King James BibleThus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?New King James VersionThus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the ...
Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water.” New American Bible The LORD said to me: Go buy yourself a linen loincloth; wear it on your loin...
• The Protestant Christian Bible contains 66 books, from Genesis to Revelation. The Catholic Christian Bible contains the same 66 books and an extra 7 books. Those extra 7 books are mostly historical accounts of events that took place before the time of Jesus. • The Christian Bible is d...
1 Samuel 3:17 New Catholic Bible 17 He said, “What is it that the Lord said to you? Please, do not hide it from me. May the Lord do it to you[a] and even more if you hide anything from me of all those things that he said to you.” ...
Listen to the audio version of this content TheCatechism of the Catholic Churchdefinespurgatoryas a “purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,” which is experienced by those “who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified” (...
1. What is the influence of the Authorized Version of Bible on the English language and literature? Apart from its religious influence, the Authorized Version has a great influence on the English language and literature. The translators of the Authorized Version held fast to pure, old English sp...
A much more popular theory in the early church (including Jerome and Augustine) was that it meant something like “supersubstantial” — or spiritual — and referred to the bread of the Eucharist. This is still one of the preferred interpretations in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches....
The Catholic Church permits a range of views on the subject of predestination, but there are certain points on which it is firm: “God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end” (CC...
What Books Are in the Apocrypha? Different scholars included different apocryphal books in their Bible translations before the official list we have today, which was ratified by several Roman Catholic councils and appeared in the King James Bible. The list is as follows: · The First Bo...
Psalm 119:105 (Catholic Douay Version, Psalm 118:105). "Thy word is truth." John 17: 17.It is evident that since the Holy Bible is God's word, it is the truth, and we should study it. Truth is never contradictory; wherever taught, it always agrees with itself. Why should we be...