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How old was Joseph when he married and when he died? How old was Joseph when he married and when he died? Q. We don’t hear much about Joseph in the Bible. Do we know how old he was when Mary and he married? How old was he when he died, how did he die, and how old was Jesus when he died? We...

- My answer: - Matthew 13:55: (biblehub) His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. brothers...

Oh boy. Lot is referred to as Abrams "brother" yet they have completely different parents. That's just one example, obviously "brother" does not mean the individuals have the same mother or the same father. Many non-Catholics who read the Bible don't understand that languages, and thus words...

Well, you certainly don't have to convince me to follow Paul. (I Cor. 11:1. I've got 10 Books of his memorized... And studied his journeys extensively... Phil. 4:9. It changed my whole life 43 years ago... - My answer : - I don't want to convince you of anything! - It's only to see the...

- Colossians: When and where was it written? Paul wrote this epistle during his first imprisonment in Rome, around A.D. 60–62 (see Guide to the Scriptures, “Pauline Epistles,” scriptures.lds.org). Paul probably wrote the Epistle to the Colossians around the same time he wrote Philippians...

John is very clear. He wrote the Book of Revelation from Patmos. And he wrote in that Book to seven churches, just as Paul had written to seven churches. - My answer : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Patmos John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the...

- My answer: - History gives a testimony of what religions have done through centuries ! - Religious leaders and politicians and commercial leaders have organized to control people ! - They have worked for their own interests rather than people interests ! - They are like wolves Jesus tells...

I have seen the counts of Catholics today as over a billion. So with billions of Catholics over a two thousand year period not every Catholic gets every part of history correct. Far from it. You have a lot of writings by Catholics to pick and choose from. But I'll address the article by this...

My answer: - The Third part is about a Catholic Bishop! - So if I am not wrong, it can’t be anti-Catholic! - As in Jesus' time, religious leaders have always been the responsible! - They make arrangements with political leaders! - Now it's up to people to follow them or not! - By reading...

If you have a short paragraph you want to quote fine, but this is a discussion group, not meant for posting large portions of anti-Catholic books or any other book you may follow. An old anti-Catholic tactic is simply to make more and more accusations. Any of us could post long portions of...

By Msgr. Daniel Kutys Average Catholics asked today how often they read the Bible likely would say that they do not read the Bible regularly. However, if asked how often they read Scripture, the answer would be different. Practicing Catholics know they read and hear Scripture at every Mass...

In 1836, Gregory XVI eliminated the relief made back in 1757. His encyclical letter Inter praecipuas of 1844 spoke out against vernacular Bibles of the Bible societies.[55] Hans-Josef Klauck considers when commenting this encyclical that that "there is a deep wisdom in the previous Catholic...

19th–20th centuries In 1816, Pius VII sent two breves concerning the Bible societies. One to the archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (Nimio et Acerbo, June 29), and another to the archbishop of Mohilev (Magno et acerbo, September 3[50]). Both breves are very strongly against the...

17th–18th centuries Unigenitus In 1713 Clement XI issued the bull Unigenitus dei filius in order to fight against Jansenism. The bull condemned 101 excerpts from the work Réflexions morales by Pasquier Quesnel, including the following propositions:[44] This bull was controversial among...

England In 1534, the Canterbury Convocation requested that the king commission a new translation of the Bible by suitable persons and authorize the reading of the new translation. Although the king did not designate translators, new translations appeared from 1535 and afterwards. In 1536 and...

16th century From 1516 to 1535, Erasmus of Rotterdam published several editions of his Novum Instrumentum omne. It was a double edition with both a new Latin version as well as the first print of the Greek text, which was reconstructed in a few places by back-translating Latin into Greek. In...

From the printing press until the Reformation Around 1440–1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press with movable type, with which he produced the Gutenberg Bible. His invention quickly spread throughout Europe. In 1466 the Mentelin Bible was the first vernacular language Bible to be...

John Wycliffe (1330–1384), a theologian with pre-Reformation views, finished the first authoritative translation of the Bible from Latin into English in 1383. His teachings were rejected in 1381 by Oxford University and in 1382 by the church. For fear of a popular uprising Wycliffe was not...

2) - Censorship of the Bible: - It was always organized by the authorities of the Church - let’s start with wikipedia: Censorship of the Bible - Wikipedia During the Middle Ages There were some controversies whether the translation in Old Church Slavonic was permissible. According to St...

Renaissance and Reformation The Reformation may be described as a next crucial period in the story of reading and interpreting the Bible, although it should be kept in mind that the Reformation itself was only, albeit an integral, part of a much larger cultural and historical process taking...