it does, and the professional preacher knows that it does. He is only bluffing with his
"ONE Bible" claim. The Roman Catholic Bible was published at Rheims in 1582, from
Jerome's Latin Vulgate and reproduced at Douay in 1609. As such the RCV (Roman
Catholic Version) is the oldest Version that one can still buy today. Despite its
antiquity, the whole of the Protestant world, including the "cults" condemn the RCV
because it contains seven extra "books" which they contemptuously refer to as the
"apocrypha" i.e. of DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding the dire warning
contained in the Apocalypse, which is the last book in the RCV (renamed as
"Revelation" by the Protestants), it is "revealed":
“... If any man shall add to these things (or delete) God shall add unto him the
plagues written in this Book." (Revelation 22:18-19) But who cares! They do not
really believe! The Protestants have bravely expunged seven whole books from their
Book of God! The outcasts are:
The Book of Judith
The Book of Tobias
The Book of Baruch
The Buck of Esther, etc.
Look at a practical example of how these versions disagree:
The bible reads:
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the FATHER, the WORD, and the
HOLY GHOST: and these three are one."
1st Epistle of John 5:7 - AV
This verse is the closest approximation to what the Christians call their Holy Trinity
in the encyclopedia called the BIBLE. This keystone of the Christian faith has also
been scrapped from the RSV without even a semblance of explanation. It has been a
pious fraud all along and well deservedly has it been expunged in the RSV for the
English-speaking people. But for the 1499 remaining language groups of the world
who read the Christian concoctions in their mother tongues, the fraud remains.
These people will never know the truth until the Day of Judgment.
However, we Muslims must again congratulate the galaxy of D.D.’s who have been
honest enough to eliminate another lie from the English (RSV) Bible, thus bringing
their Holy Book yet another step closer to the teachings of Islam.
The questionis:
Who is in charge of overlooking these revisions and modifications? The answer is
the scriptural scholars among the Christians or the Doctors of Divinity D,D’s.