No, the Roman Catholic Church did not give us "THE Bible". How could THEY give us a Bible which teaches contrary to nearly everything they teach?

So who did?

1. First, it was God who gave us His Word.
2. Then the original scrolls were hand-written by the prophets and apostles.
3. The Aaronic Priests and later the Masorites, then made copies of the originals.

There are now no original scrolls left in existence, but we do have over 5000 copies (known as the "Majority Text" which God providentially made through His faithful people.

4. AD150 saw the Peshitta Bible, which was the first Syrian translation from the original languages.

5. AD157 saw the "Old Latin Vulgate", which was used in Europe by early believers. (The Old Latin Vulgate must not be confused with Jerome's Vulgate, which was produced over 220 years later in AD 380. Jerome's Vulgate (also written in Latin for the Roman Church) was rejected by the early Christians for almost a millennium. The Waldenses, Gauls, Celts, Albegenses and other groups throughout Europe used the Old Latin Vulgate and rejected Jerome's Vulgate).

6. The Waldensians (AD120 and onwards) were among the first of the people of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation, they possessed a Bible in manuscript form in their native tongue. They had the truth unadulterated, and this rendered them the special objects of hatred and persecution from Rome…Here for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith…In a most wonderful manner the Word of God was preserved uncorrupted through all the ages of darkness.

7. Then the great early reformers translated the manuscripts into the common language for all people.

John Wycliffe translated the first English Bible from the Old Latin Vulgate. (NOT Rome's version)

William Tyndale translated the English New Testament DIRECTLY from the "Majority Text" manuscripts. And what did the Roman Catholic Church do to him? They strangled and burned him at the stake for giving the people the TRUE WORD OF GOD.

But before Tyndale died, he prayed to God to "open the King of England's eyes". And God did! which brought us the King James Version Bible (1611).

The King James Bible Old Testament was translated from the Ben Chayyim Masoretic Text; named after Jacob ben Chayyim. The true text of Ben Chayyim on which the KJV is based is the authentic Hebrew Masoretic text. It is called the Daniel Bomberg edition or the Second Great Rabbinic Bible (1524-25). This is the traditional Hebrew Masoretic Text represented by the vast majority of existing Old Testament manuscripts. The Ben Chayyim Masoretic text was the uncontested text of the Old Testament for over four hundred years.

For the New Testament, the Protestant translators of the King James Bible had a choice between two vastly different Greek texts:

1....The Received (Majority) Text favored by the early churches of Christendom (The Greek, Waldensian, Albegensian, Gauls and Celtic churches).

2....Or the Minority Text favored by the Roman Catholic Church.

Wisely they settled for the Majority Text, from which came the Received text - Textus Receptus. In making their translations they set aside the Minority Text and chose to produce versions of the Bible which were all based on the Received Text, Textus Receptus; the text used by the early Christian Church.

So what did the Roman Catholic Church bring us?

The Sinaiticus (A) and the Vaticanus(B). The Sinaiticus is a manuscript that was found in 1844 in a trash pile in St.Catherine's Monastery near Mt. Sinai. And the Vaticanus was apparently found in the Vatican library in Rome in 1481. Both of these being very impure manuscripts with many corrections in them.

The Vaticanus was available to the translators of the King James Bible, but they did not use it because they knew it was unreliable.

Who but those with Roman Catholic sympathies could ever be pleased with the notion that God preserved the true New Testament text in secret for almost one thousand years and then finally handed it over to the Roman pontiff for safekeeping? No, this is NOT how God works.

So the true answer to this question would be that the Roman Catholic Church gave us a TRANSLATION of the Bible. Based on very unreliable "minority texts".

Whereas God's TRUE Word has been preserved throughout the ages by His people and translated into Bibles such as the Geneva Bible, Tyndale's Bible and the King James Bible.

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saintvc: Al these names u are caling,WASLEY,JEROME VOLGATE what denomination are they?

chukwudi44: Frosbel you are a confirmed olodo.I don't have your time this night but will respond tomorrow

mkmyers45: Dont mind frosbel the anti-RCC..the first translation by the church was used in all other translations true or false? If you say the RCC didnt give the bible then you gotta be high or something..

mkmyers45: Dont mind frosbel the anti-RCC..the first translation by the church was used in all other translations true or false? If you say the RCC didnt give the bible then you gotta be high or something..

chukwudi44: Frosbel you are a confirmed olodo.I don't have your time this night but will respond tomorrow

chukwudi44: There was nothing like bible before the fourth century so the idea of any biblical translation before then is ridiculous.

