Where Did the Bible Come From? Catholic Theologian Explains

[@jonathangoodwin646]

That is so good to know So many people think they're all thosespibles out there or correct but are not. The Catholic Bible is the only true Bible.

[@jacksoncastelino04]

I started reading Douy Rheims only in English

[@Jesusislord4569]

Not true the Christian Bible is the only truth

[@Jesusislord4569]

Catholicism is nonsense and untrue Jesus is the way and the truth and if a person doesn't know the Bible and Jesus as their Lord and savior then they don't know God your in my prayers only Jesus can save a persons soul not catholicism

[@joecastillo8798]

@@Jesusislord4569
Dylan,
Saw your comment.
I, as a practicing Catholic, agree with you on the need to read the Bible often in order to be inspired with its taching.
On the other hand, I must emphasize that our Lord Jesus Christ founded one Eklessia or Church to whom He asked to be perfectly one. Nowhere did our Lord hinted of division based on personal reading of inspired writings. Remember, our Lord setup a Magisterium with Peter as its head to feed and tend His flock in his absence. Moreover, our Lord prayed personally for Peter for the strengthening of his faith in order to guide His one Church.
Ask yourself: Did our Lord's prayers for the leader of His Church stopped with Peter in the first century?
The answer is NOT! Our Lord, as you know, went on to say in:
Matthew 28:19-20
19. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit,
20. teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE.”
Therefore, the promise given to Peter is carried forward to all his future successors for the benefit of all Christians down to the ages, in order to remain "perfectly one" just as Jesus wanted.
My friend, even though I respect your personsl discernment regarding your beliefs and practices, I pray that one day we will all be one just as our Lord Jesus Christ asked.
May God bless your discernment.

[@Jesusislord4569]

@@joecastillo8798 you can't know Jesus if your a Catholic because catholicism is completely different from Christianity only Christians such as myself can truly know Jesus so in reality catholicism is false

[@duromusabc]

Yes the early Catholic Church officially assembled Catholic Bible Canon in 382 AD in the Ecumenical Council of Rome under Pope Damasis I - by that time the Catholic Bible texts were written in Koine Greek , old Latin , Hebrew and Aramaic- but the Catholic Church before 382 AD had a few Catholic bibles totally written in either Koine Greek or old Latin and they were written by scribes in the oral tradition on animal hide scrolls or papyrus (paper didn’t exist back then )
Geographically these texts were written in Israel / Turkey/Macedonia/North Africa (Morroco, Egypt and Ethiopia) and Italy areas

[@Henry-eh2jk]

Italy?

[@larrylim8050]

Bros & Sis, consider this question:
Why do non Catholic Christians believe that the Bible is definitely the inspired scriptures considering that the Bible was searched, sorted, selected, put together and declared to be the final books inspired by God, by the Catholic church from around 25k manuscripts (the original couldn't be found when the time the Bible was being put together). This process was under the guardianship and authority of the Pope.
The books of the Bible were chosen and finalized with the authority of the Popes.
So, why do non Catholic Christians use this Bible or at least its core (some Christians removed done books and changed some translations), that the Catholic church put together, through the Pope's finality of authority, instead of them just searching, sorting, selecting and putting together their own using their individual consciences and authority as they claim all good Christians can identify truth?
The Bible is a Catholic created book and declared the true holy God inspired scriptures by the SOLE authority of the Pope.
THEY USE THIS SAME BIBLE, SO IT IMPLIES THEY BELIEVE THAT THE POPE HAS THAT SAME AUTHORITY TO DECLARE TRUTH.
AND NOW THEY BELIEVE (THIS BELIEF/ FALSE TEACHING/ WRONG LOGIC IS STARTED BY LUTHER) THE POPE DOESN'T HAVE THAT SAME AUTHORITY, AND THAT ALL TRULY FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
THEN NON CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS EACH HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTIFICATION OF TRUTH AND INTERPRETATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
THIS IS WRONG RIGHT?
Let's unite in truth. Being in truth will unite Christians.

