Just Who Did Change the Ten
Commandments?
Here is an actual question I received, written by a Seventh
Day Adventist.
NIV, KJV, NKJV, RSV etc. have all God's Commandments
intact.
HOWEVER, the catholic catechism has totally deleted the 2nd
commandment, and split the 10th into 2 to make up 10 commandments.
They
CHANGED Gods Law!!!!
Now let us just see who really are the 'they' who 'CHANGED God's Law'...
Protestant sources of their charges that the Catholic Church changed
the
Ten Commandments...
1. KJV.....(King James) first appeared on the scene
in 1611, a product of Protestantism.
2. NIV.....(New International Version)
first appeared on the scene in 1978.
3. NKJV...(New King James Version) first
appeared on the scene in 1982.
4. RSV.....(Revised Standard Version) first
appeared on the scene in 1946
Catholic sources of our defense to the baseless charges of Catholics
changing the Ten Commandments...
1. Catechism of the Catholic Church
(CCC) appeared on the scene in
1992. It lists the Ten
Commandments as they were before Christ was born.
2. NJB...first appeared
on the scene in 1985. The NJB (New Jerusalem) supports the CCC.
3.
NAB...first appeared on the scene in 1970. The NAB (New American) supports the
CCC.
4. JB......first appeared on the scene in 1966. The JB (Jerusalem)
supports the CCC.
5. RSV-CE...first appeared on the scene in 1965. The
RSV-CE (Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition) supports the CCC.
6.
NCE...first appeared on the scene in 1954. The NCE (New Catholic Edition)
supports the CCC.
7. CE...first appeared on the scene in 1948. The CE
(Confraternity Edition) supports the CCC.
8. Challoner-Rheims...first
appeared on the scene in 1749. The Challoner-Rheims supports the CCC.
9.
Douay-Rheims...first appeared on the scene in 1592-1609. The Douay-Rheims
supports the CCC. Note that the date for this Bible predates any Protestant
Bible by at least 2 years.
10. The Latin
Vulgate...first appeared on the scene in 404.
The Latin Vulgate supports the
CCC. Note that the date for this Bible predates any Protestant Bible by
over 1200 years.
11. The
Septuagint...first appeared on the scene about 148 B.C..
This is the Bible
that was used by the Apostles. The Septuagint supports the CCC. Note that the
date for this Bible predates any Protestant Bible by over 1700 years.
Now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to show that the
Ten Commandments
could not possibly have been changed by the Catholic Church
which did
not even exist for almost 200 years after the Septuagint was
written. Add
to that the fact that all Catholic Bibles, all the way
back to 148 B.C.,
are in agreement, and yet Protestant Bibles which did not
even appear on
the scene until 1611, list the commandments in the
'different' order.
It seems that nothing was changed until the King James Bible came
along.
I might add also that the false charge that the Catholic Church at the
Council of Trent in 1546, added the seven books missing
in protestant bibles, is just that, another baseless false charge. If you will
take the time to check all Catholic Bibles including the Septuagint, you will
find all seven books intact. The King James, a protestant bible however, does
not have them, but it did when it was first released in 1611. Hmmm so who is the
guilty party here for removing those books? Read Rev
22:18-19.
So...WHO really did change the
Ten Commandments?
Please, if you are going to make charges against the Catholic
Church,
then do it with real evidence (if you can find any) and not by personal opinions.
We are all looking for the truth and not trumped up charges.
Written by Bob Stanley, July 26, 1998
Revised,
January 15, 2000
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