(January 1, 2013 at 10:44 am)Aractus Wrote: Try again please. I'm asking you and the other active Catholics here to tell me why you accept the Latin Vulgate (Jerome, 4th century) as inspired scripture. You don't need to bring scholarly thought in to it. Why does it have equal status as scripture as Codex Vaticanus? And - most importantly - how can you justify Vaticanus as scripture for the OT when we have a far better preserved Hebrew language version (the Masoretic Text)?
Seriously, you are saying you want a debate with scholarly thought left out?
I can give you my opinions but what worth will they be to you as I struggle as it is with spelling english and you want me to discuss the fine points of translations in latin,greek and aramaic , throw in some ancient and medieval history, jewish and christian politics.
Why I accept one text over another tbh I would accept the one written in English as that's the language I speak and I have never had any major issues with the fine points of translation as my faith isn't built on cherry picking quotes but rather trying to see the Bible as a narrative that needs to be seen in a complete context. So i defer to the scholarship of Church in choice as I believe that I could pick up any reasonable translation and be happy to use it. I had faith in God before I even read the bible and the first christians didn't even have a Bible for quite some time.
But really if you are so sure of your scholarship then don't be a coward and go and put it to a proper test with people called scholars who can really give you a proper discussion.