[@m.forrestal5893]

Protestants have a problem: Martin Luther took it upon himself to remove several books from the Bible which is why a protestant bible has 66 books, and a Catholic bible 73 books...

[@Henry-eh2jk]

Catholics are not Christians

[@JonBelcherStation]

Lol they won’t be able to answer your question. But I’ll be the one to agree with you 100% … I guess the Pope must be “Jesus” lol

[@mazikode]

Nice to see Chris here!thanks for this episode.

[@iqgustavo]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:34 📜 *The Bible's origin is a long story divided into Old and New Testaments.*
01:43 📜 *The New Testament, focusing on Jesus and disciples, was composed by those in Jesus's immediate circle over about 70 years.*
02:23 📜 *The early Church, led by bishops, determined which books were orthodox, true to Jesus's teaching, and thus included in the New Testament.*
03:50 📜 *The Church's authority, not a library club, played a crucial role in discerning and recognizing the New Testament.*
05:30 📜 *The Old Testament's longer development involved scrolls, synagogue readings, and a canon forming around the Torah.*
07:06 📜 *Old Testament copies are close, and the canon formation was not based on conflicting interpretations but on the development of a community of faith.*
08:15 📜 *The New Testament's accuracy is high, with differences often in minor details, and translations aim to make Scripture accessible to all people.*
09:39 📜 *The Bible's translation into various languages reflects its universality and the early Christians' effort to share it with diverse people groups.*
11:45 📜 *Manuscript errors were generally due to human factors like misunderstanding, not a deterioration of the text over time.*
12:53 📜 *The Bible's humanness, written by human beings, does not diminish its divine inspiration; God has always worked through human involvement.*

[@jhondoe233]

For English readers of the Bible, I believe that the Douay Rheims Bible is the Best English Translation of the Bible. It is more Accurately Specific and Detailed than the Revised Versions. Revised Versions have Unavoidable Ambiguities that many times Speaks a Different Message.
And the Newer Translations are missing Verse 21 of Chapter 17 in the Book of Matthew. In the Douay Rheims Bible it is not missing.

[@lukedurham8212]

Excellent and concise

[@FreedomandBaconHomestead]

Very cool! Great to see the two of you talking together.

[@Cube_Ernator1077]

From St Jerome, a Catholic priest whom later was Canonised as a Saint. He Compiled all the scattered texts there were around at the time. In 382 A.D. after the death of Jesus, these once scattered books, became what we know as 'the Bible.
But ..... Shhhhhhhhhh ..... Don't tell the Protestants! They are STILL Gnashing their collective teeth, over this Historic and Spiritual FACT!

[@bethanienaylor]

Uhhhh it's not a 'Fact' dude.

[@bethanienaylor]

Everything is either believed, made up, or perceived as first-hand as factual information, sometimes all three! Perhaps, Usually all three.... Who knows!

[@joecastillo8798]

@@bethanienaylor
Bethanie,
You may want to visit "The Decree of Damasus" on line. There you will discover the entire Canon of Scripture as well as who, with full divine authority, designated it as "The Word of God" in 382AD.
God bless.

[@bethanienaylor]

@@joecastillo8798 thank you!

[@joecastillo8798]

@@bethanienaylor
You are welcome.
God bless.

[@bengoolie5197]

It was pointed out some time ago by a man who held a rank higher than a priest, that God is the author of Scripture, both Old and New Testaments by virtue of His Divine inspiration. This same prelate added an important point: The men who actually wrote every word of the New Testament were all Catholics!

[@Henry-eh2jk]

The New Testament was written by Jews. None of the Books of the Bible were written by catholics

[@randypoe618]

The writers of the New Testament were Jews! The Bible is a Jewish book. The Catholic Church compiled it and purged it of its Jewishness.

[@bensantos3882]

Great us Catholics are fighting back for once!

[@casey8726]

Catholics fight back against the Word of God and the Finished work of the cross.

[@criticaltheories5222]

I read somewhere that Matthew didn't write Matthew but that the members of a church he founded wrote it in Aramaic originally.

