As an Orthodox Christian, I appreciate this nuanced take on the canon of Scripture, especially your comparison of the Catholic view with the Orthodox view. Thank you, Fr. Casey.
Guys, HERE is the Original Semitic Text. You NEED to READ This YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@pipsasqeak820 Did you read what I shared? This jesus is The Great Deception, YaH The Heavenly Father was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT this jesus. Isn’t that AWESOME? Praise YaH
As an (almost former) Protestant, this videos are extremely helpful. I just desperately wish the Catholic and Orthodox Churches were in communion with each other again
Yup. It would be great to be in communion with Rome. I’m not sure how that would happen. I don’t think Orthodoxy would ever accept universal jurisdiction and I have a hard time seeing Catholicism giving that up.
@@JhokiOK Please look at the history of how Eastern Catholic Churches came to be. They are not a sign of the Orthodox Church being in union with Rome. At this point they’re mostly not second class citizens in the Catholic Church anymore and most of them have gotten over the coercion used to get many of them to join in the first place.
@@johnathanrhoades7751 trust me I know enough because I am member of such church. Our bysanthine Catholics church became part of the catholic church after Uzgorod union in 17th century, till then we were part of the Easter Orthodox church 😉
Im a protestant and have a Catholic bible, i love the maccabees being a history nerd, and Alexander the great gets a mention, keep up the good work Father, much love , May the peace of Christ be with you
I recently started reading scripture daily, and as a former protestant, now a catholic convert, I have not taken scripture as seriously as I do now. It took a while to get to where I am, but God has gotten me on the right track
You are converted into a wellknown false religion which is full of man made traditions & rituals. Idolatry is an abomination in God's eyes and satan who never sleeps has put you on the bandwagon so high time to revert. These are the last days we are living in and we must focus only on Jesus & not on catholic saints & mary
@@carealoo744 Lol! The Catholic Bible doesn't have extra books! Martin Luther removed 7 books from the Catholic Bible, therefore, as beautiful as the King James version is, the Protestant Bible is not complete. Peace and blessings, friend.
@@carealoo744 I just read in one of the comments that the original King James Version of the Bible was complete. It never occurred to me that it was written before King Henry VIII broke away from the Church. We all learn something every day if we just open our eyes, ears and our hearts. It's Sunday and I'm getting ready to go to Mass. Have a blessed day, friend.
@@annarodriguez9868 And with those 7 books St. Jerome in the fith century also removed them stating they were good for historical context but not doctrine . Jerome was overruled by the roman Catholic church and the books reinstated. Luther comes along in the 1500's and that is who we all hear about. Prayers for the dead as a doctrine found only in 2 Maccabee's 12 in selected verses devoid of context and most roman Catholics are totally unaware of context that proves Judas as being wrong in chapter 12: Tobit another book that is contradictory to established scripture and yet because it is one of the 7 books rejected by some, is still counted as scripture? What I have found is that the vast majority of believers , whether roman Catholic or denominations , have not read the bible for themselves but are quick to say all the books of the bible are true!!
yup- I think so. Before you do, just look at what church is attacked by today's radicals regardless of their cause, the CATHOLIC church.... Jesus told Peter you are the rock I will build my church, not " the model for all my churches" or " for now Peter until Luther comes along where he will get it right for the coming age" Now the world has 30000 plus Christian churches .... yet the evil one only cares to attack priests/cardinals or radical groups to harm the Catholic church..... step back, look, observe, and don't miss the obvious events. Your brother in Christ.
To be catholic Requires that I adopt an artificial division between the OT and NT in which the NT takes interpretive priority and overrides the meaning of the OT at key, prophetic texts. Requires I abandon a Standard, consistent historical grammatical hermeneutics and adopt a Christo-typological interpretation of the Bible. I have to overlook the profound impact Greek Philosophy and allegory had upon Augustine's views of the Bible. I have to ignore the historical reality that premillenism was believed by and taught by the early church up and until Augustine made it unpopular with the publication of his "City of God. Requires that I ignore all grammatical indicators that clearly distinguish between the Jewish people and the nation of Israel and the NT church. I have to believe promises made directly to Jewish Israel of a future salvation and restoration is fulfilled entirely in the NT church. The NT church is the same as the OT "Israel". I have to understand Revelation 20 to be a recapitulation that takes me back to to the beginning of the church age rather than than following naturally and chronologically from the events in Revelation 19. Shalom
God uses numerology a lot in the Bible. 7 for example means completion, 3 is used for the Trinity, 6 means incomplete. 73 Books are in the Catholic Bible 66 Books are in the Protestant Bible and we know what 666 means..... Incidentally. The first KJV of 1611 had all 73 books!
@Santiago Diaz As a Christian I can give you a couple. Tobit, an angel teaches sorcery, God doesn't like sorcerers, Revelation 22:15. Besides, you cannot see sorcerers in the side of God and His Son in the whole old testament, but in not biblical book of Tobit. Purgatory, comes from Platonism and Maccabees union. You cannot see purgatory in Jesus' or any apostles' or the half brothers' of Jesus writings. Catholics need Maccabees for a false doctrine of purgatory in the church, a teaching of Platon. You neither will find any teaching of a purgatory in the rest of the old testament. Money money money. The same comes with perpetual virginity of the impostor virgin Mary goddess. They need a protogospel of James for that false teaching, never mentioned by any other as could be Paul's and Peter's writings, or Mary sons' with Joseph, James and Judas, half brothers of Jesus. And on and on.
@@carolusaugustussanctorum neither rebels called popes as to add. Purgatory, Virgin Mary the Queen of Heaven and mother of god. Idolatry. Of statues and icons of pagan gods just because they called them with christian names. And so on.
@@odessaxmusicclips6028 indeed, with a big word, Apocrypha, separating them from old testament. And New Testament, separating them of those books of the New. No doctrine should be based on these books. Unless your church needs money. Do you remember how Jesus reacted to those making money in the Temple???
@@Arthur-ns7bt im still a kid. I believe in God. I don’t like separation… and how even tho Christian we are so divided… I’m a Protestant but there’s things I agree and don’t agree with… I’m trynna have a mixed view without totally leaving Protestantism. Is it possible?
@@djays3232 It is possible. Catholics and protestants serve the same God, believe in the same trinity and Gospel message, and believe in the inerrancy of scripture. They are different approaches to the same religion. I am a protestant but still observe lent, and endorse the idea of confession, and so on. There are things each branch of Christianity could learn from each other. The most important thing, from what I understand, is that we focus most on the Good News which unites us
@@djays3232 I'm the same, i don't agree with everything from catholicism, same as protestantism but i remain catholic. It doesn't bother me to go to other churches either.
I'm ethiopian orthodox and I think we have like 81 books... I was so confused as to why but now I sort of understand so thank you. Also, growing up in the west I find I've adopted the legalistic mindset so sometimes I get a little frustrated with orthodoxy but other times it's like a breath of fresh air lol.
The RCC's view of the church is completely at odds with the NT. It is the Scripture, and it alone, that is the guide for all Christians. The church on earth must submit to the Scriptures. In addition , the idea that the RCC is the church that Christ setup, and that all believers must submit to it, is also rejected in the Scriptures in the strongest possible manner. The RCC bears no resemblance to the church which is portrayed in the NT. Their view is only obtainable if one approaches the Scriptures with such rigid theological misconceptions that they must “mis-interpret” these verses to conform it to their own theological system. Ong, If you are absolutely commit yourself to the LITERAL, GRAMMATICAL, HISTORICAL HERMENEUTIC you will be able to understand the "Full Counsel of God" and come to the conclusion the church is not the RCC. KEY POINT: Literal, grammatical, historical hermeneutic is the same approach used in ordinary communication. In fact American jurisprudence rests upon this interpretive approach. The dictionary defines literal interpretation that is "based on the actual words in their ordinary meaning...not beyond the facts. In addition, it should be noted in passing that literal interpretation has been unfairly criticised on the basis that it adheres to a wooden, inflexible literalism that fails to allow for types, symbols, figures of speech and genre distinctions. Literalism does not preclude or exclude correct understanding of types, illustrations, apocalypses, and other genres within the basic framework of literal interpretation. It is not too difficult to account for the widespread approval of the spiritualizing or allegorizing method adopted by many conservative theologians as well as liberal and ROMAN CATHOLIC expositors. Fundamentally its charm lies in its flexibility. The interpreter can change the literal and grammatical sense of Scripture to make it coincide with it own system of interpretation. Shalom
@@ronaller5209 I disagree. It is not scripture alone that is the guide for all Christians. It is *God* that should be the guide for all Christians. God gave us scripture, but He also gave us a Church, which is the "pillar of Truth".
@@Bryan-gi8gn Sirach aparently has a Hebrew origin... ...most of the Hebrew text of Sirach has been uncovered in the Cairo Geniza, at Masada, and in three Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. 2QSir designates Sirach from Cave 2 at Qumran, 11QPsª designates a scroll from Cave 11, which contained the canticle from Sirach Chapter 51:13-30, but which was found in the Psalms scroll! As with all ancient texts discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Scripture was in consonantal text only. A manuscript with six chapters of Sirach was found at Masada. Survivors following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD fled to Masada, a fortress on a mountain plateau built by Herod near the Dead Sea. The consonant-texts are thus not Masoretic, are Hebrew predating it, and otherwise known as Square Hebrew or Aramaic Square Hebrew.
@@Bryan-gi8gn Although the earliest known manuscripts of Baruch are in Greek, linguistic features of the first parts of Baruch (1:1-3:8) have been proposed as indicating a translation from a Semitic language.: John Barton; John Muddiman (25 January 2007). The Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford University Press. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-19-927718-6.
@@Bryan-gi8gn And, in conclusion, at least two Deuterocanonical books, for now, discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls, appear to have a Hebrew origin. Secondly, the DSS contains many scrolls of the Old Testament, some partial and some more complete, some portions written in Paleo Hebrew, more from the Septuagint, and more from Square Hebrew (i.e., a Hebrew minus diacritic markings, predating, and distinct from Masoretic Hebrew). In the overwhelming majority of cases where the LXX and the MT disagree, the Square Hebrew in the Dead Sea Scrolls agrees with the LXX, and the same also when the Square Hebrew disagrees with the MT, the LXX agress with the Square Hebrew, not the MT. I needed to edit that.
My pastor said that we Catholic are too proud about our dogma, we often forgot about our bible. We always said that our bible is the most complete but dont give a care to read it. Thanks for reminding us Pater. 🤗
You're pastor is right. We also give lots of focus to the Father and the son(with great and obvious reason), but little in understanding of the holy spirit and how it connects in the Trinity.
Catholicism predates printing and developed visual means (architecture, mosaics, stained glass, statues, paintings, rosary beads, crucifixes, holy medals) to get its message across
I am an orthodox convert from an evangelical tradition. Fuller Seminary graduate and a former pastor and Bible professor. Thank you for this post, I enjoyed it.
@@albertg63 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Exactly in Matthew 7:2 indeed as you cite against me. I'm not judging you, just a recommendation, but in fact in trying it, am I doing the same you do, and I'm nobody to judge you. Your message sounded very accusative to me while you were asking for humbleness, which is what Jesus actually criticised. Less pharisaism and more love and self-criticism. I'm sorry if I offended you.
@@apodots listen, all I did was tell a brother in Christ to humble himself. I don't see any problems with that. The bible tells us to judge with righteous judgment. And I believe I did. Just read the comment again. He gave no explanation for why he put all his credits on he just did it to show of
Jewish Christian here, and I find this a very interesting topic since I kind of feel like a bit of an outsider on this one. I see both sides and ultimately side with no one. I appreciate both arguments but I grew up with the tradition that the scriptures are a library of different books and that each book has a different purpose. Not all the books have equal weight, but they are all important. From what I can see, the books Protestants remove does nothing in the grand scheme of things to change the meaning of the scriptures, but the outright disdain for the removed books is worrying from some denominations. Not that there isn’t problems in every denomination and every branch of the church, but we can get into that fun topic of conversation at a later time. Overall I find that the one translation to rule them all tendencies to be much more of a problem than the Luther’s editing choices. For the record, my scriptures does contain all the books Luther didn’t like but I also have almost every translation available for the reason that I don’t speak Greek (working on it) so I like my bookshelf to be overburdened with information.
