Whats the difference between bibles?

Question

can someone please tell me the difference between catholic bible and christian bible

Answer 1

In first century Jerusalem there were at least four OT Canons in use by different Jewish Groups. There was the Canon of the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Ethiopian Jews and the Diaspora/Essene Jews. Jesus and the disciples used the Septuagint which was the Canon of the Diaspora/Essenes. We know this because it is quoted in the New Testament. This Canon continued to be the Canon of Christians until after the Reformation and, in fact until about 200 years ago when the Protestants adopted a condensed version of the Canon eliminating the Deuterocanonicals from their Bibles. Even the AKJ originally contained the complete Christian Canon. It has been said by critics of Christ’s Church that the Deuterocanonicals were never believed to be inspired and just the opposite is true. The decision by Christians as to which books are inspired and useful for teaching was decided at the African Synods in the late fourth and early fifth century. There was never a question about their inspiration.

The OT Canon chosen by the Protestants is actually a Jewish Canon not chosen by the Jews until after the establishment of Christianity as a result of the spread of Christianity to slow the growth of the new group in Jerusalem after the fall of the Temple in 70AD. Until then as I said previously there were many Canons in use. The adoption of the Canon missing the Deuterocanonicals united the Jews against the Christians was decided in the Jewish Council of Jamnia because the Deuterocanonicals referred too strongly to the Messiah fulfilled in Christ.

Some Protestants will claim that only the Jews have the authority to choose Canon but the Church deferred that decision to Christ and the disciples and it is clear through biblical research, that the Septuagint is the Bible used by the first century Church and quoted in the NT Scriptures. The fact that Protestants choose to adopt the Canon that was approved by the same Jews that accused our Lord that resulted in His crucifixion suggests the source of this confusion as from the father of lies who led the Pharisees to accuse Christ and petition for His punishment. It is another way that Satan divides the body of Christ and separates the faithful denying Christ’s prayer that we all be one in Christ through His Church. The Christian Church has always used the Septuagint as Canon and never the truncated version of modernist Protestants.

Some Protestants erroneously believe that Catholics added to the Bible with the Deuterocanonicals but this shows an ignorance of their own history and the history of Christianity as witnessed by Christ’s Church. The facts are that the Protestants removed the Deuterocanonicals and even considered strongly to remove some of the NT books currently in use by Protestants and Catholics. Fr. Martin Luther was in favor of removing the book of James because it conflicted with His heretical man made doctrines of the “Solas”, Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide. The heretic Ulrich Zwingli wanted to remove the Gospel of John because of its teaching of the commandment to Eat Christ’s Body and drink His Blood which contradicted his view of a real absence of Christ instead of a real presence in the Eucharist. Even Fr. Martin Luther could not endorse such a departure from Scriptures and deny that Christ is truly and really present in the Eucharist in Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.

In Christ

Fr. Joseph

Answer 2

Here, you can see a list of scriptures included in various types of bibles

http://www.jimpettis.com/jimpettis/bible...

For this discussion, what is important is the RC (Roman Catholic) and AP (Apocrypha) sections.

For at least 1200 years, all bibles included the entire Apocrypha (excepting, in certain instances, the book Baruch!)

Martin Luther was the first to separate the scriptures of the Apocrypha into their own section, which he titled "Apocrypha".  He *never* omitted these scriptures from any of his bibles, but did claim that they were not inspired (he made the same claim of James and Revelation).

According to the HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, the Puritans were the first to produce a bible in *any* language that omitted the Apocrypha.  This was in the late 1590s.  The practice grew in popularity in other sects and other nations after that time.  The King James Version, for example, includes the Apocrypha, though it is common today for editions to omit this section (and many other valuable portions of the King James translation)

http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/pri...

So, with that background, here is the answer to your question

1) Catholic bibles always include the entire Roman Catholic canon (but modern Catholic bibles usually do *not* include the entire Apocrypha)

2) Catholic bibles integrate the scriptures of the Apocrypha (they call them "deutero-canonicals") with the Old Testament.  Non-catholic bibles separate the Apocrypha into a separate section or omit it altogether.

3) Catholic bibles use verse-numbering and chapter-division based on the Vulgate.  Non-catholic bibles use verse-numbering and chapter-division based on an alternate tradition (found first in English in the Geneva Bible).  Neither agree with the Hebrew verse-numbering and chapter-division system.  More on this here

http://www.jimpettis.com/jimpettis/bible...

More on the Apocrypha and whether you should have a bible that includes it here

http://www.jimpettis.com/jimpettis/bible...

Jim

Answer 3

Whomsoever is the person editing it to twist it into favoring what the editor wants it to say to benefit himself.

Answer 4

I think you mean, what is the difference between Catholic and Protestant bibles -- Catholics are Christians also.

The difference is in the number of books in the Old Testament.

In Jesus' day, there were two Jewish bibles, for the Jewish people had not yet settled on one list of biblical books.  One was in Hebrew, used by the Jews in Palestine.  The other one was the Greek translation, called the Septuagint.  In the book of Acts and elsewhere, the apostles -- writing in Greek -- regularly quote from the Greek bible.

However, the Hebrew bible had only the 39 books in the Protestant Old Testament.

But the Greek bible had also such books as Tobit, 1 and 2 Maccabbees, Wisdom, Sirach, Judith, and Bel and the Serpent.

In Catholic bibles, those books still are retained in the Old Testament, as they were for centuries in the early Church.

In Protestant bibles, they are either not included at all, or are included in a third section called the Apocrypha.  The original King James bible included the Apocrypha.

However, the New Testament is the same, including 27 books.

Both bibles point to Jesus Christ as the messiah.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Different versions of the lies.

Answer 6

Some bibles include different amounts of the books in them.