[@barbarafenton1775]

"The gospel according to Matthew" wouldn't have to mean he specifically wrote it but that his journey with Jesus and His teachings that Matthew passed on to others were written down and thus attributed to him.

[@anthonymarchetta8796]

The problem is there is absolutely no evidence of this. Every single full copy of Matthew we ever had attributes it to Matthew, who was one of the Apostles who could definitely write.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

What church did Mathew found and start?

[@marcusvaldes]

Interesting conversation. Props to whoever did the lighting. Very "Godfather-esque".

[@studybible]

Here is a channel to help Catholic believers with their Bible studies!

[@michaelmcguirk396]

I think it is helpful for the listener to specify the Catholic Church instead of only saying the Church.

[@KeenanModica]

Great video on the Catholic perspective, I really appreciated it. However, how does the letters of Paul not conflict with the Hebrew scriptures or the words of Jesus?

[@Henry-eh2jk]

How do Paul's letters conflict with the words of Jesus?

[@KeenanModica]

@@Henry-eh2jk Jesus tells believers to keep the Law of God. Paul tells believers to not keep the Law of God; therefore, the two conflict. Paul, who wrote 5% of the Bible, accounts for 95% of the issues.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@KeenanModica Nope. Read the Bible.

[@KeenanModica]

No on what? Are you saying Paul taught the same thing as Jesus? @@Henry-eh2jk

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@KeenanModica You don't understand the Old Covenant made with Abraham and the New Covenant made with Jesus. The words of Jesus are in COMPLETE agreement with the letters of Paul.
Keep reading from the Bible. Maybe you will understand. Regardless, you are making yourself look stupid with your ignorance. You don't understand and have no grounds or right to, wrongly, accuse Paul.
The word satan literally means accuser. A false accuser. Why are you falsely accusing Paul?

[@irenecastelino8827]

Thank you Lord.

[@NancyYu-dm4ut]

i love reading bible i have my own catholic bible

[@mosin9105]

Thank you

[@charliek2557]

Very good

[@tedtan6449]

what version is the bible?

[@stephen5804]

U WOULD NEVER BELIEVE ME IF U SAW THE DEAD RISE

[@renatosolis5591]

Wait!!! I.wanna understand; THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED BEFORE THE BIBLE... AND .. AROUND WHEN

[@biblealone9201]

For the first 300 years of Christianity, there was no Bible as we know it today. Christians had the Old Testament Septuagint, and literally hundreds of other books from which to choose. The Catholic Church realized early on that she had to decide which of these books were inspired and which ones weren't. The debates raged between theologians, Bishops, and Church Fathers, for several centuries as to which books were inspired and which ones weren't. In the meantime, several Church Councils or Synods, were convened to deal with the matter, notably, Rome in 382, Hippo in 393, and Carthage in 397 and 419. The debates sometimes became bitter on both sides. One of the most famous was between St. Jerome, who felt the seven books were not canonical, and St. Augustine who said they were. Protestants who write about this will invariably mention St. Jerome and his opposition, and conveniently omit the support of St. Augustine. I must point out here that Church Father's writings are not infallible statements, and their arguments are merely reflections of their own private opinions. When some say St. Jerome was against the inclusion of the seven books, they are merely showing his personal opinion of them. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. However, A PERSONS PRIVATE OPINION DOES NOT CHANGE THE TRUTH AT ALL. There are always three sides to every story, this side, that side, and the side of truth. Whether Jerome's position, or Augustine's position was the correct position, had to be settled by a third party, and that third party was the Catholic Church.
Now the story had a dramatic change, as the Pope stepped in to settle the matter. In concurrence with the opinion of St. Augustine, and being prompted by the Holy Spirit, Pope St. Damasus I, at the Council of Rome in 382, issued a decree appropriately called, "The Decree of Damasus", in which he listed the canonical books of both the Old and New Testaments. He then asked St. Jerome to use this canon and to write a new Bible translation which included an Old Testament of 46 books, which were all in the Septuagint, and a New Testament of 27 books.
ROME HAD SPOKEN, THE ISSUE WAS SETTLED.
"THE CHURCH RECOGNIZED ITS IMAGE IN THE INSPIRED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. THAT IS HOW IT DETERMINED THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE🤦‍♀️

[@johnduncan7484]

"...pray TO your Father, who is UNSEEN."
- Jesus The Christ/Messiah (Matthew 6:6)

[@lupelo8819]

John Wycliffe wrote the English Bible by the inspiration of God.