@@gina5692 they can be called things like Messianic or apostolic. Mainly they keep and adhere to Hebrew traditions while acknowledging Jesus Christ as Messiah. The reason many Christians aren’t expected to adhere to these traditions is because most of us are gentiles.
It took me a few minutes to figure out what you meant when you said that Luther's exclusion of books "doomed the reformation." (Full disclosure, I'm a Protestant, grew up Lutheran and went to a Lutheran college, now go to a non-denominational church with my wife but still have a lot of connection to the Lutheran church). Because I viewed the Reformation as quite successful, given that the Protestant denominations haven't died out. However, after thinking about it more, the goal of Luther's reformation was not to split from the Roman Catholic church, but to reform it from within - and that was the failure of it. Thanks for the video - although I studied some of the deuterocanonichal books in college, I don't remember much about them. I've read the whole Protestant Bible, but I would be really interested in reading the additional books in the Catholic Bible (I'm making great pains not to say that one is correct or incorrect).
I think Fr Casey saying that the Reformation was doomed because the Protestant denomination keeps splintering to a point that we now have myriads of branches within the reformed churches alone.
Catholic Empire removed the translation of God The Most High from the Bibles and put the word LORD misleading billions to a false understanding of truth. How important is to know God The Most High? Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said in response: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children. 26 Yes, O Father, because this is the way you approved. Revelation 14:7 He was saying in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of judgment by him has arrived, so WORSHIP THE ONE WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND THE SPRING OF WATER.”
@@agataindra3605 the point is to undestand who is the most high, and not get confuse with the wrong translation misleading many to believe Jesus is the father and the son as well because many dont understand the spiritual union between them John 17:21-26
That is of course unless you’re a Catholic who bought Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire edition, then it’s understandable why it doesn’t look used because you want to preserve the fact it looks like a cathedral made into a book.
I may not understand your point completely. But I'd rather see a Bible with wear and tear because it's being used. Than one that's looks nice and isn't being used
I have Bishop Barrons Word on Fire edition. Absolutely beautiful. What strikes me most is that it provokes me to delve deeper into scripture than I ever have before. Kudos to Word on Fire! Wish I had bought the leather edition. I recommend it to Catholics and Protestants alike. Amazing.
Sounds like an excuse to still not read the bible. Also, nice quote from the website, "a cathedral made into a book", haha! I'll take the bible all at once though, instead of having it sold to me, bit by bit.
@@ZackKcaz Because newer translations have often come from the oldest versions we have available to us? Most versions are not as innumerably translated prior to publication as the KJV and Biblical scholars heavily emphasize early translations and interpretations for the purpose of understanding the original meaning.
My teachers taught me when I was young (in a Catholic school) to never write or scribble in the Bible. We shouldn’t fold its pages or tear them apart. I always feel like something’s wrong when I see how Protestants use to take notes on the Bible’s pages.
It really depends on the Bible. I would never write in my Luther Bible I got for Confirmation class, the paper is just too thin. But there are study Bibles with wider sides and thicker paper especially created for note-taking.
@@adrianasoares8549 Lutherans have Confirmation and Confirmation class. Catholics actually use the term Firmung in my language. It's quite funny that in English both are Confirmation.
Proud catholic WHOS BEEN STUDYING HIS BIBLE non stop for a year now :) and will continue to do so. Hope more Can begin to do so. Thank you father Casey you have helped me grow in faith and in my knowledge of the church.
One interesting thing I've found is that the message is the same one, no matter if you read the Protestant 66 books or the longer Catholic version. I've read both through. I always loved the stories of the Maccabees, however. Removal of the books didn't change the message, for me.
The Messege of the OT is to lead us and guide us to Christ the Messiah; meanwhile, NT is telling us more of Christ... the MESSEGE of both OT & NT, should we embrace which is to KNOW and ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST and Apart from HIM there is no SALVATION... (ACTS 4:12, JOHN 1:11-13, 1 JOHN 1:1-3, 5:11-13)
@Yusuf Ahmed Nice to quote from the Quran but exactly in which temples did Jesus preach? Which law did He fulfill? And how is it His chosen disciples were all Jewish? Now I am not Jewish but I am a follower of Jesus Christ.
@Yusuf Ahmed Do not worry. It's only men that deal with religion. People get caught up in Jew or non-jew. Look at the people who had a relationship before Jacob. Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Shem, Japheth, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac. It wasn't until Jacob came along and name was changed to Israel. Does that change the previous people's relationship with God? So whether a person is born a Jew or converts to Judaism has nothing to do with it. Muslims say Abraham offered Ishmael the Jews say Isaac. The point being God didn't stop the knife from His own Son. In the beginning God made clothes for Adam and Eve. He did this by a sacrifice of His creation. ( The Bible just says animal skin). The point being that mankind needed a sacrifice. The Jews just use the Old Testament. The Muslim the Quran. The Christian uses the Old Testament and the New Testament. Although I am not familiar with the Quran I did look something up: “He formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your Lord; then blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (Al Qur’an 40:64) The question is always asked, Why did God create? Although God doesn't need a house, was it a place to dwell?
@Yusuf Ahmed Monotheistic temple? Well brother this is part of your lack of understanding. Muslims, Jews, and Christian all are Monotheistic religions. Here is the hypocrisy. Ask any single Muslim or Jew and they will say they are one person. Ask what happens after they die they both are buried and both go to heaven. What you are claiming is that Christians say there are 3 God's. This is false teaching. Just like you are not 2 people. Allah gave Moses the Torah but men changed it? Then are you saying God is weak? He cannot protect His words? The problem is you run into some disturbing truths in the Bible. So are you saying just the Torah what Moses wrote? What about what the prophets writings? Are they corrupt also? It's neither all or nothing. Muhammad didn't write the Quran. He couldn't read or write so how sure of you of its accuracy? Muhammad could have said one thing but others wrote something else down. You will say this is not possible because God will protect His words. The same argument that I gave with the Torah.
@Yusuf Ahmed What about the Chinese word for God, Shang Di? This means The Most High God. Is the God of Shang Di the same as Allah? Old China worshipped 1 God and thus they called Him The Most High God. They have writings that confirm the garden of Eden and the migration after the tower of Babel. It's the oldest writings own of man. Yes it predates Muhammad and Moses.
“Their Bible actually looks like it’s been used” made me laugh! There’s one Catholic Church in my town(I live in Mississippi and my denomination is Presbyterian) and I have friend that goes to it. One time when we did a church event at my high school and once she saw my Bible her eyes widened. “You write in your Bible!?” “Yeah, do you not?”😂
@@iightning2018 By writing it’s mainly just highlighting verses and making small footnotes for interpretation and study. Also I have two Bibles, one for study and another that my church gifts seniors for guidance when we go to college. The second is for when I’m just reading for advice so I’m not studying the verses.
I think its a good thing, most Catholics don’t think deeply or try to understand the scriptures. Personally I would write in a separate journal because a clean bible looks nice (and I’d probably get distracted with all the writing haha). Really do admire how you all write and actually read (or interpret) the bible
Fascinating! As a protestant and former theology student I'm ashamed to say I never knew this about the Apocrypha before. It is making me want to read it now. However, also speaking as a protestant and former theology student I will always go back to earliest sources to test church teaching and traditions. It is perfectly possible that an error has been repeated for 1000 years if people have felt spiritually bound to accept it.
The early church fathers have over 270 counts of support for the deuterocanonical books, and around 5 dissenting opinions. Many local councils and bishops confirmed that canon, very early.
@Rohan Fenando The earliest manuscripts available show that this is the other way around, the KJV is less trustworthy than modern translations. Why would an english translation 1600 years after the initial event hold more authority than early manuscripts? There is virtually no evidence to support your claims. They are conspiracy theories.
@Yusuf Ahmed we are basically looking at Islam's history and beliefs, it really opening my eyes to how similar Christianity and Islam are, as well as to the truth behind some of the stereotypes in the media. In particular I like atleast the initial thing early Muslims had about tolerance of others and being part of a community kinda deal
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
@@Tsalagi978 Who is Jesus’s God? Who is Paul referring to as “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ”? Who is Peter referring to as “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”? Who is Jesus referring to when he says “my God”? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Eph 1 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, Col 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Rev 1 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Rev 3 12 He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
@@mitchellc4 🤦🏻♂️ Christ is God and man. Begotten before all ages. At no time has the Trinity never existed. You misquote scripture 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I am non-denominational and I have been watching these videos to learn more about Catholicism. In complete honesty, I have quite Protestant opinions and beliefs, but I find your videos respectful and informational.
"Who are we, especially when dealing with Scripture, to believe that we know more than our spiritual mothers and fathers that came before us and compiled this incredible book?" Martin Luther should have asked himself that.
@@NorthernChev He’s talking about history idiot. Do you know more about Caesar or the building of the pyramids than the people who were actually there?
@@NorthernChev It doesn't matter whether it's true or not when it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand. It doesn't matter how many times you read your history books or dig those ancient cities, the people who were there would stay more knowledgeable than us about the actual events and people at that time. The people who were there with Jesus, who was following him, who was listening and talk to him would know more of what he wants us to do than Bible scholars no matter how genius think they are. The Bible didn't even existed centuries after his death.
I have been experiencing trying to explain this to a lot of people that I live with right now in my community at school. There's not many Catholics, but they still care about including me, and that's pretty cool...I should just direct them to this video if anyone has any questions about our Bible, tho'. Thanks, Fr. Casey!
Also Luther and the first generation of reformers didn't just remove the Duterocanonal books but placed them in an appendix and called them Apocrypha. It was latter Protestants who removed them outright.
you can still get modern versions of Luther's translations with Apocrypha, and they are actually between the Old and New Testament. But I don't know whether there are similar versions for English Bibles
@@monikabullmer8202 Monika, One quick point. Apocrypha means "hidden". The fact is those seven books were never hidden, they were always known As part of the Septuagint used by Jesus and His Apostles. The first official Canon decided and decreed by Pope Damasus at the Council of Rome of 382AD included the Septuagint with its 46 books. Today, we still have 46 books in our Old Testament together with the 27 books of the New Testament. God bless.
Luther was following the example of St Jerome, who included the Apocrypha at the end of his translation of the Old Testament into Latin. These books have been "second canon" or deuterocanonical (see how that works?) in the west for about 1500 years.
I am a Presbyterian, and read the KJV, NIV and other bibles for over 50 yrs. I am now preparing to read the Catholic bible, and the other 7 books. Looking forward to it.
Anglicans have 80. 14 Apocryphal books, which we don't consider canonical, but do consider them worthy for instruction. I'm glad that we at least include them under the label of Apocrypha rather than leave them out like some Protestant churches.
Thank you! After spending some time in Israel and listening to different perceptions among Christians who are not Catholics (Coptics, Orthodox, Protestants...), this is a video that I needed.
I am not Catholic but have always wondered why Catholic people pray to Mary. Our Bible says says the only way to heaven (or God) is through Jesus Christ. Jesus intercedes for us.
@@victoriaalbastra6325 That's so cool! Which translation did you get? I chose the Catholic journalling Bible, but I've been eying up the Word on Fire Gospels too.
He is only the father of his child if he has any. What kind of scales do catholics have on their eyes when they read “and i say to you do not call anyone on earth your Father but only your Father in heaven”? You are worries about which book to add or remove but you just treat some verses of the book you agree to keep like they don’t even exist and keep calling these catholic clergy your Father. It’s just beyond my understanding
Nice one Fr. Casey! Just in time as I prepare a presentation about the Old Testament for my youth group. Honestly it's even harder to talk about the "Deuterocanons" in my country because our translated Bible is produced with a collaboration with the Protestants, so our own Catholic Bible has the Deuterocanonicals seperated from the OT, as if, implying that these books are not the same level as the others in OT. Thank you Fr for the explanation, God bless your ministry here on TH-cam 🙏
I really appreciate your time to explain this as I’ve been wondering for years some of the subtle differences. You did an excellent job thank you very much. 🇨🇦
Thanks Father. You explain a difficult topic very succinctly. I’d have to rewind it many times to take in its complexity. One of my best friends is an evangelical Protestant, originally from Belfast but now living in my part of Ireland. As well as being a great friend, he is also a fascination because he is the first really believing Protestant that I have gotten to know. Ireland unfortunately has become incredibly secular, so while most people are nominally Catholic, they don’t really believe in anything, therefore they fall for everything. I have no desire to trap him, or try to win arguments, he’s a smart dude. He knows and loves the Lord. I would love for him to know the real intimacy of the Lord in the Eucharist. I know that in Heaven he will be kicking himself. But I know that I’ll be kicking myself too when I see how faulty my trust in that same Lord was too.
