Were the apostles illiterate?

[Abu]

Master Edward #57
Something is definitely remiss when it is recorded in the Catholic Encyclopedia, in a favorable evaluation of the clerical mindset, there ascends the Catholic Church, which admits that it does not know who wrote its Gospels or Epistles, confessing that all twenty-seven New Testament writings began life anonymously,

The reality is that in 1911 the Pontifical Biblical Commission issued the decision that Matthew is the true author of the Gospel published under his name; the Gospel was originally written in Hebrew before the destruction of Jerusalem. [See *What Does The Church Really Say About The Bible, Edith Myers, The Wanderer Press, 1979]

Not only are the facts of Jesus miracles recorded by His own Apostles who were present – Saints Matthew and John were companions of Christ, and Saints Mark and Luke lived in constant contact with His contemporaries.

Even Adolf von Harnack, a rationalist historian of high repute among Rationalist and Protestants, wrote that the Synoptic Gospels were written before 70 A.D. – before the fall of Jerusalem, and accepted the tradition that St Luke derived his information on the infancy of Jesus from Mary His Mother. Theologische Quartalsch, Tubingen 1929, IV, p 443-4].
[See *Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, The Saint Austin Press, 2001, Sheehan/Joseph p 89, 93].

In counseling exegetes and teachers of biblical studies the Commission states: “Let him always obey the Magisterium of the Church.”

Because the authority of the original PBC has been ignored, it should be noted that Pope St. Pius X made the rulings of the Commission a part of the Magisterium, the supreme teaching authority of the Church. This extension of the Magisterium was later removed after the Second Vatican Council. Cardinal Ratzinger writes: “The Pontifical Biblical Commission, in its new form after the Second Vatican Council, is not an organ of the teaching office, but rather a commission of scholars …” [5]

Its promulgated decrees were and remain to this day ordinary Magisterial teaching. But after Vatican II the PBC no longer enjoyed this authority.
Note:
5. Preface to The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church, Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1993.
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[Barbara_Ann_Bau]

In Luke 4: 15-17 Jesus “reads” the sacred scriptures

Luke 4:16-17
16 He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read
17 and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:

It is likely that all the Apostles could read the Hebrew. However it is also likely that most could not read Greek or Latin which were the written languages of times

 

[Master_Edward]

Will we now change Acts 4:13 regarding illiterate Apostles?

The reality is that in 1911 the Pontifical Biblical Commission issued the decision that Matthew is the true author of the Gospel published under his name; the Gospel was originally written in Hebrew before the destruction of Jerusalem. [See *What Does The Church Really Say About The Bible,

Edith Myers, The Wanderer Press, 1979]

Not only are the facts of Jesus miracles recorded by His own Apostles who were present – Saints Matthew and John were companions of Christ, and Saints Mark and Luke lived in constant contact with His contemporaries.

Even Adolf von Harnack, a rationalist historian of high repute among Rationalist and Protestants, wrote that the Synoptic Gospels were written before 70 A.D. – before the fall of Jerusalem, and accepted the tradition that St Luke derived his information on the infancy of Jesus from Mary His Mother. Theologische Quartalsch, Tubingen 1929, IV, p 443-4].
[See *Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, The Saint Austin Press, 2001, Sheehan/Joseph p 89, 93].

In counseling exegetes and teachers of biblical studies the Commission states: “Let him always obey the Magisterium of the Church.”

Because the authority of the original PBC has been ignored, it should be noted that Pope St. Pius X made the rulings of the Commission a part of the Magisterium, the supreme teaching authority of the Church. This extension of the Magisterium was later removed after the Second Vatican Council. Cardinal Ratzinger writes: “The Pontifical Biblical Commission, in its new form after the Second Vatican Council, is not an organ of the teaching office, but rather a commission of scholars …” [5]

Its promulgated decrees were and remain to this day ordinary Magisterial teaching. But after Vatican II the PBC no longer enjoyed this authority.
Note:
5. Preface to The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church, Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1993.
rtforum.org/lt/lt94.html

 

[Abu]

Master Edward #61
Will we now change Acts 4:13 regarding illiterate Apostles?

The reality:
“Saints Peter and John were ordinary citizens and unlearned in the teaching of the Rabbis. Their scriptural knowledge aroused astonishment.”
A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture, Dom Bernard Orchard, General and New Testament Editor, Thomas Nelson, 1953, p 1027].