What kind of "religion" murders millions for daring to read God's Word for themselves?
Fun fact: The old Latin Bible, the Vulgate, was originally translated from Greek back when Latin was a common language, so that ordinary Christians could read God's Word for themselves. The translator even got sainted for doing something that people would get burned for centuries later.
In other words, it wasn't always that way. But power corrupts.
Yes, which is why the church shouldn't be a power tool and no one person should be able to impose fake doctrine when it goes blatantly against the Bible. The Bible should always be the source, not some old geezer claiming to be Christ's representative on earth while simultaneously groping choir boys
That is a protestant take on it (i.e. the translator being a rebel trying to fight the pope to let people read the bible) but it is not historically accurate. St. Jerome, as he is known in the West, was a priest working as the secretary to Pope Damasus I when he revised the then existing Latin bible. It was previously based on primarily Greek texts but St. Jerome included some translations based on Hebrew texts being used by converted Jewish Christians in Antioch. Using the Hebrew as a source was an unpopular opinion at the time and it is unclear if he was aware that the Hebrew texts the Antiochians were using were derived from a newer Hebrew translation (dating from after the fall of Jerusalem) of the older Greek Septuagint (dating from 200-300 BC).
I never said Jerome was a rebel. Shit, I even pointed out he was sainted for his efforts. Just pointing out how much things changed from the days of Jerome to the days of Wycliffe roughly a thousand years later.
Fun fact: The old Latin Bible, the Vulgate, was originally translated from Greek back when Latin was a common language, so that ordinary Christians could read God's Word for themselves. The translator even got sainted for doing something that people would get burned for centuries later.
In other words, it wasn't always that way. But power corrupts.
Being burned alive because you wanted to read something for yourself. Sounds very CNNish to me.
Yes, which is why the church shouldn't be a power tool and no one person should be able to impose fake doctrine when it goes blatantly against the Bible. The Bible should always be the source, not some old geezer claiming to be Christ's representative on earth while simultaneously groping choir boys
That is a protestant take on it (i.e. the translator being a rebel trying to fight the pope to let people read the bible) but it is not historically accurate. St. Jerome, as he is known in the West, was a priest working as the secretary to Pope Damasus I when he revised the then existing Latin bible. It was previously based on primarily Greek texts but St. Jerome included some translations based on Hebrew texts being used by converted Jewish Christians in Antioch. Using the Hebrew as a source was an unpopular opinion at the time and it is unclear if he was aware that the Hebrew texts the Antiochians were using were derived from a newer Hebrew translation (dating from after the fall of Jerusalem) of the older Greek Septuagint (dating from 200-300 BC).
I never said Jerome was a rebel. Shit, I even pointed out he was sainted for his efforts. Just pointing out how much things changed from the days of Jerome to the days of Wycliffe roughly a thousand years later.