If I remember correctly, according to Alister McGrath's "In the Beginning", early English printers of the King James Bible dropped the Apocrypha (those 7 extra books) as a money saving effort. There were no major complaints, so they kept doing it. Even though I'm not religious, I did find McGrath's book (the storey behind the production of the KJV) a fascinating read.
@@k.robertrichardson6779 At least I gave a source. You just made an unsupported claim. (And what it reminds you of may tell us something about how your mind works, but it says nothing about the veracity of your claim).
Many older Lutheran churches used Bibles that included the "Apocryphal" books, especially those written in German. I have the old English altar Bible from a former church that has them included. In recent years, the LCMS has released a new version of them complete with Luther's commentary on each book...
The Catholic Church is the *TRUE* Church FOUNDED by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ upon Peter the Rock SINCE 33 AD. And even though the Church has had TERRIBLE Leadership and RAMPANT Corruption during the Medieval Ages, the Catholic Church still REMAINS for OVER 2000 years. The Roman Empire FELL but the Catholic Church still REMAINS for over 2000 years, that's why I know that the Catholic Church is the *TRUE* Church founded by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Roman Empire being Greek merged with the church in a form of Christianity but denying the power there of. Need not look to hard to see all the Greek tradition as you say SINCE 33 AD. QUICK STUDY: we were all born in sin, because the fall of man Adam. Right? HEBREWS 9:22 So there is no forgiveness of sin with out the shedding of blood. Right? John 4:24 God is a spirit, there for he has no blood. Amen! Acts2:38 Repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus Peter received the understated of who the Rock was. Alleluia! Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22. JESUS, GOD in the flesh. EMANUEL. ALLELUIA! Isaiah9:6 God humbled himself and put on flesh and BLOOD (CHRIST)stepped into time and seem of angels. So God became man and dead and shed his blood. Christ was a vessel to fulfill salvation and the forgiveness of all sin. 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. GLORY TO GOD!!! 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Therefore do you follow Peter? Peter baptized in the Jesus name. Acts 4:12 No other name for Salvation Philippians 2:10-11Every knee shall bow, Every tongue confess. So I say onto you: The foundation is knowing who God is. There is only 1 God who manifest in an earthen vessel. There Are not 3 Gods. Deuteronomy 6:4 Matthew 22:36-40 The Lord bless Thee in Jesus name
@Pretty Savage 1.) According to traditional calendars (hebrew) Sunday is the first day of the week. But now, according to international organization for standardization, Sunday is the 7th day of the week. 2.) I know few information regarding the pope's title but the word "father" was never forbidden by god, the verse meant that no one on earth should have the title of being a god or someone being worshipped as god(remember that context is important). 3.) The rosary is literally about the 15 mysteries (events of jesus' life). Over time 15 mysteries were retained and combined with the hail marys for each one of the mysteries. I'm catholic, but before doing research I also questioned my faith. Keep researching and educating yourself, ask the holy spirit to guide you to strengthen your faith. I also recommend reading the "Cathecism of the Catholic Church" as it holds answers regarding the catholic theology. 🙏
As a Catholic, I wouldn’t want to say we are the one true but I would rather say that we are the FULLNESS OF FAITH. Given that everything that we practice and believe was taught and passed down to us by Christ himself during his ministry here on earth. As just a Christian, however, I believe that we are called to convict rather than go condemn.
I was a Anti-Catholic Non-Denominational Protestant for 15 YRS. Now, as a Catechumen, I own the COMPLETE Bible! The Ascension Great Adventure Bible Catholic RSV (& the Word on Fire Gospels). One of the best parts about being Catholic. Paul commands us to read the Word daily to wash & renew our minds.
One small thing but of gigantic significance. And another immeasurable significance is that the Dutercannocials were referenced from and quoted by Jesus & the Divinely Inspired apostles so the Dutercannocials are required in order to understand some of the OT references made by Jesus and the NT writers. These Books are God Inspired.
Guys, HERE is the Original Semitic Text. You NEED to READ This YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Thank you for the video, Father! I appreciate it that you were even handed, especially when it came to talking about the Eastern Churches; I hope that the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches can heal from the various schism that have driven us apart. The first steps toward that will be putting aside pride and arrogance and recognizing that we have different traditions and interpretations, but that we have far more in common with each other than differences.
This is a cradle Episcopalian that is the proud owner of The Great Adventure Catholic Bible ( a lot of us read Catholic Bibles and quote them from the pulpit). This is the best explanation I have ever heard. Thanks!
I enjoy reading the Book of Tobit. Archangel Raphael is a part of the story. And a story it is. It’s entertaining and clever, and teaches a lesson about helping others, not giving up, knowing our guardian angels are with us, and trusting in God.
The books removed were known by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants to be not Cannon. Jerome's work of translation - The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. For the R.C.C.
@@canadiankewldude Just reference an old copy of the original KJV published in 1611. It contained the missing books, right between the old and new testaments. There was even a list of the saints feast days.
Nice! I'm very glad you uploaded this, I have a non-denominational friend who seems to think that the Catholic church doesn't know what the bible actually says. She takes her heavily modified English bible and uses it to try and explain away Catholic teachings. Of course there's no concept for her of the Magisterium having the authority to interpret scripture and teach about it, I don't know where she's getting her "facts" from but she's keen on taking some parts of scripture literalistically while completely ignoring things that oppose her view.
Just an observation: Catholics, Lutherans, Anglican - most of the bigger denominations require their priests/pastors to study theology which includes learning Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Reading the original texts, considering history... and I don't mean reading the Bible as literal history...who are able to compare different translations and will tell you what to take into consideration. And then you have non-denominational people who haven't learned the old languages and who will tell you that you can only use translation X because this translation is the word of God. For me - considering that I can't read the original text - reading different translations is an option.
@@estebanblanco2001 As long as you accept that it is an interpretation, even those literalists should admit that they are interpreting the text, without looking into the history of the text. Whenever you read a text, you are always interpreting it. Personally, as a history major, I found the history of how Judaism and later Christianity developed much more fascinating than just reading the Bible as a history textbook (which it isn't). I can highly recommend looking into the Jewish writings for the Tanach (Jewish Bible/Old Testament) if you really wanted to learn how the text was intended. And by the way: Jesus is the Word of God, not the Bible. And reading the Bible with help of the Holy Spirit doesn't actually answer which version to use. Do you want all the books of the Orthodox Bible or the Catholic or the Protestant one? Do you read the texts in Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek, Latin or do you want a modern translation? Which translation do you use? Does the Holy Spirit that influences you, only allow your reading of the Bible and supports only your worldview? The texts in the Bible are extremely diverse and they don't always have the same message and in the Jewish tradition is one of discussing and arguing with and about the text. It's a pity that among Christians discussion and pluralism of opinion and biblical scholarship are often seen as a bad thing. I'd love to see a Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and different Orthodox priests and Protestant pastors, discuss their different readings of parts of scripture.
Jerome, the originally ordain translator of the Bible literally noted that the extra books of the catholic Bible were not Canon. It wasnt until the council of Trent that those books were added. Athelanasius even said books like tobit and judith are not canon. Specifically. The man you cite openly said not to include those books in the canon. Finally, neither Jesus nor the other Jews make mention of those other texts as canon. Meaning in addition to Luther being mistaken, Jesus would have been as well in that line of reasoning.
"Jerome, the originally ordain translator of the Bible literally noted that the extra books of the catholic Bible were not Canon." Jerome did initially write this. He later completely rescinded it after the Councils of Rome and Carthage. He said he completely accepted the authority these councils came to. "Athelanasius even said books like tobit and judith are not canon." *Athanasius also said Esther was non-canonical and included Baruch and the longer version of Jeremiah as part of the canon. "Finally, neither Jesus nor the other Jews make mention of those other texts as canon. Meaning in addition to Luther being mistaken, Jesus would have been as well in that line of reasoning." Yes they do, Paul quite frequently quotes from them a lot. But to play Devil's advocate if Jesus never mentions them, he also never mentions: Judges Ruth Ezra Esther Ecclesiates Song of Solomon Lamentations Obadiah Zephaniah
@@Cklert the point about Athanasius is that you can’t just say that the Roman Catholic canon was some clear choice for centuries when it was absolutely not. Athanasius doesn’t need to have the Protestant canon to prove my point. The point is that a debate was present for a very very long time. And the apocrypha was always up at the top of the most debated books. That is, at the very least, undeniable. The fact that many weren’t sure is probably why the Appcrypha was included in many Bible but with annotations specifically calling those books deutero canonical or apocryphal.
I am an American Episcopalian, so we adhere to the Anglican Tradition. We include the Apocryphal books in our Canon, but do not consider them inspired to the same level as the 66 books that most Protestants adhere to. We do think of them as important commentary.
Thoroughly (Thoroughfarely🤦🙋💁👩🌾) enjoyed and "I am grateful" for your explanation to my "Kindergarten Cop" understanding level of sometimes seeing things. I have had trouble recently remembering some, but I am content with your "summing up" such of this, quite a sum. 🕊️
It's interesting that bce is being used instead of bc. I always thought that religion was never intended to be politically correct, that you're supposed to accept it for what it is and not to make it socially acceptable.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
Not trying to start a flame war or anything, but one of those 7 books is where the doctrine of Purgatory comes from. Purgatory being a form of afterlife, and Jesus being the only one in all of Scripture to teach what the afterlife is like and who goes where, why didn't He include Purgatory in His gospel teachings?
I wonder why Jesus wastes words by saying that Sin against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven in this life or the next. The difficulty faced here is that one believes that all that Jesus taught is only contained in Scripture and yet St John tells us that not everything Jesus taught is contained in the books written. He left this with the church he established to hand down. Also, if Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, and purgatory was a teaching in it, why is it that we do not have a definitive statement from Jesus in scripture saying there is no such thing. This would suggest it was not needing such clarification.
@Karen Stead Why many Protestants believe that the papacy is the anti-Christ. Any Church worth the truth understands that the Jewish faith laid the groundwork for the Christian faith. Christians attempting to divorce from the Jewish faith is akin to Adam divorcing Eve?
I saw on a video recently that the early Protestant bibles relied on a translation in Greek from the Latin by Erasmus (a contemporary humanist and biblical scholar who flirted with the reformers but ultimately remained a Catholic). And so the eventual work was based on a translation into German from the Greek translated from the Latin by Erasmus and then of course originally from the Greek by early Christians. I don't know if this is entirely true or not but the speaker was a biblical scholar. However if true it would tend to contradict the idea that the early Protestant works came from original Greek as opposed to a relatively modern (16th century) Greek translation which was in turn translated from the Latin. This of course would refer only to the new Testament as the old Testament sources you have already explained in your video. It would be interesting in a future video to contrast / compare the sources of both Catholic and Protestant bibles in total. Both old and new Testaments. And then of course later with the King James bible as compared to earlier Lutheran/Calvinist bibles.
Fr Casey please can you do a video of explaining nicene creed or apostle creed in detail. ie origin, meaning, where it comes from in the Bible / scripture etc (hope this makes sense) and love your channel and have been watching for over a year now! 🙏🏼🙌🏼 God bless!
The East actually do have reformations it's just that it's not as wide spread as in the west. Reformations in the east are more localised and occur usually within just one particular church rather than the whole of the orthodox Church and plus with the already small population of the orthodox churches these reformed churches are relatively even smaller and are thus unknown and overshadowed by the big reformed churches of the west. One example is the reformed Church known as true orthodoxy which was the result of the reformation of the Russian orthodox Church particularly and not as a Reformation of the orthodox Church as a whole hence its localisation and unknown popularity
The grass isn't greener on the other side. The East doesn't just have the Eastern orthodox but also the oriental orthodox. Both are not in communion due to conflicting theologies. Also, a schism happened between Constantinople and Moscow patriarchates.