[@fantasia55]

No one uses his translation, because it was so full of errors.

[@Kefa...]

It's gonna be ai Bible vs ai Bible pretty soon 🫏

[@Henry-eh2jk]

Who founded the catholic church?

[@geoffjs]

Jesus Matt 16 18-19

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@geoffjs That passage says nothing about Jesus starting the catholic church. Paradoxically, Jesus destroys the catholic church in Revelation chapter 18

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@geoffjs Any other guesses?

[@BikeyTheVlogger]

Constantine the roman empire, council of nicaea. From paganism to Christianity later on become Roman catholic
In this sign I will conquer

[@DadoMac]

@@BikeyTheVlogger Distorted fact. Constantine LEGALIZED christianity, he did not found it.

[@irvinemurombedzi9628]

The old testament was not meant fir all people but only fir the Hebrews and later Jews. Jesus actually stated that HD was sent to the list sheep of Isreal. Again by whise authority did the protestant Church reject the bible authorised by the Catholic Church?

[@casey8726]

Did catholics write the Bible?

[@wjm5972]

the church compiled it and thru the holy spirit determind which books were canonical and approved the canon. not every book in the nt was immediatly recognized as inspired

[@casey8726]

@@wjm5972 Did catholics write the Bible?

[@casey8726]

No. catholics did not write the Bible

[@Henry-eh2jk]

No

[@wjm5972]

jewish converts , the 1st catholics@@casey8726

[@davidvanriper60]

by 4 minutes in, the Truth is turned upside down, as I expected from a Catholic perspective
The RCC did NOT decide which writings were Canon...GOD wrote both Testaments- the recipients RECOGNIZED them. The CHURCH did not write the Bible.
My computer is NOT writing these comments, I am. The laptop is my instrument. If I say, "there sits a blue pickup truck"; it is NOT a blue pickup truck because
I say it is...I recognize what it is. The holy Spirit testifies to what is scripture. The moment an epistle/book was written, it WAS canon, whether anyone believes it or not.
By the mid second century all 27 books were written, copied and shared among the churches throughout the Roman empire.
As for the Old Testament, same thing. As soon as a "book" was written, it was CANON, as it was written by God. The Jews had the complete canon by 400 bc.
The RCC ADDED the extra books after the reformation began.

[@lois2997]

Bs you are so full of crap

[@casey8726]

@@lois2997 Prove it. You always have something rotten to say. Prove your point.

[@casey8726]

@@lois2997 Which books in the Bible are written by catholics?
Which books in the Bible are written to catholics?
Which books in the Bible talk about the catholics and the catholic church?
What books in the Bible use the word Catholic?

[@casey8726]

@@lois2997 You are the one who is full of anger. Why are you so afraid?

[@revelation1215]

@@casey8726Catholic just means “universal”. Is is the One, Holy, UNIVERSAL and Apostolic church founded by Jesus. When the Bible talks about the church such as “the church is the pillar and bulwark of truth” in 1Timothy 3:15 it is referring to the only church that existed at that time which is now called the Catholic Church. It’s an historical fact.

[@RPlavo]

This is too easy an explanation, it’s Like something for grade school……no form criticism?

[@cinnamondan4984]

The idea that disciples of Christ wrote the Gospels is purely based on tradition as far as I can gather. They may have, but I don’t think we can categorically say this about the Gospels.

[@MyPoincare]

The holy spirit involved during the writing process, the gospel of mark even though it was written by mark, but the source of the story came from peter. So they can assure that it was the truth. The same goes with other gospels.

