Posted on 12/18/2014 5:00:17 PM PST by Salvation
When I took a Education for Ministry course years ago. Our Old Testament Instructor told how she had to teach teenage boys some of the “colorful” parts of the OT. I just can not imagine doing it. :)
“..Why don’t Catholics follow the bible?”
Why don’t protestants? Sola scriptura is NOT in the bible. The instruction to follow traditions taht are handed on IS in the bible, not the written word alone. All scripture is profitable, but not ONLY scripture is profitable.
Why do protestants ignore John 6 - clear instructions for the eucharist?
Protestants are the ones who do not follow the bible and ignore very important chapters (or delete entire books if they don’t like them).
Here is a link.
We used Ruth 1:16-17 in our wedding.
What years did you go? They get more of it now. Of course it does depend upon the local ordinary.
Even when we were little they were teaching us the Bible, we just didn't memorize it.
I have taught Bible School and Religious Ed and have done Confirmation prep and RCIA. The Bible is always present, we just don't sit there and memorize it. It's so easy to find a verse if you really need it for something.
It’s in the missal, it’s in the bulletin and it is in fact a psalm. DUH! The Psalm ALWAYS comes after the FIRST reading. That’s how he knows. If you could not read and write but are Catholic you know this. From the time you are big enough to sing.
“In Catholic schools, it was hit or miss...”
I think this is right. I graduated high school in 1968.
In Catholic grammar school, we read Old Testament Bible stories in the lower grades, and studied the New Testament in higher grades - I remember doing an in-depth study of the Acts of the Apostles in 8th Grade.
We all had to buy Bibles in freshman year of Catholic high school, and used them as we went through the Old and New Testaments in 4 years of Theology classes.
Although the Novus Ordo Mass leaves me cold, I really like the three-year cycle of readings in the New Mass as compared to the 1-year cycle in the Traditional Mass, which I otherwise strongly prefer.
I also agree with the author of the article that in Catholicism, the Bible is used more as a tool of worship at Mass, much like the Missal, rather than as subject of independent study in an of itself.
I see the Bible as the basis of my Catholic belief, and have been trained to understand the Old and New Testament readings as the underpinnings of Church teachings. In other words, Catholics use the Bible on a more contextual basis, both in study of out Faith and in our worship during the holy sacrifice of the Mass.
And, of course, the reason that Catholics don’t take Bibles to church is that the biblical readings for that particular day (i.e., the Proper of the Mass) have always been in the Missal - therefore, no need to carry the Bible when you have your Missal or a misssalette at Mass.
He not only encourages us to read scripture, but during the homily keeps all of us on our toes, by asking us questions about the Sunday scripture readings.
My favorite is always Jonah I think. When I taught Bible School we tended to stick with the OT for the Bible stories and the NT for the Sacraments. But I digress. Someone came up with a way to but a bunch of black plastic together and used some fans. It was big enough for the kids to go in and experience being inside the belly of the whale. It was a great teaching tool. The little ones really got it.
I have this really old game that a friend gave me. It's called Limbo, so that gives you an idea how old this game is. But it has everything. If you are old enough to have had the Baltimore Catechism, you have a great advantage in the game. :)
. . . If you believe that the core of evangelization is the Word, then you need to make the Word front and center . . .
And the Word is Jesus Christ. The Catholic mass is all about Jesus. He is front and center.
I love the Douey-Rheims! It’s not the one I use most frequently, but it is the one that sounds the most beautiful to me. For seven years, I participated in a non-denominational Bible study, that met each week throughout the school year (off in the summer). It was intense and wonderful! So I used the DR alongside my New American heavily during that time.
Many of my Protestant friends would ask me if it didn’t make me want to stop being Catholic, and I told them no, that it made me understand the richness and beauty of the Catholic faith even more. I remember that one of them remarked one time how many people had come to participate in this Bible study group, all because I had invited a few friends to join me every so often. The joke was, “Look how many of us are here, and how we all got invited by our Catholic friend. Who would’ve thought it possible? A Catholic bringing people to Bible study!” We all shared a good laugh, because they realized that Catholics can be good and faithful people, too. Oh, and I was invited by one of my Catholic friends.
This I know, Salvation. I’ve always admired your sweet spirit, so, please do not be offended when I say that there are various reasons why I could not return to the Catholic Church, mostly because several major areas of their doctrine do not conform to the Scripture. If it was only minor areas (as is often the case with churches, denominational or non-denominational) and I believed attending would provide spiritual growth and maturity, I would not necessarily be opposed.
So while I may not know which chapter and verse I am singing, I remember the words. I don’t guess that matters to Protestants though, because I don’t remember which psalm it is.
If you don’t know the exact verse and it’s context how do you know it hasn’t been twisted or altered?
Remember, when Lucifer tempted our Lord in the wilderness he used scripture. Jesus understood and responded with scripture.
False teachers want you to lack intimate knowledge and understanding of God’s Word.
You are still a Catholic and can come back at any time.
“There’s plenty of room at the Hotel California; you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave!”
“Hotel California”
Now that’s a scary thought!!
Until I stopped going to Catholic Church, I never read a Bible, nor was encouraged to read a Bible, not by the Priest and not by the Catechism class I used to take (that was what it was called at the time).
Same here, we had a huge Catholic Bible stored in a cubby of our china cabinet. It was never taken out or used.
We had the two readings from Scripture and one reading from the Gospels each week. I’ve seen claims by Catholics on FR that the entire Bible is covered in three years. I’ve posted passages that I’d never heard in my 20 years attending Mass. None of them bothered to respond.
To be quite honest, when I sat down and read God’s word I became really angry. I can forgive someone for being misguided. To be willfully ignorant while misleading others is an entirely different situation!
I don’t even know if we had a Bible...it’s possible, but I don’t remember ever seeing one (not until after I started attending another church). It’s troubling that those who know so much of the Scriptures do not with it feed the sheep. Reminds me of the Pharisees, they had all this knowledge but with them they used it against their flock.
Man is evil and there is no good thing in him (without Christ).
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