@@kaneki_ryuzaki3249 true but if we're going to talk about the Oriental Orthodox Churches the schism occurred particularly not just with the east but the west simultaneously also as this schism occurred in the 5th century between the miaphysite Christians (now oriental orthodox) and the chalcedonian Christians (now eastern orthodox and western Catholic) and not just exclusively with the east as during that time there was no east or west but rather just the chalcedonian Christians Further more prior to this there was another schism about 20 years earlier during the counsil of ephesus between the Persian Christians (now churches of the East not to be confused with Eastern Orthodox) and the then pentarchy(now the miaphysite Christians (oriental orthodox) and the chalcedonian Christians (now eastern orthodox and western Catholic) Briefly to say, here we're talking about the reformations that occurred after the east-west split beginning from the 16th century's protestat reformations onwards in the west resulting in the protestat factions and in the east these lesser known somewhat-protestant factions
I think that is because Eastern churches are authonomous to the extend that even the Constantinople patriarch is equal to, let's say, the Bulgarian one (though he likes to think himself above all other, that's not the case). So, lacking a single authority such as the pope there cannot be a full Reformation. Besides, as I can recall Luther considered the possibility to turn the Germans towards Orthodoxy but couldn't because of the problems it had at the moment, I.e. most of the Orthodox world was under Ottoman rule.
Actually the earliest Protestant bibles contained the deutero-canonical books. For example Luther’s German translation contained them and later translations into English also contained them. These books were not removed. They were considered useful but sub-canonical which is the view also held by Jerome who created the Latin Vulgate and the view held by Pope Gregory the Great (died 604AD). The canon as Rome understands it today was not formally defined until the Council of Trent (16th century) and included the deutero-canonical books. This Council declared that anyone who disagreed with them on the canon was accursed by God which I guess included Pope Gregory. Prior to Trent there were differing views within the Roman Church. Some Protestant translations today contain the Deuteronomy-canonical books but solely for their usefulness.
Hi father casey ♥️♥️♥️ could you do an online catholic explanation of the bible in depth. Its a bid ask but would help agnostics like me learn more about catholic christianity
I wish there was a transcript of some of your videos, Father Casey. I'm relatively fresh, and in no rush to engage in apologetics out of fear of misrepresenting the church. However, I often find myself on the defense in the oddest of ways. I was once asked by a man, recently breaking off from his Amish faith what I thought about God, and more recently, a coworker noticed I always take Sundays off. Though not attempting to conduct missionary work, I found myself having to engage in apologetics both times. I'm essentially preparing a small book for the next time this happens, it contains much of the RCIA/OCIA materials, the ship analogy, and bits and pieces dug up (like this video). Anyways, appreciate you and all you do!
Interesting topic,I always heard that at one point in history catholic were not allowed to read or own a bible, they just had to accept what the priest taught,
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!
@Shelley J Yes, and at one point, the Roman catholic church was selling salvation. Like, depending on how bad your sin was, you could pay a certain amount to have that sin forgiven...madness!! I'm so grateful for Martin Luther and the other men who stood up in defence of the TRUTH! Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to Father except through Him. We do not need to confess our sins to a priest. Jesus is our priest and saviour!
In the southeast US prior to the civil war, there was a version of the bible known as the slave's bible, which was edited down to discourage rebellion. The biggest change was eliminating Exodus to "avoid giving ideas". While I am not a christian, I view this particular version as disgusting and share the Catholic attitude toward this corruption.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Seems to me that the argument is too focused on Luther removing the books than why the Masoretes chose to. I'm sure there is alot of ancient tradition there that is being overlooked as well considering how old the Talmud is
As a protestant I appreciate this video. It always bothered me that Protestant clergy don't know the history of their Bible. I still wonder more about how it happened though.
@Gerry Hagen I believe that knowledge with humility can make a difference in a Christian's ministry, according to the Lord's purpose. Every Christian has a unique calling. I have been interested in Christian apologetics for several years now. I have been a Baptized Christian for more than 50 years.
The difference goes back to the days of Martin Luther. Luther decided on his own which books he didn't like and should be removed from the bible. He didn't form a committee, he didn't seek advice from anyone he made the decision and ran with it. During that time he posted his 95 theses on what he thought was wrong with the Catholic Church. He couldn't have predicted the unintended consequence of his actions. Those that broke away became Protestants which is derived from protests and those Protestants took his version of the bible with them. Then King Henry broke off from the Church because he wasn't granted an annulment so he could continue to be a pig and marry another. So he broke away from the church, confiscated what is arguably with billions today, Catholic Church property in the form of cathedrals, church's, abbeys, monasteries and convents killing anyone who would dare defy him and not join the church he created with himself in charge. The King James version of the bible was written in opposition when King James found out that the Douay-Rheims translation was being written. What ever the protestants have is directly derived from the works of Catholic clerics and scribes painstakingly writing by hand with quills one page at a time what we know as the Bible.
Hello Father, I usually watch most of your videos. I'm a Filipino watching from the Philippines. I would like to make a request since we all know that All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are both approaching. It is all about the two topics I've mentioned above and the question of "Is Halloween allowed to be celebrated by catholics?" I hope to hear these topics from you but it will be okay, no pressure. I also hope my grammar is proper because I'm super conscious with it. Thank you.
the contents of this channel is quite heartwarming yet the swarm of arguments in the comments below. I appreciate polite discussions but the ones when both parties argue irks me. This is why i dont like discussing theology, ugh.
The Catholic Study Bible by Donald Senior is very good for historical scholarship. The Ignatius Study Bible is my favorite for connecting the Bible to Catholic teaching.
When I was going thru RCIA ( Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) to become a Catholic, I was given a copy of the New American Bible, put out by World Catholic Press. It's a more modern english translation, as opposed to the KJV, which makes it easier to read. Every book begins with a historical intro, so the reader gets some background information, and there are copious footnotes on every page that tell the reader what the texts meant in their original languages. The only drawback is that it's in paperback, and the small print can be hard on the eyes after a while.
"Who are we, especially when dealing with sacred scripture, to believe that we know more than our spiritual mothers and fathers that came before us and compiled this incredible book." As a protestant Christian, I only have one spiritual Father. He was the sole inspiration for the Word that I now follow. I'm not following these books just because they've been around for a long time, I follow what is in correlation with God's Word. Catholicism, since it is primarily works based, is contradictory to what God's Word really says.
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“Bible looks like it’s been used”... shots fired 🔥
Just a little self-deprecating humor to make the Protestants feel welcome and the Catholics to get a little more serious about Scripture...
@@BreakingInTheHabit thank you I love how you are a voice to all christians and its crazy how bibles are different depending on the denominations.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Love your videos and truly value your voice in the community. Appreciate all you do for the lord. Fantastic work.
@@BreakingInTheHabit So true and so sad.
There's a lot of truth in humor.
As an Orthodox Christian, I appreciate this nuanced take on the canon of Scripture, especially your comparison of the Catholic view with the Orthodox view. Thank you, Fr. Casey.
What Orthodox church jurisdiction are you under?
Greetings, Catholic here
Guys, HERE is the Original Semitic Text. You NEED to READ This
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH what in the world>?
@@pipsasqeak820
Did you read what I shared? This jesus is The Great Deception, YaH The Heavenly Father was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT this jesus. Isn’t that AWESOME?
Praise YaH
As an (almost former) Protestant, this videos are extremely helpful. I just desperately wish the Catholic and Orthodox Churches were in communion with each other again
You are always welcome between us
Yup. It would be great to be in communion with Rome. I’m not sure how that would happen. I don’t think Orthodoxy would ever accept universal jurisdiction and I have a hard time seeing Catholicism giving that up.
It is happening already, at least partially, see all eastern catholic churches
@@JhokiOK Please look at the history of how Eastern Catholic Churches came to be. They are not a sign of the Orthodox Church being in union with Rome. At this point they’re mostly not second class citizens in the Catholic Church anymore and most of them have gotten over the coercion used to get many of them to join in the first place.
@@johnathanrhoades7751 trust me I know enough because I am member of such church. Our bysanthine Catholics church became part of the catholic church after Uzgorod union in 17th century, till then we were part of the Easter Orthodox church 😉
Im a protestant and have a Catholic bible, i love the maccabees being a history nerd, and Alexander the great gets a mention, keep up the good work Father, much love , May the peace of Christ be with you
@Bean team
He doesn't sound Protestant based on what, your opinion?
Are Protestant non supposed to use Catholic bible if they want ?
Dan, we are running a 2 for 1 conversionspecial.
@Yusuf Ahmed Troll!!!!
@Yusuf Ahmed copy and paste again? Boring.
I recently started reading scripture daily, and as a former protestant, now a catholic convert, I have not taken scripture as seriously as I do now. It took a while to get to where I am, but God has gotten me on the right track
You are converted into a wellknown false religion which is full of man made traditions & rituals. Idolatry is an abomination in God's eyes and satan who never sleeps has put you on the bandwagon so high time to revert. These are the last days we are living in and we must focus only on Jesus & not on catholic saints & mary
I don't think so
You're not tlaing the Bible seriously if you're a catholic because obeying that Bible would lead you straight out that Roman religion
@@chaboi7?
@@chaboi7 *he says not realizing that he is missing 7-9 books of scripture in his "bible"*
This was great. I have been a Catholic all my life and never knew this. Thank you
I literally had no idea the Catholic Bible had extra books until yesterday lol
@@carealoo744 Lol! The Catholic Bible doesn't have extra books! Martin Luther removed 7 books from the Catholic Bible, therefore, as beautiful as the King James version is, the Protestant Bible is not complete.
Peace and blessings, friend.
@@annarodriguez9868 Oh of course, what was I thinking haha
@@carealoo744 I just read in one of the comments that the original King James Version of the Bible was complete. It never occurred to me that it was written before King Henry VIII broke away from the Church. We all learn something every day if we just open our eyes, ears and our hearts.
It's Sunday and I'm getting ready to go to Mass. Have a blessed day, friend.
@@annarodriguez9868 And with those 7 books St. Jerome in the fith century also removed them stating they were good for historical context but not doctrine . Jerome was overruled by the roman Catholic church and the books reinstated. Luther comes along in the 1500's and that is who we all hear about. Prayers for the dead as a doctrine found only in 2 Maccabee's 12 in selected verses devoid of context and most roman Catholics are totally unaware of context that proves Judas as being wrong in chapter 12: Tobit another book that is contradictory to established scripture and yet because it is one of the 7 books rejected by some, is still counted as scripture? What I have found is that the vast majority of believers , whether roman Catholic or denominations , have not read the bible for themselves but are quick to say all the books of the bible are true!!
Thanks for this!
I am a Lutheran seminarian studying Lutheran Confessions right now. You've given me some things to look into.
Great Bill, never stop learning, beautiful thing to see 💪
yup- I think so. Before you do, just look at what church is attacked by today's radicals regardless of their cause, the CATHOLIC church.... Jesus told Peter you are the rock I will build my church, not " the model for all my churches" or " for now Peter until Luther comes along where he will get it right for the coming age" Now the world has 30000 plus Christian churches .... yet the evil one only cares to attack priests/cardinals or radical groups to harm the Catholic church..... step back, look, observe, and don't miss the obvious events. Your brother in Christ.
@Bill Gross . Appreciate your humility and openness.
To be catholic
Requires that I adopt an artificial division between the OT and NT in which the NT takes interpretive priority and overrides the meaning of the OT at key, prophetic texts.
Requires I abandon a Standard, consistent historical grammatical hermeneutics and adopt a Christo-typological interpretation of the Bible.
I have to overlook the profound impact Greek Philosophy and allegory had upon Augustine's views of the Bible.
I have to ignore the historical reality that premillenism was believed by and taught by the early church up and until Augustine made it unpopular with the publication of his "City of God.
Requires that I ignore all grammatical indicators that clearly distinguish between the Jewish people and the nation of Israel and the NT church.
I have to believe promises made directly to Jewish Israel of a future salvation and restoration is fulfilled entirely in the NT church.
The NT church is the same as the OT "Israel".
I have to understand Revelation 20 to be a recapitulation that takes me back to to the beginning of the church age rather than than following naturally and chronologically from the events in Revelation 19.
Shalom
@@ronaller5209 You are spreading fake information. Catholicsm does not place the NT above the OT. The NT fulfills the OT, the OT prefigures the NT.
As a Protestant I side with the Catholic Church on this one, I just can't find a reason to take the deuterocanon out of the Bible
Exactly! A German rebel monk isn't someone to mutilate God's word
God uses numerology a lot in the Bible. 7 for example means completion, 3 is used for the Trinity, 6 means incomplete.
73 Books are in the Catholic Bible
66 Books are in the Protestant Bible
and we know what 666 means.....