[@cinnamondan4984]

@@MyPoincare What documentation suggests this is the case?

[@MyPoincare]

You can find it in Eusebius' book, Historia Ecclesiastica (Book iii. No 39, verse 15), Eusebius of Caesarea provides both information about Papias and quotations from Papias.
Papias (60 - 130 AD) was the bishop of Hierapolis, he was one of Apostle John's (15 - 100 AD) disciples along with Polycarp. This is also confirmed by Irenaeus (Polycarp's disciple)
Meanwhile the Eusebius (260 - 339 AD) was bishop of Caesarea, he wrote several book related to Apostles, their disciples, and their teachings.
"(15) “This also the presbyter said: Mark, having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately, though not in order, whatsoever he remembered of the things said or done by Christ. For he neither heard the Lord nor followed him, but afterward, as I said, he followed Peter, who adapted his teaching to the needs of his hearers, but with no intention of giving a connected account of the Lord’s discourses, so that Mark committed no error while he thus wrote some things as he remembered them. For he was careful of one thing, not to omit any of the things which he had heard, and not to state any of them falsely.” These things are related by Papias concerning Mark."
(Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book iii. No 39, verse 15)
or in original text written as below :
‘ [15] τοῦθ̓ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἔλεγεν: Μάρκος μὲν ἑρμηνευτὴς Πέτρου γενόμενος, ὅσα ἐμνημόνευσεν, ἀκριβῶς ἔγραψεν, οὐ μέντοι τάξει, τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ λεχθέντα ἢ πραχθέντα. οὔτε γὰρ ἤκουσεν τοῦ κυρίου οὔτε παρηκολούθησεν αὐτῷ, ὕστερον δέ, ὡς ἔφην, Πέτρῳ: ὃς πρὸς τὰς χρείας ἐποιεῖτο τὰς διδασκαλίας, ἀλλ̓ οὐχ ὥσπερ σύνταξιν τῶν κυριακῶν ποιούμενος λογίων, ὥστε οὐδὲν ἥμαρτεν Μάρκος οὕτως ἔνια γράψας ὡς ἀπεμνημόνευσεν. ἑνὸς γὰρ ἐποιήσατο πρόνοιαν, τοῦ μηδὲν ὧν ἤκουσεν παραλιπεῖν ἢ ψεύσασθαί τι ἐν αὐτοῖς.’

[@cinnamondan4984]

@@MyPoincare awesome. Thanks for the info! I will totally investigate. I read Eusebius in college but have forgotten the bulk of what I got from it.

[@MyPoincare]

@@cinnamondan4984 no problem

[@BigDaveMeetup]

How about the host stop interrupting? So annoying

[@edithhewson7208]

Might watch video TH-cam Bible hoax 1881 it has magnifying 🔍

[@vincentrabbit8497]

HISTORY OF BIBLE CALL CATHOLIC CALL APPALES CALL CHRISTIAN CALL JESUS CHIRST IS THE ONLY LIVING GOD CALL ORTHODOX CALL SANIT PETER IS THE ROCK OF GOD WORDS CALL BIBLE

[@tigbaylotv5846]

OW PLEASE!!! ANOTHER SET OF LIES FROM A RELIGION WHO TEACHES EVERYTHING IN OPPOSITE TO WHAT GOD WANTS!!

[@glennlanham6309]

give us examples, oh great seer....

[@casey8726]

​@@glennlanham6309How are you getting to Heaven?

[@glennlanham6309]

​@@casey8726No one gets to Heaven except through Christ's blood. Acts 2:38-Repent AND BE BAPTIZED, every one of you, for the forgiveness of your sins, in Jesus' name.

[@glennlanham6309]

@@casey8726 Through the Blood of Christ, did you find another way?

[@glennlanham6309]

@@casey8726 Acts 2:38 is very clear: repent and be baptized.

[@fontybits]

Why do so many people want to substitute the God-given name of "Christian" (Acts 11:26) for the name of a DENOMINATION?
Catholic, Baptist, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness etc. etc. They are all just TRIBAL names, not the name of the RELIGION - Christianity!

