Report it in writing to the principle asking for this to be corrected. If no reply send a copy to the Diocese.
I checked out amazon.com about it and it appears that it also includes the extra books of the old testament that’s in Catholic bibles. I added one of the comments below of someone that did a review of the book. From what I can tell, it gives the Catholic translation as well as how other churches translate it. I guess I don’t see the problem as long as the Catholic translation is emphasized.
Tonyagrace said:
Thank you for your thoughts on this very important issue. My heart is heavy on this one and that is why I have posted this question today. I am a Convert as well and I have found that the Good News Translation “ommits clues to the meaning of a passage and iconsistant in how words are rendered.”
I’m not a convert, I was just a clueless Catholic who was challenged about his faith; therefore I took RCIA. Because I felt a passion to defend my Catholic viewpoint (as you are showing from your examples that you’ve given), I volunteered to be a CCD teacher last year and I’m teaching 6th grade CCD.
I think it is great what you are doing Joey, reaching people where they are. But these are my young (elementary) children that are impressionable, I send them to Catholic school to reinforce what I teach at home. I want them to learn everything there is to know about the Catholic Church, faith, and doctrines that is why I pay Catholic School Tuition in addition to Property taxes to the local school district. Didn’t Jesus say something like; “do not hinder the little children.”
I stand corrected…
So whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ?
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Okay this is not a personal attack, it is not that I think Protestant Bibles are so bad. I just feel they are overly Protestant. For example Martin Luther in his translation added to the famous verse in Romans the word “alone.” SO Luther’s translation reads; “we are justified by faith alone.” The Catholic Bible reads; “we are justified by faith.”So whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ?
Are our Bibles so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad ?
I’m a Protestant and I use several translations of the Bible, inclusive Catholic ones and even an Orthodox one from time to time ( in Romanian )…
Since, according to some of the answers I’ve read before answering your post, this Protestant Bible contains the Deuterocanonical books, I don’t see what the problem is …
Anyway in France, both Catholics and Protestants ( Orthodox believers too ) use an Ecumenical Translation called TOB ( the French initials for : Ecumenical Translation of the Bible ) ; it contains all the books included in the Catholic and Orthodox canons ; for the Deuterocanonical books there is a note somewhere that says that these books are not included in the Protestant canons ( just in case some Protestants would be too absent-minded to notice …
True, I don’t know if there is the “Imprimatur” or and “Nihil Obstat” stamps, since for us they don’t “mean” anything although I know that for Catholics it’s important ; I’ll check at home, if it is the case it is a good idea to have at least one common translation.
In my church ministers use several translations inclusive Catholic ones ; since they usually know the original languages, if a Catholic translator is closer to the original meaning of a passage he will also use this translation …
Maybe we’re more inquisitive ( curious ) than American Protestants …
No he did not miss it. That is one of the reasons he tried to have it removed. Imagine if he had succeeded
What does “RCIA” mean ???