Incidentally. The first KJV of 1611 had all 73 books!
@Santiago Diaz
As a Christian I can give you a couple.
Tobit, an angel teaches sorcery, God doesn't like sorcerers, Revelation 22:15. Besides, you cannot see sorcerers in the side of God and His Son in the whole old testament, but in not biblical book of Tobit.
Purgatory, comes from Platonism and Maccabees union. You cannot see purgatory in Jesus' or any apostles' or the half brothers' of Jesus writings. Catholics need Maccabees for a false doctrine of purgatory in the church, a teaching of Platon. You neither will find any teaching of a purgatory in the rest of the old testament. Money money money.
The same comes with perpetual virginity of the impostor virgin Mary goddess. They need a protogospel of James for that false teaching, never mentioned by any other as could be Paul's and Peter's writings, or Mary sons' with Joseph, James and Judas, half brothers of Jesus.
And on and on.
@@carolusaugustussanctorum neither rebels called popes as to add. Purgatory, Virgin Mary the Queen of Heaven and mother of god. Idolatry. Of statues and icons of pagan gods just because they called them with christian names. And so on.
@@odessaxmusicclips6028 indeed, with a big word, Apocrypha, separating them from old testament. And New Testament, separating them of those books of the New.
No doctrine should be based on these books. Unless your church needs money. Do you remember how Jesus reacted to those making money in the Temple???
I'm an atheist, and still find this very interesting. Just subscribed.
@@odonnchada9994 brainwashed
@@odonnchada9994 have fun wasting your life
i don't mean any offence to you but how do explain the uncorrupt Saints? from an athiest view
@@georgesmith364 as in the lack a decomposition to the body of dead Saints?
@@georgesmith364 tbh I just googled that now and can't give an opinion on that. Lol.
I'm a protestant, but I really appreciated you catholics, and may the church in love and faith
you must know that you're always welcome between us
@@Arthur-ns7bt im still a kid. I believe in God. I don’t like separation… and how even tho Christian we are so divided… I’m a Protestant but there’s things I agree and don’t agree with… I’m trynna have a mixed view without totally leaving Protestantism. Is it possible?
@@djays3232 It is possible. Catholics and protestants serve the same God, believe in the same trinity and Gospel message, and believe in the inerrancy of scripture. They are different approaches to the same religion. I am a protestant but still observe lent, and endorse the idea of confession, and so on. There are things each branch of Christianity could learn from each other. The most important thing, from what I understand, is that we focus most on the Good News which unites us
If only all protestants were like you, all this division is tiring..
@@djays3232 I'm the same, i don't agree with everything from catholicism, same as protestantism but i remain catholic. It doesn't bother me to go to other churches either.
I'm ethiopian orthodox and I think we have like 81 books... I was so confused as to why but now I sort of understand so thank you. Also, growing up in the west I find I've adopted the legalistic mindset so sometimes I get a little frustrated with orthodoxy but other times it's like a breath of fresh air lol.
You have the story of King Solomon sleeping with the Queen of Sheba, right?
@@lilafeldman8630 honestly idk rly but i know that the former royal family claimed to be solomons and sheba's descendants so i guess we might :)
The RCC's view of the church is completely at odds with the NT. It is the Scripture, and it alone, that is the guide for all Christians. The church on earth must submit to the Scriptures.
In addition , the idea that the RCC is the church that Christ setup, and that all believers must submit to it, is also rejected in the Scriptures in the strongest possible manner.
The RCC bears no resemblance to the church which is portrayed in the NT. Their view is only obtainable if one approaches the Scriptures with such rigid theological misconceptions that they must “mis-interpret” these verses to conform it to their own theological system.
Ong, If you are absolutely commit yourself to the LITERAL, GRAMMATICAL, HISTORICAL HERMENEUTIC you will be able to understand the "Full Counsel of God" and come to the conclusion the church is not the RCC.
KEY POINT: Literal, grammatical, historical hermeneutic is the same approach used in ordinary communication. In fact American jurisprudence rests upon this interpretive approach.
The dictionary defines literal interpretation that is "based on the actual words in their ordinary meaning...not beyond the facts.
In addition, it should be noted in passing that literal interpretation has been unfairly criticised on the basis that it adheres to a wooden, inflexible literalism that fails to allow for types, symbols, figures of speech and genre distinctions. Literalism does not preclude or exclude correct understanding of types, illustrations, apocalypses, and other genres within the basic framework of literal interpretation.
It is not too difficult to account for the widespread approval of the spiritualizing or allegorizing method adopted by many conservative theologians as well as liberal and ROMAN CATHOLIC expositors. Fundamentally its charm lies in its flexibility. The interpreter can change the literal and grammatical sense of Scripture to make it coincide with it own system of interpretation.
Shalom
@@ronaller5209 I disagree. It is not scripture alone that is the guide for all Christians. It is *God* that should be the guide for all Christians. God gave us scripture, but He also gave us a Church, which is the "pillar of Truth".
Correct, and I heard there are some canons from that region that even go up to 84 books :-)
Great explanation Love from a protestant brother in Christ
Its time you join us. 🤗
@@Bryan-gi8gn Sirach aparently has a Hebrew origin...
...most of the Hebrew text of Sirach has been uncovered in the Cairo Geniza, at Masada, and in three Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. 2QSir designates Sirach from Cave 2 at Qumran, 11QPsª designates a scroll from Cave 11, which contained the canticle from Sirach Chapter 51:13-30, but which was found in the Psalms scroll! As with all ancient texts discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Scripture was in consonantal text only. A manuscript with six chapters of Sirach was found at Masada. Survivors following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD fled to Masada, a fortress on a mountain plateau built by Herod near the Dead Sea.
The consonant-texts are thus not Masoretic, are Hebrew predating it, and otherwise known as Square Hebrew or Aramaic Square Hebrew.
@@Bryan-gi8gn Although the earliest known manuscripts of Baruch are in Greek, linguistic features of the first parts of Baruch (1:1-3:8) have been proposed as indicating a translation from a Semitic language.:
John Barton; John Muddiman (25 January 2007). The Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford University Press. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-19-927718-6.
@@Bryan-gi8gn And, in conclusion, at least two Deuterocanonical books, for now, discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls, appear to have a Hebrew origin. Secondly, the DSS contains many scrolls of the Old Testament, some partial and some more complete, some portions written in Paleo Hebrew, more from the Septuagint, and more from Square Hebrew (i.e., a Hebrew minus diacritic markings, predating, and distinct from Masoretic Hebrew).
In the overwhelming majority of cases where the LXX and the MT disagree, the Square Hebrew in the Dead Sea Scrolls agrees with the LXX, and the same also when the Square Hebrew disagrees with the MT, the LXX agress with the Square Hebrew, not the MT. I needed to edit that.
@@Bryan-gi8gn I’ll stick to gods word my friend - not the lies of the papacy
My pastor said that we Catholic are too proud about our dogma, we often forgot about our bible. We always said that our bible is the most complete but dont give a care to read it. Thanks for reminding us Pater. 🤗
You're pastor is right. We also give lots of focus to the Father and the son(with great and obvious reason), but little in understanding of the holy spirit and how it connects in the Trinity.
How can we forgot our Bible when we read it every holy day at mass all over the world, in so many different languages?
@@Arthur-ns7bt Thank you. Catholics do read the Bible.
@@Arthur-ns7bt because not the entire Bible is read throughout the year
Catholicism predates printing and developed visual means (architecture, mosaics, stained glass, statues, paintings, rosary beads, crucifixes, holy medals) to get its message across
I am an orthodox convert from an evangelical tradition. Fuller Seminary graduate and a former pastor and Bible professor. Thank you for this post, I enjoyed it.
Do you want to add anymore credits ? Humble your self
@@albertg63 and you moderate your judgment. Start with the man in the mirror...
@@apodotswe're does it say that in the bible ? I have taken the log out of my eye. Time to pluck the speak out of yours
@@albertg63 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Exactly in Matthew 7:2 indeed as you cite against me. I'm not judging you, just a recommendation, but in fact in trying it, am I doing the same you do, and I'm nobody to judge you. Your message sounded very accusative to me while you were asking for humbleness, which is what Jesus actually criticised. Less pharisaism and more love and self-criticism. I'm sorry if I offended you.
@@apodots listen, all I did was tell a brother in Christ to humble himself. I don't see any problems with that. The bible tells us to judge with righteous judgment. And I believe I did. Just read the comment again. He gave no explanation for why he put all his credits on he just did it to show of
Jewish Christian here, and I find this a very interesting topic since I kind of feel like a bit of an outsider on this one. I see both sides and ultimately side with no one. I appreciate both arguments but I grew up with the tradition that the scriptures are a library of different books and that each book has a different purpose. Not all the books have equal weight, but they are all important. From what I can see, the books Protestants remove does nothing in the grand scheme of things to change the meaning of the scriptures, but the outright disdain for the removed books is worrying from some denominations. Not that there isn’t problems in every denomination and every branch of the church, but we can get into that fun topic of conversation at a later time. Overall I find that the one translation to rule them all tendencies to be much more of a problem than the Luther’s editing choices.
For the record, my scriptures does contain all the books Luther didn’t like but I also have almost every translation available for the reason that I don’t speak Greek (working on it) so I like my bookshelf to be overburdened with information.
What is a Jewish Christian?
@@gina5692 they can be called things like Messianic or apostolic. Mainly they keep and adhere to Hebrew traditions while acknowledging Jesus Christ as Messiah.
The reason many Christians aren’t expected to adhere to these traditions is because most of us are gentiles.
@Gerry Hagen As a Jew I don’t believe you are a Jew. Nobody knows which tribe they are from.
@@gina5692 Also known as a Messianic Jew, is a Jew who believes in Jesus Christ THE MESSIAH. Viva Cristo Rey!!! ✝️🙏♥️🕯️🕊️🔥🇬🇧
@Gerry Hagen you still haven’t answered the question.
It took me a few minutes to figure out what you meant when you said that Luther's exclusion of books "doomed the reformation." (Full disclosure, I'm a Protestant, grew up Lutheran and went to a Lutheran college, now go to a non-denominational church with my wife but still have a lot of connection to the Lutheran church). Because I viewed the Reformation as quite successful, given that the Protestant denominations haven't died out. However, after thinking about it more, the goal of Luther's reformation was not to split from the Roman Catholic church, but to reform it from within - and that was the failure of it. Thanks for the video - although I studied some of the deuterocanonichal books in college, I don't remember much about them. I've read the whole Protestant Bible, but I would be really interested in reading the additional books in the Catholic Bible (I'm making great pains not to say that one is correct or incorrect).
Try reading the Ethiopian Orthodox canon if you want to get the full-blown largest Christian canon (even the NT is larger).
The official Bible for the Catholic Church is the Vulgate. ✝️🙏♥️🕯️🕊️🔥
@@hummingbirdee9389 Sort of.
I think Fr Casey saying that the Reformation was doomed because the Protestant denomination keeps splintering to a point that we now have myriads of branches within the reformed churches alone.
The "additional" books were the books subtracted from the Bible to suit Luther.
Oooooooh snap, that comment on Protestant bibles actually showing signs of usage was EPIC!! Great commentary as always, Father Casey!!!
yeah but i thought we shouldnt say father to anyone but God
@Mervin Freeden 3.0 Sadly that is exactly how the USA is going. My 2 dad's or my 2 mom's. Which bathroom should I use. Amen and Awoman. 🤯🤮
@@maribelmauricio1303 you say father to your dad so that is null and void.
@@aurum6664 Good point !
Catholic Bible is not a different bible but a Complete Bible. God bless.
True
Catholic Empire removed the translation of God The Most High from the Bibles and put the word LORD misleading billions to a false understanding of truth. How important is to know God The Most High? Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said in response: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children. 26 Yes, O Father, because this is the way you approved.
Revelation 14:7 He was saying in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of judgment by him has arrived, so WORSHIP THE ONE WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND THE SPRING OF WATER.”
@@lorenzoloza2430 Vulgata does not have word "Lord", its ancient Latin.
@@agataindra3605 the point is to undestand who is the most high, and not get confuse with the wrong translation misleading many to believe Jesus is the father and the son as well because many dont understand the spiritual union between them John 17:21-26
So, the Orthodox is even more complete?
That is of course unless you’re a Catholic who bought Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire edition, then it’s understandable why it doesn’t look used because you want to preserve the fact it looks like a cathedral made into a book.