[@Henry-eh2jk]

Because they are religious, not spiritual

[@geoffjs]

Jesus founded One True Church Matt 16 18-19 Early followers were Christian. No other churches, they are sects ie pretenders lacking the fullness of the CC

[@francissweeney7318]

When catholics abandoned the Hebrew bible they abandoned Jesus, The Word of God.

[@karincoll5581]

Jesus is believed to have spoken both Aramaic along with Hebrew. It is thought he may have known several languages because he worked in a cosmopolitan city.

[@francissweeney7318]

@@karincoll5581 Jesus is God. Language is never an issue.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@francissweeney7318 Yes. Jesus is God.

[@ramonam9251]

Why have guests if you are going to interupt over and over. It's rude. Chris needs to shush.

[@Jesusislord4569]

People are so brainwashed by religion and they need to repent and come to Jesus because Christianity isn't a religion Christianity is the truth and catholicism is a religion it's completely false you need to repent and come to Jesus before it's too late

[@brentbrandon1062]

@@Jesusislord4569 LOL

[@Jesusislord4569]

@@brentbrandon1062 it's not funny

[@Jesusislord4569]

@@brentbrandon1062 I'm being serious religion is evil and people need to stay away from it and they need to come to Jesus and I hope that you do too friend God bless you

[@Jesusislord4569]

Mercy rose Jesus will never be silenced

[@dayakarrao2206]

Scripture is for all the people, including, who can not read write? So,
Gospel is that human are sent and required as children not as devotees.
Concepts Ideologies Philosophies Religions make people devotees.
Only the Son, Jesus makes people sons.
Governments of the world are responsible to send their citizens as children not as devotees because they have got them as children.

[@namaspetelo2144]

🤔

[@dayakarrao2206]

@@namaspetelo2144 Yes.

[@m.forrestal5893]

There is more than one way to teach Scripture: Passion plays, drama, song, poetry, hymns, story-telling, high crosses with biblical scenes embellishing them, paintings, stained glass windows... These tools were used when people were illiterate or unable to afford a bible. They are still used.

[@dayakarrao2206]

@@m.forrestal5893 out of the list you have given by which or what way you are taught scriptures?
Jesus took the way to give gospel by the word of mouth.

[@jessebryant9233]

Catholic theologian? That's kind of an oxymoron when it comes to the vast majority of even the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. But good to know there are a few of them! And of course, the Deuterocanonical books do not bear the earmarks of the rest of Scripture, yet "the Church" includes it? Hm...

[@joycesavage2629]

The catholic did not start the Bible.

[@lois2997]

Bs you are so jealous you whiny prot trolls . Oh yes we gave you the New Testament

[@casey8726]

@@lois2997 Yes catholics did not start the Bible. Why are you so afraid?
Catholics had nothing to do with the writing of the New Testament.

[@raulrubio2862]

Did you not watch the video?

[@casey8726]

​@@lois2997
Jesus loves
the devil mocks, insults and attacks

[@JoseSanchez-zq8kg]

First of all Jesus was not a religious man, and what ever happened to the other Apostles books, the word bible (biblia)is in Greek meaning book or books, and why were the Gnostic books burnt and the Gnostic people killed , if you read (John 8:42-46) it say something like you do your fathers work your father the devil, and Jesus is not God it says so in ( John 5:41) ,( Rev 19:10)( Rev22:9) he is just a servant and does not want humans to worship him read it, Jesus was a spiritual homeless man, religion is manipulating everyone, the book of Tobias the Angel Raphael showed Tobit how to do a ritual by burning a fish liver,heartland gallbladder to get rid of an evil spirit from a girl and to restore the eye sight of Tobias that sounds like witchcraft to me , and the bible say divination is evil , but Jesus is a divine being and he also used divinity , the prophets also used divination to foretell the future, so did Jesus foretell the future, take the blind folds off religion and the government are using mind control, did Jesus not say the truth will set you free, Jesus was an ascended master , religion is using Jesus for clout

