that).

Maccabees gives the Jewish history from the Greek conquest of Judea, the rebellion, and then the Roman empire taking control of Judea, which was in control at the time of Jesus. This fills in the time frame from the return from the Babylonian captivity to Jesus.