I may not understand your point completely. But I'd rather see a Bible with wear and tear because it's being used. Than one that's looks nice and isn't being used
I have Bishop Barrons Word on Fire edition. Absolutely beautiful. What strikes me most is that it provokes me to delve deeper into scripture than I ever have before. Kudos to Word on Fire! Wish I had bought the leather edition. I recommend it to Catholics and Protestants alike. Amazing.
Sounds like an excuse to still not read the bible. Also, nice quote from the website, "a cathedral made into a book", haha! I'll take the bible all at once though, instead of having it sold to me, bit by bit.
why do people even take notice of a bible written thousands of years ago, that has been translated numerous times? It’s all utter nonsense
@@ZackKcaz Because newer translations have often come from the oldest versions we have available to us? Most versions are not as innumerably translated prior to publication as the KJV and Biblical scholars heavily emphasize early translations and interpretations for the purpose of understanding the original meaning.
My teachers taught me when I was young (in a Catholic school) to never write or scribble in the Bible. We shouldn’t fold its pages or tear them apart. I always feel like something’s wrong when I see how Protestants use to take notes on the Bible’s pages.
I think you missed his point.... he was of the opinion that Protestants actually use the bible more than Catholics..
It really depends on the Bible. I would never write in my Luther Bible I got for Confirmation class, the paper is just too thin. But there are study Bibles with wider sides and thicker paper especially created for note-taking.
@@monikabullmer8202 protestant bible for confirmation class?
@@adrianasoares8549 Lutherans have Confirmation and Confirmation class. Catholics actually use the term Firmung in my language. It's quite funny that in English both are Confirmation.
@@monikabullmer8202 Many would argue that Luther's greatest accomplishment was standardizing the German language.
Fascinating. I'm not Catholic, but find this channel excellent and eye opening.
Lies, Apocryphal is not part of Scripture but both reject by church father .
Ephesians 3:20-21 will open your eyes even more!
Proud catholic WHOS BEEN STUDYING HIS BIBLE non stop for a year now :) and will continue to do so. Hope more Can begin to do so. Thank you father Casey you have helped me grow in faith and in my knowledge of the church.
WHY ARE YALL SPEAKING IN CAPSLOCK?
One interesting thing I've found is that the message is the same one, no matter if you read the Protestant 66 books or the longer Catholic version. I've read both through. I always loved the stories of the Maccabees, however. Removal of the books didn't change the message, for me.
The Messege of the OT is to lead us and guide us to Christ the Messiah; meanwhile, NT is telling us more of Christ... the MESSEGE of both OT & NT, should we embrace which is to KNOW and ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST and Apart from HIM there is no SALVATION... (ACTS 4:12, JOHN 1:11-13, 1 JOHN 1:1-3, 5:11-13)
@Yusuf Ahmed Nice to quote from the Quran but exactly in which temples did Jesus preach? Which law did He fulfill? And how is it His chosen disciples were all Jewish? Now I am not Jewish but I am a follower of Jesus Christ.
@Yusuf Ahmed Do not worry. It's only men that deal with religion. People get caught up in Jew or non-jew. Look at the people who had a relationship before Jacob. Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Shem, Japheth, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac. It wasn't until Jacob came along and name was changed to Israel. Does that change the previous people's relationship with God? So whether a person is born a Jew or converts to Judaism has nothing to do with it. Muslims say Abraham offered Ishmael the Jews say Isaac. The point being God didn't stop the knife from His own Son.
In the beginning God made clothes for Adam and Eve. He did this by a sacrifice of His creation. ( The Bible just says animal skin). The point being that mankind needed a sacrifice.
The Jews just use the Old Testament. The Muslim the Quran. The Christian uses the Old Testament and the New Testament. Although I am not familiar with the Quran I did look something up:
“He formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your Lord; then blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (Al Qur’an 40:64)
The question is always asked, Why did God create? Although God doesn't need a house, was it a place to dwell?
@Yusuf Ahmed Monotheistic temple? Well brother this is part of your lack of understanding. Muslims, Jews, and Christian all are Monotheistic religions.
Here is the hypocrisy. Ask any single Muslim or Jew and they will say they are one person. Ask what happens after they die they both are buried and both go to heaven. What you are claiming is that Christians say there are 3 God's. This is false teaching. Just like you are not 2 people.
Allah gave Moses the Torah but men changed it? Then are you saying God is weak? He cannot protect His words? The problem is you run into some disturbing truths in the Bible. So are you saying just the Torah what Moses wrote? What about what the prophets writings? Are they corrupt also? It's neither all or nothing. Muhammad didn't write the Quran. He couldn't read or write so how sure of you of its accuracy? Muhammad could have said one thing but others wrote something else down. You will say this is not possible because God will protect His words. The same argument that I gave with the Torah.
@Yusuf Ahmed What about the Chinese word for God, Shang Di? This means The Most High God. Is the God of Shang Di the same as Allah? Old China worshipped 1 God and thus they called Him The Most High God. They have writings that confirm the garden of Eden and the migration after the tower of Babel. It's the oldest writings own of man. Yes it predates Muhammad and Moses.
“Their Bible actually looks like it’s been used” made me laugh! There’s one Catholic Church in my town(I live in Mississippi and my denomination is Presbyterian) and I have friend that goes to it. One time when we did a church event at my high school and once she saw my Bible her eyes widened. “You write in your Bible!?” “Yeah, do you not?”😂
nothing like disrespecting the holy word than graffiti written in it
@@iightning2018 By writing it’s mainly just highlighting verses and making small footnotes for interpretation and study. Also I have two Bibles, one for study and another that my church gifts seniors for guidance when we go to college. The second is for when I’m just reading for advice so I’m not studying the verses.
@@johnmichaelchance1151 Its graffiti
I think its a good thing, most Catholics don’t think deeply or try to understand the scriptures. Personally I would write in a separate journal because a clean bible looks nice (and I’d probably get distracted with all the writing haha).
Really do admire how you all write and actually read (or interpret) the bible
@@iightning2018 He owns the Bible so he has the right to write on it.
Fascinating! As a protestant and former theology student I'm ashamed to say I never knew this about the Apocrypha before. It is making me want to read it now. However, also speaking as a protestant and former theology student I will always go back to earliest sources to test church teaching and traditions. It is perfectly possible that an error has been repeated for 1000 years if people have felt spiritually bound to accept it.
The early church fathers have over 270 counts of support for the deuterocanonical books, and around 5 dissenting opinions.
Many local councils and bishops confirmed that canon, very early.
@Rohan Fenando The earliest manuscripts available show that this is the other way around, the KJV is less trustworthy than modern translations.
Why would an english translation 1600 years after the initial event hold more authority than early manuscripts?
There is virtually no evidence to support your claims. They are conspiracy theories.
@Yusuf Ahmed funny thing is, im actually studying Islam at the moment in my Studies of Religion Class
@Yusuf Ahmed we are basically looking at Islam's history and beliefs, it really opening my eyes to how similar Christianity and Islam are, as well as to the truth behind some of the stereotypes in the media. In particular I like atleast the initial thing early Muslims had about tolerance of others and being part of a community kinda deal
The King James Bible used to have the same books as the Catholic Bible but they were removed.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
@@mitchellc4 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Jesus is the Logos and is God. Neo-Arianism.
@@Tsalagi978
Who is Jesus’s God?
Who is Paul referring to as “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
Who is Peter referring to as “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
Who is Jesus referring to when he says “my God”?
Rom 15
6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Cor 11
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
Eph 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
Eph 1
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Col 1
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1 Pet 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Rev 1
6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 3
12 He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
@@mitchellc4 🤦🏻♂️ Christ is God and man. Begotten before all ages. At no time has the Trinity never existed. You misquote scripture 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Liar
I am non-denominational and I have been watching these videos to learn more about Catholicism. In complete honesty, I have quite Protestant opinions and beliefs, but I find your videos respectful and informational.
"Who are we, especially when dealing with Scripture, to believe that we know more than our spiritual mothers and fathers that came before us and compiled this incredible book?"
Martin Luther should have asked himself that.
Who are we to believe we know more? Well, WE now know the Earth isn’t flat... And they did not.
@@NorthernChev He’s talking about history idiot. Do you know more about Caesar or the building of the pyramids than the people who were actually there?
@@wesleysimelane3423 be careful with the spirit that come to us... Devil are very deceiver...
@@theobserver3753 Nonetheless, my comment still stands true.
@@NorthernChev It doesn't matter whether it's true or not when it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand. It doesn't matter how many times you read your history books or dig those ancient cities, the people who were there would stay more knowledgeable than us about the actual events and people at that time. The people who were there with Jesus, who was following him, who was listening and talk to him would know more of what he wants us to do than Bible scholars no matter how genius think they are. The Bible didn't even existed centuries after his death.
Father - Your videos are so great, clear, and I'm just blown away by every single one of them. Greetings from Canada!
I have been experiencing trying to explain this to a lot of people that I live with right now in my community at school. There's not many Catholics, but they still care about including me, and that's pretty cool...I should just direct them to this video if anyone has any questions about our Bible, tho'. Thanks, Fr. Casey!
Also Luther and the first generation of reformers didn't just remove the Duterocanonal books but placed them in an appendix and called them Apocrypha. It was latter Protestants who removed them outright.
you can still get modern versions of Luther's translations with Apocrypha, and they are actually between the Old and New Testament. But I don't know whether there are similar versions for English Bibles
@@monikabullmer8202
Monika,
One quick point.
Apocrypha means "hidden".
The fact is those seven books were never hidden, they were always known As part of the Septuagint used by Jesus and His Apostles.
The first official Canon decided and decreed by Pope Damasus at the Council of Rome of 382AD included the Septuagint with its 46 books. Today, we still have 46 books in our Old Testament together with the 27 books of the New Testament.
God bless.
@jeremy Smith. Shifting the 7 books to Apocryphal is diminishing their stature and importance non the less. But thank you for pointing this out.
Luther was following the example of St Jerome, who included the Apocrypha at the end of his translation of the Old Testament into Latin. These books have been "second canon" or deuterocanonical (see how that works?) in the west for about 1500 years.
@@PapaJoe00001 Except Jerome was wrong.
Thank you for this. It's a more detailed explanation of the differences between the Catholic Canon and the Protestant Bible than I've heard before.
I am a Presbyterian, and read the KJV, NIV and other bibles for over 50 yrs. I am now preparing to read the Catholic bible, and the other 7 books. Looking forward to it.
Anglicans have 80. 14 Apocryphal books, which we don't consider canonical, but do consider them worthy for instruction. I'm glad that we at least include them under the label of Apocrypha rather than leave them out like some Protestant churches.
Thank you! After spending some time in Israel and listening to different perceptions among Christians who are not Catholics (Coptics, Orthodox, Protestants...), this is a video that I needed.
Thank you, Fr Casey. God bless you for this amazing work in His name!🙏🏽
I am not Catholic but have always wondered why Catholic people pray to Mary. Our Bible says says the only way to heaven (or God) is through Jesus Christ. Jesus intercedes for us.
@@teresagray1477 they dont pray to Mary, thety ask Mary to pray with them (just like you ask your friends or family to pray with/or for you :)
Side note, the Prayer of King Manasseh in the Orthodox OT canon is a really beautiful prayer. Very good for contrition
Rich Catholic content. God Bless You Fr Casey🙏🙏🙏
No, the truth always is in the saint of God.. But he hide the lies of error of Doctrine of church of Rome.
Why use BCE instead of BC?
Thank you, Fr. Casey. I really enjoy these Catholicism in Focus videos. I learn stuff that wasn't really covered in my high school religion classes.
Just ordered my first Catholic Bible 😎
Awesome!
My first Catholic Bible just arrived today!
@@victoriaalbastra6325 Congrats!!
@@BreakingInTheHabit hello can you suggest a place in which I could order a quality catholic bible?
@@victoriaalbastra6325 That's so cool! Which translation did you get? I chose the Catholic journalling Bible, but I've been eying up the Word on Fire Gospels too.
Fr. Casey, You should tour Catholic Colleges... I feel that you are a great speaker and could enlighten many.
He would probably get banned for speaking the truth.