The was no establised canon until the council of jamnia AD 100 for the jews and synod of hippo 392 AD for the christians.The first translation of the hebrew scripture was the septuagint carried out in 272 AD but it was not a defined canon and included books which were not eventually canonised.

The jerome's latin vulgate is the first biblical translation which involved all the canonised books.

Mind you scriptures and bible are not the same thing and cannot be used interchangeably.The bible is only used to refer to canonised scriptures

chukwudi44: The fact remains that the catholic church decided the scriptures that made it to the bible.so many other writings were in circulation and even used by the christians of the first century.

truthislight:

how old are you?

Do you want to pass on to us what the RCC has dished out to you that has destroyed your faith in the bible and help corrupt christianity up to the point it is?

You should better wise up and allow people to use their head and stop influencing peoples life negatively.

They will not use your eyes to die!

truthislight:

^^^^

lies

the early christians had scriptures that were recognise as God's word and any attempt to impose none apostles writing. were rejected by the early christians.

They refuse to accept additions.

frosbel:

Try and do some reading, stop being lazy, I have done extensive research over many weeks, months and even years and can confirm that the catholic church did not give us the bible, this is a MYTH.

The RCC has tried to withhold the truth for too long, now they have lost this monopoly and are literally falling apart. We are no longer in the dark ages , remember ?

Read, I say read and you will be the wiser , stop relying on third hand information

frosbel:

mate you can respond for all you like , the catholic church has too much blood of the innocent on it's hand , it is not the true church but a counterfeit, period.

chukwudi44:

This is not want the RCc taught me.please go and study christian history.go through the writings of the christian writers of the first four centuries.

Google and wikipedia are here to help you.don't be so daft.

Fyi I am almost 24/7 on nairaland and only respond when I feel like

truthislight:

are you an RCC members?

You gotta be low or something

frosbel:

Try and do some reading, stop being lazy, I have done extensive research over many weeks, months and even years and can confirm that the catholic church did not give us the bible, this is a MYTH.

The RCC has tried to withhold the truth for too long, now they have lost this monopoly and are literally falling apart. We are no longer in the dark ages , remember ?

Read, I say read and you will be the wiser , stop relying on third hand information

chukwudi44:

You obviously have no idea about early christian history.please for your own good stop making a fool of yourself

chukwudi44: There were several christian sects in existence besides the catholics each with their own seperate scripures.the scriptures christian use today especially Nt was the one the catholics approved.

Why don't you make use of other gnostic gospels and other gnostic scriptures that was being used by the gnostic christians of early christianity

frosbel:

Can you kindly explain then , based on your 'facts' why the catholic church is totally contrary to almost every principle in this very bible that they are presumed to have compiled.

Besides, there is a difference between who compiled the bible and who wrote or inspired scripture, it is plain throughout scripture that God can actually use his enemies to achieve his purposes.

"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases." - Proverbs 21:1

Even Pharaoh in his stubborn fight against God fulfilled God's purpose which was the deliverance of his people Israel.

Same thing with the Israelites and Romans of Palestine, by killing Jesus they fulfilled the salvation of mankind that God had promised by prophecy throughout out the old testament,

Finally there is a big difference between collecting a number of scriptures which were used by the real church and compiling them into one central book and boast that 'we' gave you the bible, what utter nonsense.

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" - 2 Timothy 3:16

mkmyers45: Which research? Did you get into the vatican archives? Who gave the first cannonized scripture? How did you pre-date it? Are you a member of the Church Council that did oversee translation and cannoning?

frosbel:

Vatican archives, and why is that ?

I have been to the Vatican once and seen all the pagan madness to never want to go back there again. I mean common , how can you call it a church with all the dead popes mummified , pagan idols littering all over the place , overwhelming opulence and wealth at the expense of the poor masses, heretical writings and all other nonsensical sorts.

mkmyers45: Hahahahaha You make me laugh...then where did you get the original scrolls that you compared and translated? What research are you talking about then? How did you indeed come about your research?

chukwudi44: There were several christian sects in existence besides the catholics each with their own seperate scripures.the scriptures christian use today especially Nt was the one the catholics approved.

Why don't you make use of other gnostic gospels and other gnostic scriptures that was being used by the gnostic christians of early christianity

Delafruita:
brother,you should know better than to just copy and paste ridiculous information on this board.its not like this is kindergaten when the kids believe everything because they dont know better.

mkmyers45: Shut it please..if you've got hate for RC's take it elsewhere