[metmom]

If you go online and find the text of the original Scripture, you will see what I am saying is true. If you choose to read a version that some earthly King or disgruntled Priest or Billy Bob slashed parts out of, that’s your choice. I choose to read and believe the original, unedited, untampered with, Holy Spirit inspired, sacred Scripture. Not one men have made in their own image.

And yet the Catholic church uses what? The Latin Vulgate? A translation.

If the Catholic Bible is translated from the Vulgate, then it is a translation of a translation.

What original texts did the Catholic church use when it translated the Bible into English.

[Melian]

I believe the original text of the Bible was in Greek and was then translated to the Latin. The Catholic Church preserved the original for all time until men tore chunks out of it. Our translation is based on the Greek original. We decided what the text of the Bible was, in accord with the Holy Spirit.

Oh, a passage on suffering: Romans 8: 16-17 we are heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him. Phil 1: 28-29 granted to believe, also to suffer for him. Col 1:24 filling up what is lacking in Christ’s sufferings. Heb 12: 5-7 whom God loves, he disciplines. 1 Peter 2: 19-21 suffering equals grace and Jesus suffered as our example.

Gee, I guess Catholics do read the Bible, metmom. I’m glad I could find these passages for you since you seem unfamiliar with them.