He is only the father of his child if he has any. What kind of scales do catholics have on their eyes when they read “and i say to you do not call anyone on earth your Father but only your Father in heaven”? You are worries about which book to add or remove but you just treat some verses of the book you agree to keep like they don’t even exist and keep calling these catholic clergy your Father. It’s just beyond my understanding
@@nancyv4402 Goodness. Don’t call anyone “teacher” either. Sadly, you have completely misunderstood the text.
I love this channel, thanks for sharing
In Germany most have a standard Bible that is used by protestants and catholics and has all books 😊 my dad is/was a protestant and had one 😊
1 Standard Bible, that is great, so how many books in that Standard Bible? May God Bless You my sister in Christ and keep the Faith until the end.
Nice one Fr. Casey! Just in time as I prepare a presentation about the Old Testament for my youth group. Honestly it's even harder to talk about the "Deuterocanons" in my country because our translated Bible is produced with a collaboration with the Protestants, so our own Catholic Bible has the Deuterocanonicals seperated from the OT, as if, implying that these books are not the same level as the others in OT. Thank you Fr for the explanation, God bless your ministry here on TH-cam 🙏
Greatly appreciated! 👍👏
Continue to be blessed, and may God bless you. 🙏
Moira
From England.
I'm so impressed with your videos! You bring so much clarity and kindness with your messages. Wish you were my priest!
I really appreciate your time to explain this as I’ve been wondering for years some of the subtle differences. You did an excellent job thank you very much. 🇨🇦
Thanks Father. You explain a difficult topic very succinctly. I’d have to rewind it many times to take in its complexity. One of my best friends is an evangelical Protestant, originally from Belfast but now living in my part of Ireland. As well as being a great friend, he is also a fascination because he is the first really believing Protestant that I have gotten to know. Ireland unfortunately has become incredibly secular, so while most people are nominally Catholic, they don’t really believe in anything, therefore they fall for everything. I have no desire to trap him, or try to win arguments, he’s a smart dude. He knows and loves the Lord. I would love for him to know the real intimacy of the Lord in the Eucharist. I know that in Heaven he will be kicking himself. But I know that I’ll be kicking myself too when I see how faulty my trust in that same Lord was too.
My bible says call no man father
I have to say that this was the best explanation I’ve heard, obviously if you need more, you can research. But this was simple and thorough.
I love the clarity and precision you employ in delivering your topics. God bless you more Friar
Is this a re-upload? I think I have seen this video before from you!
Thank you for your ministry father Casey!
If I remember correctly, according to Alister McGrath's "In the Beginning", early English printers of the King James Bible dropped the Apocrypha (those 7 extra books) as a money saving effort. There were no major complaints, so they kept doing it.
Even though I'm not religious, I did find McGrath's book (the storey behind the production of the KJV) a fascinating read.
That makes for a fun anecdote, but it's not historically accurate (in that, it reminds me of "fornication under consent of the king").
@@k.robertrichardson6779 At least I gave a source. You just made an unsupported claim. (And what it reminds you of may tell us something about how your mind works, but it says nothing about the veracity of your claim).
Your explanation is very clear and informative. I enjoyed watching your video.
Many older Lutheran churches used Bibles that included the "Apocryphal" books, especially those written in German. I have the old English altar Bible from a former church that has them included.
In recent years, the LCMS has released a new version of them complete with Luther's commentary on each book...
The Catholic Church is the *TRUE* Church FOUNDED by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ upon Peter the Rock SINCE 33 AD. And even though the Church has had TERRIBLE Leadership and RAMPANT Corruption during the Medieval Ages, the Catholic Church still REMAINS for OVER 2000 years. The Roman Empire FELL but the Catholic Church still REMAINS for over 2000 years, that's why I know that the Catholic Church is the *TRUE* Church founded by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Roman Empire being Greek merged with the church in a form of Christianity but denying the power there of. Need not look to hard to see all the Greek tradition as you say SINCE 33 AD.
QUICK STUDY: we were all born in sin, because the fall of man Adam. Right?
HEBREWS 9:22 So there is no forgiveness of sin with out the shedding of blood. Right?
John 4:24 God is a spirit, there for he has no blood. Amen!
Acts2:38 Repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus
Peter received the understated of who the Rock was. Alleluia!
Matthew 21:42
Psalm 118:22. JESUS, GOD in the flesh. EMANUEL. ALLELUIA!
Isaiah9:6 God humbled himself and put on flesh and BLOOD (CHRIST)stepped into time and seem of angels.
So God became man and dead and shed his blood. Christ was a vessel to fulfill salvation and the forgiveness of all sin.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
GLORY TO GOD!!!
2 Corinthians 5:21 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Therefore do you follow Peter?
Peter baptized in the Jesus name.
Acts 4:12 No other name for Salvation
Philippians 2:10-11Every knee shall bow, Every tongue confess.
So I say onto you: The foundation is knowing who God is. There is only 1 God who manifest in an earthen vessel.
There Are not 3 Gods.
Deuteronomy 6:4
Matthew 22:36-40
The Lord bless Thee in Jesus name
@Pretty Savage 1.) According to traditional calendars (hebrew) Sunday is the first day of the week. But now, according to international organization for standardization, Sunday is the 7th day of the week.
2.) I know few information regarding the pope's title but the word "father" was never forbidden by god, the verse meant that no one on earth should have the title of being a god or someone being worshipped as god(remember that context is important).
3.) The rosary is literally about the 15 mysteries (events of jesus' life). Over time 15 mysteries were retained and combined with the hail marys for each one of the mysteries.
I'm catholic, but before doing research I also questioned my faith. Keep researching and educating yourself, ask the holy spirit to guide you to strengthen your faith. I also recommend reading the "Cathecism of the Catholic Church" as it holds answers regarding the catholic theology. 🙏
@Pretty SavageI myself dont fret about that ... why worship God only in saturday or sunday? when you can worship him everyday.
And probably responsible for more lives than king Leopold and Hitler combined 😔🤣
As a Catholic, I wouldn’t want to say we are the one true but I would rather say that we are the FULLNESS OF FAITH. Given that everything that we practice and believe was taught and passed down to us by Christ himself during his ministry here on earth. As just a Christian, however, I believe that we are called to convict rather than go condemn.
I was a Anti-Catholic Non-Denominational Protestant for 15 YRS. Now, as a Catechumen, I own the COMPLETE Bible! The Ascension Great Adventure Bible Catholic RSV (& the Word on Fire Gospels). One of the best parts about being Catholic. Paul commands us to read the Word daily to wash & renew our minds.
Welcome to the club! I did 31 years
One small thing on the Duterocanon. Much of the original Hebrew for Sirach and Tobit were found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
One small thing but of gigantic significance. And another immeasurable significance is that the Dutercannocials were referenced from and quoted by Jesus & the Divinely Inspired apostles so the Dutercannocials are required in order to understand some of the OT references made by Jesus and the NT writers. These Books are God Inspired.
Oops! :-D
@@MultiALLENS neat.
Guys, HERE is the Original Semitic Text. You NEED to READ This
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Tobit is a fable
Thank you for the video, Father! I appreciate it that you were even handed, especially when it came to talking about the Eastern Churches; I hope that the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches can heal from the various schism that have driven us apart. The first steps toward that will be putting aside pride and arrogance and recognizing that we have different traditions and interpretations, but that we have far more in common with each other than differences.
This is a cradle Episcopalian that is the proud owner of The Great Adventure Catholic Bible ( a lot of us read Catholic Bibles and quote them from the pulpit). This is the best explanation I have ever heard. Thanks!
I'm a Catholic but I accidentally bought a Protestant Bible years ago. 😅
Burn it
@@reubenkeyz5131 that is heresy
Give it away give it to a protestant
@@reubenkeyz5131 😂😂.... 🤣🤣👍
i have 2 protestant bible and 1 catholic. nrsv catholic edition, niv and nrsv protestant. i want to buy douai-rheimes
I enjoy reading the Book of Tobit. Archangel Raphael is a part of the story. And a story it is. It’s entertaining and clever, and teaches a lesson about helping others, not giving up, knowing our guardian angels are with us, and trusting in God.
The books removed were known by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants to be not Cannon.
Jerome's work of translation - The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. For the R.C.C.
@Yusuf Ahmed TROLL alert.
Those books were ALWAYS in any canon used in Christianity and still are. They were only removed by Protestants in the 16th century from THEIR bibles.
@@bridgefin Can you recommend a citation please?
@@canadiankewldude Just reference an old copy of the original KJV published in 1611. It contained the missing books, right between the old and new testaments. There was even a list of the saints feast days.
@@gregw74 It also clearly states that those other books are not canon, in the original KJV published in 1611.
Nice! I'm very glad you uploaded this, I have a non-denominational friend who seems to think that the Catholic church doesn't know what the bible actually says. She takes her heavily modified English bible and uses it to try and explain away Catholic teachings. Of course there's no concept for her of the Magisterium having the authority to interpret scripture and teach about it, I don't know where she's getting her "facts" from but she's keen on taking some parts of scripture literalistically while completely ignoring things that oppose her view.
Just an observation: Catholics, Lutherans, Anglican - most of the bigger denominations require their priests/pastors to study theology which includes learning Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Reading the original texts, considering history... and I don't mean reading the Bible as literal history...who are able to compare different translations and will tell you what to take into consideration. And then you have non-denominational people who haven't learned the old languages and who will tell you that you can only use translation X because this translation is the word of God. For me - considering that I can't read the original text - reading different translations is an option.
@@monikabullmer8202 me 2 I’m not a biblical scholar but I appreciate the commentaries and scholarship
You don't need any bunch of scholars/people/whatever to interpret the bible for you. You need the Holy Spirit and that's it
@@estebanblanco2001 I prefer a more scholarly approach . But u do u
@@estebanblanco2001 As long as you accept that it is an interpretation, even those literalists should admit that they are interpreting the text, without looking into the history of the text. Whenever you read a text, you are always interpreting it. Personally, as a history major, I found the history of how Judaism and later Christianity developed much more fascinating than just reading the Bible as a history textbook (which it isn't). I can highly recommend looking into the Jewish writings for the Tanach (Jewish Bible/Old Testament) if you really wanted to learn how the text was intended.
And by the way: Jesus is the Word of God, not the Bible.
And reading the Bible with help of the Holy Spirit doesn't actually answer which version to use. Do you want all the books of the Orthodox Bible or the Catholic or the Protestant one? Do you read the texts in Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek, Latin or do you want a modern translation? Which translation do you use? Does the Holy Spirit that influences you, only allow your reading of the Bible and supports only your worldview? The texts in the Bible are extremely diverse and they don't always have the same message and in the Jewish tradition is one of discussing and arguing with and about the text. It's a pity that among Christians discussion and pluralism of opinion and biblical scholarship are often seen as a bad thing. I'd love to see a Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and different Orthodox priests and Protestant pastors, discuss their different readings of parts of scripture.
Jerome, the originally ordain translator of the Bible literally noted that the extra books of the catholic Bible were not Canon. It wasnt until the council of Trent that those books were added.
Athelanasius even said books like tobit and judith are not canon. Specifically. The man you cite openly said not to include those books in the canon.
Finally, neither Jesus nor the other Jews make mention of those other texts as canon. Meaning in addition to Luther being mistaken, Jesus would have been as well in that line of reasoning.
"Jerome, the originally ordain translator of the Bible literally noted that the extra books of the catholic Bible were not Canon."
Jerome did initially write this. He later completely rescinded it after the Councils of Rome and Carthage. He said he completely accepted the authority these councils came to.
"Athelanasius even said books like tobit and judith are not canon."
*Athanasius also said Esther was non-canonical and included Baruch and the longer version of Jeremiah as part of the canon.
"Finally, neither Jesus nor the other Jews make mention of those other texts as canon. Meaning in addition to Luther being mistaken, Jesus would have been as well in that line of reasoning."
Yes they do, Paul quite frequently quotes from them a lot. But to play Devil's advocate if Jesus never mentions them, he also never mentions:
Judges
Ruth
Ezra
Esther
Ecclesiates
Song of Solomon
Lamentations
Obadiah
Zephaniah
@@Cklert whats your source on Jerome, because I have source texts. Where does he rescind?
@@Cklert the point about Athanasius is that you can’t just say that the Roman Catholic canon was some clear choice for centuries when it was absolutely not. Athanasius doesn’t need to have the Protestant canon to prove my point. The point is that a debate was present for a very very long time. And the apocrypha was always up at the top of the most debated books. That is, at the very least, undeniable.
