BubbuClinton
Junior Member
Re: The New Pope and Olives
The Bible issue is probably OT a little bit, but I fundamentally agree you about its alteration over time. I like to read the translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Nostic writings just to compare what different people were thinking at the time. The Bible was compiled of course during the Council of Nicaea and with the input Roman Emperor Constantine who many believe to be the actual first Pope. Before then there were smaller groups of church and no formal control center. The church at that time kinda picked and chose writings that fit their view at the time (340A.D or so) of theology. There were many books, there were quoted by Christ in the Gospel books, not included in the Bible, like the book of Enoch and such. They actually had a council to decide on the very nature of god and came up with the Apostolic creed and stuff. Also the bible the records used at the time were, at best, copies of copies of original documents. Many of them had already been translated into various languages and may have lost some of the subtile meanings from the original. Also many of the older writings like the gospel themselves were actually oral traditions that were finally written down a hundred years or so after the death of Christ. I always wondered how they attributed them to Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. They also didn't put the books in chronological order. The book of revelations was actually written well before half o f the New Testament.
Neverthelest there is still good stuff in there. It just takes a little gleaning and research to figure out all of the lost little pieces.
One thing to consider about Malachy is that many believe that his writings may have have a composite of a group of writers, similar to the writers of the book of Isaiah in the Old testament. They weren't being evil, it was a common practice back then to use someone else's name when writing stuff like this. I haven't really looked deep into Malachy. It was just topical with the new Pope and all.
Thanks,
Bubbu
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The Bible issue is probably OT a little bit, but I fundamentally agree you about its alteration over time. I like to read the translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Nostic writings just to compare what different people were thinking at the time. The Bible was compiled of course during the Council of Nicaea and with the input Roman Emperor Constantine who many believe to be the actual first Pope. Before then there were smaller groups of church and no formal control center. The church at that time kinda picked and chose writings that fit their view at the time (340A.D or so) of theology. There were many books, there were quoted by Christ in the Gospel books, not included in the Bible, like the book of Enoch and such. They actually had a council to decide on the very nature of god and came up with the Apostolic creed and stuff. Also the bible the records used at the time were, at best, copies of copies of original documents. Many of them had already been translated into various languages and may have lost some of the subtile meanings from the original. Also many of the older writings like the gospel themselves were actually oral traditions that were finally written down a hundred years or so after the death of Christ. I always wondered how they attributed them to Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. They also didn't put the books in chronological order. The book of revelations was actually written well before half o f the New Testament.
Neverthelest there is still good stuff in there. It just takes a little gleaning and research to figure out all of the lost little pieces.
One thing to consider about Malachy is that many believe that his writings may have have a composite of a group of writers, similar to the writers of the book of Isaiah in the Old testament. They weren't being evil, it was a common practice back then to use someone else's name when writing stuff like this. I haven't really looked deep into Malachy. It was just topical with the new Pope and all.
Thanks,
Bubbu
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