[@biblealone9201]

4TH CENTURY THE FIRST USE OF THE WORD "BIBLE": It came from the Greek word "biblos" which means the inner bark of the papyrus, paper-reed, from which paper was originally made, in Egypt. The Latin form "Biblia" spelled with a capital letter, came to mean "the Book of Books," "The Book" by way of pre-eminence, the inspired Book, etc. The Holy Scriptures were first called the Bible by St. Chrysostom, the Catholic Archbishop of Constantinople, in the 4th century. (12)😎😎

[@JoseSanchez-zq8kg]

@@biblealone9201 finally some that knows I've asked a few pastors and they can't tell me ,so why was Jesus missing for 18 years ? And is Divine , Divinity and Divination not the same? And why don't people believe in reincarnation if Jesus said Elijah returned as John the Baptist, (Luke 1:17) we are all spirit living in a human body or was Jesus lying? And why go and pray in a church or a temple if out body is a temple, did Jesus not say don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray standing so others can see them , but go in your room and pray to the father so that he can see you, what did Jesus mean in (John 8:42-46) and why would God allow a girl that's gets raped to marry her rapists? And if the Bible God is loving and forgiving, why did he have innocent woman and children kill (Numbers 31:17-18) and they were to keep all virgin girls for themselves, when the 10 commandments say you shall not kill and why is there slavery in the Bible ? Does the Bible not contradict itself? I was a Christian man but the spirit of God showed me things that are not of God in the Bible now I am a spiritual person

[@tco13v]

@@JoseSanchez-zq8kg Read the bible with the context that God's revelation of Himself is progressive. If God in the OT is vengeful and punishing is that because God is unloving? OR is it because humankind (collective consciousness) is slow and dim witted?

[@JoseSanchez-zq8kg]

@@tco13v what did Jesus say in (John 8:42-46) or is Jesus lying about this it is written and Jesus does not want humans to worship him it is written in (John 5:41) in (Rev 19:10) and in (Rev 22:9) and what God would be ok with rape of a woman (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) is that your god ? The real God is a loving and forgiving God , and he is not a jealous punishing God that puts fear in us , fear is of the devil not from God

[@JoseSanchez-zq8kg]

@@tco13v with all respect I believe in Jesus but he was not this religious figure religion makes him to be , why did the pharisees hated him ? For speak the truth he got killed he was teaching spirituality not religion, listen if Jesus was a divine being he had to have used divinity and divination is it not the same thing ? But religion wants us blinded to the truth , the old testament did the Angel Raphael not show tobit how to do a ritual using the fish's heart, liver and gallbladders, to get rid of an evil spirit, and to heal tobias from blindness that sound like divination to me

[@markmeyer4532]

God. The Bible is Gods divine canon Word reveled to us through his divine power and wisdom, and I trust in Him to have revealed it perfectly and through which ever medium was most effective by His perfect choices. Everything and everyone else is man taking credit for what God established for us to know before the creation of the universe. Man did not impact that, and man did not contribute to scripture; nor could they if 100% of humans tried altogether to do so.
Step aside Catholics, this is not your book; your book is the Catechism, scripture is the book of Christians.

[@geoffjs]

Jesus gave us the One True Church Matt 16 18-19 Plenty of evidence that the CC codified the Bible in 382 at Council of Rome

[@blwtheblue]

Their discernment isn't worth a pile of dog feces

[@namaspetelo2144]

Worth nothing? you said?

[@buratchini]

@blwtheblue - I'd like some of that whatever you're smokin' Holmes!!! You can't discern what he's educating you on?? You can only think of dog feces??? @@#$%^&* 🤣😆🤣🤣

[@viviennedunbar3374]

So you clearly are not a Christian.

[@stephenclark8844]

Mary not God
Rosary poo poo

[@lois2997]

Wah but Catholics wah wah I love my heretic Luther wah

[@casey8726]

The rosary and Mary are catholic symbols that contradict what the Word of God teaches.

[@wjm5972]

catholics do not teach that she is