The fact that many weren’t sure is probably why the Appcrypha was included in many Bible but with annotations specifically calling those books deutero canonical or apocryphal.
I am an American Episcopalian, so we adhere to the Anglican Tradition. We include the Apocryphal books in our Canon, but do not consider them inspired to the same level as the 66 books that most Protestants adhere to. We do think of them as important commentary.
Thoroughly (Thoroughfarely🤦🙋💁👩🌾) enjoyed and "I am grateful" for your explanation to my "Kindergarten Cop" understanding level of sometimes seeing things. I have had trouble recently remembering some, but I am content with your "summing up" such of this, quite a sum. 🕊️
This is an awesome and succinct explanation! Thank you so much Father!
This was so interesting! I am a protestant and have been wondering why our bibles are different.
It's interesting that bce is being used instead of bc. I always thought that religion was never intended to be politically correct, that you're supposed to accept it for what it is and not to make it socially acceptable.
Im a protestant And I like Enoch
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
Not trying to start a flame war or anything, but one of those 7 books is where the doctrine of Purgatory comes from. Purgatory being a form of afterlife, and Jesus being the only one in all of Scripture to teach what the afterlife is like and who goes where, why didn't He include Purgatory in His gospel teachings?
I wonder why Jesus wastes words by saying that Sin against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven in this life or the next. The difficulty faced here is that one believes that all that Jesus taught is only contained in Scripture and yet St John tells us that not everything Jesus taught is contained in the books written. He left this with the church he established to hand down. Also, if Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, and purgatory was a teaching in it, why is it that we do not have a definitive statement from Jesus in scripture saying there is no such thing. This would suggest it was not needing such clarification.
Can't we all just unite under the word of Jesus Christ? He is our ultimate teacher, leader, rabbi, king, etc.
Absolutely not. To disregard YHWH's Commandments & Abrahamic law invites blasphamy.
@@burdickd2 I don't understand. We're not supposed to read and follow the word of Jesus Christ?
Follow Jesus Christ
@Karen Stead Why many Protestants believe that the papacy is the anti-Christ. Any Church worth the truth understands that the Jewish faith laid the groundwork for the Christian faith. Christians attempting to divorce from the Jewish faith is akin to Adam divorcing Eve?
The entire Bible, along with the Apostolic Tradition, is the word of God.
Whoa whoa whoa FATHER I need my pen and paper and slow the speed of the video.
I saw on a video recently that the early Protestant bibles relied on a translation in Greek from the Latin by Erasmus (a contemporary humanist and biblical scholar who flirted with the reformers but ultimately remained a Catholic).
And so the eventual work was based on a translation into German from the Greek translated from the Latin by Erasmus and then of course originally from the Greek by early Christians. I don't know if this is entirely true or not but the speaker was a biblical scholar. However if true it would tend to contradict the idea that the early Protestant works came from original Greek as opposed to a relatively modern (16th century) Greek translation which was in turn translated from the Latin. This of course would refer only to the new Testament as the old Testament sources you have already explained in your video.
It would be interesting in a future video to contrast / compare the sources of both Catholic and Protestant bibles in total. Both old and new Testaments. And then of course later with the King James bible as compared to earlier Lutheran/Calvinist bibles.
Fr Casey please can you do a video of explaining nicene creed or apostle creed in detail. ie origin, meaning, where it comes from in the Bible / scripture etc (hope this makes sense) and love your channel and have been watching for over a year now! 🙏🏼🙌🏼 God bless!
Question: why wasnt there a Reformation in the Eastern Church? Any thoughts? I always felt like it was the lack of legalism in the East.
The East actually do have reformations it's just that it's not as wide spread as in the west. Reformations in the east are more localised and occur usually within just one particular church rather than the whole of the orthodox Church and plus with the already small population of the orthodox churches these reformed churches are relatively even smaller and are thus unknown and overshadowed by the big reformed churches of the west. One example is the reformed Church known as true orthodoxy which was the result of the reformation of the Russian orthodox Church particularly and not as a Reformation of the orthodox Church as a whole hence its localisation and unknown popularity
The grass isn't greener on the other side. The East doesn't just have the Eastern orthodox but also the oriental orthodox. Both are not in communion due to conflicting theologies. Also, a schism happened between Constantinople and Moscow patriarchates.
@@kaneki_ryuzaki3249 true but if we're going to talk about the Oriental Orthodox Churches the schism occurred particularly not just with the east but the west simultaneously also as this schism occurred in the 5th century between the miaphysite Christians (now oriental orthodox) and the chalcedonian Christians (now eastern orthodox and western Catholic) and not just exclusively with the east as during that time there was no east or west but rather just the chalcedonian Christians
Further more prior to this there was another schism about 20 years earlier during the counsil of ephesus between the Persian Christians (now churches of the East not to be confused with Eastern Orthodox) and the then pentarchy(now the miaphysite Christians (oriental orthodox) and the chalcedonian Christians (now eastern orthodox and western Catholic)
Briefly to say, here we're talking about the reformations that occurred after the east-west split beginning from the 16th century's protestat reformations onwards in the west resulting in the protestat factions and in the east these lesser known somewhat-protestant factions
I think that is because Eastern churches are authonomous to the extend that even the Constantinople patriarch is equal to, let's say, the Bulgarian one (though he likes to think himself above all other, that's not the case). So, lacking a single authority such as the pope there cannot be a full Reformation. Besides, as I can recall Luther considered the possibility to turn the Germans towards Orthodoxy but couldn't because of the problems it had at the moment, I.e. most of the Orthodox world was under Ottoman rule.
The Eastern Church had been mostly decimated by Islam. I honestly believe their problems were much bigger that their leadership selling indulgences.
Actually the earliest Protestant bibles contained the deutero-canonical books. For example Luther’s German translation contained them and later translations into English also contained them. These books were not removed. They were considered useful but sub-canonical which is the view also held by Jerome who created the Latin Vulgate and the view held by Pope Gregory the Great (died 604AD). The canon as Rome understands it today was not formally defined until the Council of Trent (16th century) and included the deutero-canonical books. This Council declared that anyone who disagreed with them on the canon was accursed by God which I guess included Pope Gregory. Prior to Trent there were differing views within the Roman Church. Some Protestant translations today contain the Deuteronomy-canonical books but solely for their usefulness.
Hi father casey ♥️♥️♥️ could you do an online catholic explanation of the bible in depth. Its a bid ask but would help agnostics like me learn more about catholic christianity
I can try and help answer any of your questions!
@@Scoochywoochy thanks. Id say the creation in genesis is the biggest , and how do we know what is metaphorical in the bible . Thank you
Speaking of Bibles, the word on fire Bible is now in it’s second print for anyone who is interested.
I wish there was a transcript of some of your videos, Father Casey. I'm relatively fresh, and in no rush to engage in apologetics out of fear of misrepresenting the church. However, I often find myself on the defense in the oddest of ways. I was once asked by a man, recently breaking off from his Amish faith what I thought about God, and more recently, a coworker noticed I always take Sundays off. Though not attempting to conduct missionary work, I found myself having to engage in apologetics both times. I'm essentially preparing a small book for the next time this happens, it contains much of the RCIA/OCIA materials, the ship analogy, and bits and pieces dug up (like this video). Anyways, appreciate you and all you do!
Interesting topic,I always heard that at one point in history catholic were not allowed to read or own a bible, they just had to accept what the priest taught,
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
RSV
Only-monos
God-theos
Monos theos
Monotheism
The Father
Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
Jesus has a God!
Jesus died!
God can’t die!
God raised Jesus from the dead!
@Shelley J Yes, and at one point, the Roman catholic church was selling salvation. Like, depending on how bad your sin was, you could pay a certain amount to have that sin forgiven...madness!! I'm so grateful for Martin Luther and the other men who stood up in defence of the TRUTH! Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to Father except through Him. We do not need to confess our sins to a priest. Jesus is our priest and saviour!
In the southeast US prior to the civil war, there was a version of the bible known as the slave's bible, which was edited down to discourage rebellion. The biggest change was eliminating Exodus to "avoid giving ideas". While I am not a christian, I view this particular version as disgusting and share the Catholic attitude toward this corruption.
@Nate Watson. I think we can talk agree that is disgraceful and wrong on so many levels.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9
Happy Sabbath.
I’ll always appreciate a video where you dunk on us Protestants. We can be the most legalistic out of the bunch, and it’s great to get a laugh in.
Seems to me that the argument is too focused on Luther removing the books than why the Masoretes chose to. I'm sure there is alot of ancient tradition there that is being overlooked as well considering how old the Talmud is
This is the best video I’ve seen that explains the differences, thank you
As a protestant I appreciate this video. It always bothered me that Protestant clergy don't know the history of their Bible. I still wonder more about how it happened though.
Research Bible Canon history
David Bedwell. I don’t know about you, but I am more interested in the Author of the Bible and getting to know Him.
Please see 1 Peter 3:15
@Gerry Hagen I believe that knowledge with humility can make a difference in a Christian's ministry, according to the Lord's purpose. Every Christian has a unique calling. I have been interested in Christian apologetics for several years now. I have been a Baptized Christian for more than 50 years.
@Gerry Hagen Bless you also brother in Christ.
I love ❤️this and such a great history lesson on on the Catholic Bible. 🛐Im a new subscribers.
The difference goes back to the days of Martin Luther. Luther decided on his own which books he didn't like and should be removed from the bible. He didn't form a committee, he didn't seek advice from anyone he made the decision and ran with it. During that time he posted his 95 theses on what he thought was wrong with the Catholic Church.
He couldn't have predicted the unintended consequence of his actions. Those that broke away became Protestants which is derived from protests and those Protestants took his version of the bible with them.
Then King Henry broke off from the Church because he wasn't granted an annulment so he could continue to be a pig and marry another. So he broke away from the church, confiscated what is arguably with billions today, Catholic Church property in the form of cathedrals, church's, abbeys, monasteries and convents killing anyone who would dare defy him and not join the church he created with himself in charge.
The King James version of the bible was written in opposition when King James found out that the Douay-Rheims translation was being written.
What ever the protestants have is directly derived from the works of Catholic clerics and scribes painstakingly writing by hand with quills one page at a time what we know as the Bible.
Hello Father, I usually watch most of your videos. I'm a Filipino watching from the Philippines. I would like to make a request since we all know that All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are both approaching. It is all about the two topics I've mentioned above and the question of "Is Halloween allowed to be celebrated by catholics?" I hope to hear these topics from you but it will be okay, no pressure. I also hope my grammar is proper because I'm super conscious with it. Thank you.
the contents of this channel is quite heartwarming yet the swarm of arguments in the comments below. I appreciate polite discussions but the ones when both parties argue irks me. This is why i dont like discussing theology, ugh.
Very excellent & informative. Thank You
Well and clearly explained thanks. As a Protestant I echo the "Lord's prayer" that we be one as Jesus and the Father are one.
I want to get a good catholic study bible! Can you give me a good recommendation Fr Casey. Or anyone else please.
I wouldn't exactly call it a study Bible but I'm personally fond of the great adventure Bible
The Catholic Study Bible by Donald Senior is very good for historical scholarship. The Ignatius Study Bible is my favorite for connecting the Bible to Catholic teaching.
ive heard good about the Word on Fire Bible.
Thanks guys I'm gonna check these out 👍
When I was going thru RCIA ( Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) to become a Catholic, I was given a copy of the New American Bible, put out by World Catholic Press. It's a more modern english translation, as opposed to the KJV, which makes it easier to read. Every book begins with a historical intro, so the reader gets some background information, and there are copious footnotes on every page that tell the reader what the texts meant in their original languages. The only drawback is that it's in paperback, and the small print can be hard on the eyes after a while.
Luther didn't removed it , he also added Deuterocanons in his translation
"Who are we, especially when dealing with sacred scripture, to believe that we know more than our spiritual mothers and fathers that came before us and compiled this incredible book." As a protestant Christian, I only have one spiritual Father. He was the sole inspiration for the Word that I now follow. I'm not following these books just because they've been around for a long time, I follow what is in correlation with God's Word. Catholicism, since it is primarily works based, is contradictory to what God's Word really says.
God bless you young brother
Amen Brother! Peace in Christ, and God bless you 🙏
@4:20 Fr. Casey i'm surprised you used BCE instead of BC.
I noticed the same thing and posted a note as well; hopefully he'll pick up on it!