Does the Bible Contradict Itself?

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Indulgences as payments for sins no longer exist

No ,but the practice of indulgences does. (remission of punishment for sins)

Papal infallibility arrived for similar reasons-- to obtain power in a time of political rule. Most Catholics today do not believe in complete infallibility

Strawman;the reason is irrelevant. As is your bald assertion about what 'most Catholics believe'. Papal infallibility when the pope speaks 'ex cathedra' remains an article of faith. Rejecting any article of faith is apostasy.The result is automatic de facto excommunication.

The mass is a worship service

The Mass is THE central ritual of the Catholic faith, nothing less than the re enactment of the Last Super,in which the bread and wine [ is believed] to LITERALLY become the body and blood of Jesus.

Transubstantiation- I don't see how believing the bread is Christ's body will destroy your relationship with him.

Another strawman. Transubstantiation was a major theological basis of the protestant reformation.

Praying to saints- Putting your faith in a saint rather than Jesus Christ is a terrible possibility, but anything less will not result in an expulsion from God's side.

Basic difference; having statue at all in a church is seen as idolatry by most protestants. In fact,a saint can only be canonised (declared to be in heaven) after the Church is satisfied that there have been two miracles attributable to the saint's intercession with God. The point of praying to a saint is intercession. Not protestant practice as far as I'm aware

Their own version of the Bible is the normal Bible with notes. The notes are not authoritative. The Apocrypha may be wrongly considered inspired, but as it does not controvert the original Bible it is not a threat to salvation.

Another strawman; we are discussing differences. The Jerusalem bible is different TRANSLATION. The notes are accepted by Catholic as authoritative. EG Catholics are not literalists nor young earth creationist loons.

If you want to get into a discussion about Catholicism,perhaps ensure you have a fucking clue about the topic. Idiot. (I mean that a sincere observation based on reading many of your posts. not an insult necessarily)


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The Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) is a Roman Catholic translation of the Bible which first was introduced to the English-speaking public in 1966 and published by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Roman Catholic Bible, it includes the deuterocanonical books along with the sixty-six others included in Protestant Bibles, as well as copious footnotes and introductions.

The translation

The translation itself uses a literal approach that has been admired for its literary qualities, perhaps in part due to its most famous contributor, J.R.R. Tolkien (his primary contribution was the translation of Jonah).[4] The introductions, footnotes, and even the translation itself reflect a modern scholarly approach and the conclusions of scholars who use historical-critical method. As examples, the introduction and notes reject Moses' authorship of the Pentateuch, as well as the Book of Wisdom having been authored by King Solomon.

The Jerusalem Bible was the first widely accepted Roman Catholic English translation of the Bible since the Douay-Rheims Version of the 17th century. The Jerusalem Bible was also used it in the European liturgy and the Mass. This reference for The Jerusalem Bible can be found in the introduction page of the Roman Catholic Missals as the source reference for the readings. It has also been widely praised for an overall very high level of scholarship, and is widely admired and sometimes used by liberal and moderate Protestants. The overall text seems to have somewhat of a "Mid-Atlantic" nature, neither overwhelmingly British nor particularly American, making it acceptable to both groups in most instances. Overall, it has come to be considered as one of the better English translations of the Bible made in the 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible