How Do Catholic And Protestant Bibles Differ? |
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The King James Bible and the Catholic Bible, the Douay–Rheims, are indeed very different. They use different spellings for many proper names, and even different names i.e., Elias (Catholic), Elijah, (Protestant; Apocalypse, (Catholic), and Revelations, (Protestant). There are many more! In the Old Testament, the King James version omits seven books, parts of two others, and changes many of the names. Read on: CATHOLIC ………............ PROTESTANT |
Ezechial……………………
Ezekial Daniel …………...............…Daniel (part omitted) Osee…………….....……… Hosea Joel ……………......……… Joel Amos …………………....... Amos Abdias …….……………… Obadiah Jonas ……………....……… Jonah Micheas…….……………… Micah Nahum ………..…………… Nahum Habacuc…………………… Habakkuk Sophonias…..……………… Zephaniah Aggeus……..……………… Haggai Zacharius……...…………… Zachariah Malachias……..…………… Malachi 1 Machabees ...……….…… (omitted) 2 Machabees ……………… (omitted) Catholics are urged to read the Bible: "Our one desire for all the Church’s children is that being saturated with the Bible, they may arrive at the all-surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ. (Spiritus Paraclitus, Septemer 15, 1920. The same veneration (for the Bible), the Bishops should endeavor daily to increase and perfect among the faithful committed to their care, encouraging all those initiatives by which men filled with apostolic zeal, laudably strive to excite and foster among Catholics a greater knowledge of and love for the Sacred Books. (Divino Afflante Spiritu, Sept. 30, 1943). Statement of the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States in 1884: "It can hardly be necessary for us to remind you, beloved brethren, that the most highly valued treasure of every family library, and the most frequently and lovingly made use of, should be the Holy Scriptures…We hope that no family can be found amongst us, without a correct version of the Holy Scriptures". (Third Council of Baltimore; Dec. 7, 1884).
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