Great Wols of the Great Lakes (or anybody else)

Let's call him Cardinal Wolseley.

And we can take turns being Henry VIII.

<snicker>

<running like HELL>



Peace be with you,
~VOW

Originally posted by Avila
I need your intellect! Can you tell me why the Psalms in my Protestant Bible are numbered differently than the Psalms in my Catholic Bible? It makes it confusing when I'm looking something up in my Protestant Bible (has an index) &amp; then go over to my Catholic Bible to check it out...

TIA!

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Whoa..that's interesting..

How many Psalms are there in both bibles?

-Jason

To Jason:

"How many Psalms?"

Technical answer: A lot.



Peace and laughter,
~VOW

You must be using an old Bible!

In the old Douay-Rheims Version, Psalms 9 and 10 were counted as one; ergo, Psalm 11 in the King James is the equivalent of the Douay-Rhiems Psalm 10. (The 23rd Psalm, "The Lord is my Shepherd" is actually Psalm 22 in the Douay-Rheims.)

This system remains in place, with the D-R remaining one Psalm behind the KJV, until Psalm 147; the Douay-Rheims divides Psalm 147 at verse 11, while the King James takes it all as one Psalm. As a result, both versions number 150 Psalms---but only because the D-R combines Psalms 9 and 10, and divides Psalm 147 in two.

Newer versions of Catholic Bibles tend to follow the Protestant numbering system; the most recent NAB has the revised Psalms, and they're identical, I think, to the King James.

Totally confused now? Good. I've done my job.

Originally posted by Wolseley

This system remains in place, with the D-R remaining one Psalm behind the KJV, until Psalm 147; the Douay-Rheims divides Psalm 147 at verse 11, while the King James takes it all as one Psalm. As a result, both versions number 150 Psalms---but only because the D-R combines Psalms 9 and 10, and divides Psalm 147 in two.

Totally confused now? Good. I've done my job.

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Is this in comparision to 'splitting' the First commandment and 'combining' the last two so as to cause confusion between Catholics and Protestants.

Kotton

Uh...the first of the ten commandments were split? Is that to say that there are 11 commandments!??! LOL

Then again, there's probably like 500 commandments altogether in the OT. LOL!



-Jason

To Jason:

Naw, the Protestants number the Ten Commandments differently than the Catholics do. It has to do with the original text of the Old Testament. The Hebrews didn't number their verses.

Just another little bit of propoganda Catholics encounter in the "Catholics worship statues" argument. Protestant apologists like to say the Catholic Church splits the Ten Commandments differently so they can pray to statues.

Or some such hogwash.


Peace be with you,
~VOW

<imitating Cliff Clavin>

It's a little known fact that there are actually 613 commandments in the Old Testament which adherents of Judaism are to follow.

<Wonders if Wols looks anything like Norm>

<Trying to catch up with VOW!>

Originally posted by Wolseley

This system remains in place, with the D-R remaining one Psalm behind the KJV, until Psalm 147; the Douay-Rheims divides Psalm 147 at verse 11, while the King James takes it all as one Psalm. As a result, both versions number 150 Psalms---but only because the D-R combines Psalms 9 and 10, and divides Psalm 147 in two.

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Ah-hah! There is an Oxford Study Bible at my house that my mother was using for her dissertation on something having to do with historical German catholicism (or something like that). There is a pencilled note in the front of the book that says something to the effect of "Psalms: -1 from number". I never knew what that meant (I never thought to ask her), but maybe it had to do with this.

-Chris

Wonders if Wols looks anything like Norm

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More like Gerald McRaney with a full beard, I'm afraid....

To Wols:

Gerald McRaney with a full beard, hmmm?

That's the "it's disappearing from the top, so I'll add it to the bottom" principle, isn't it?

<shifting run into high gear>


Peace and breathlessness,
~VOW

Well, you don't have a belt so you better hold on to that armour and sword while you run.....

That's the "it's disappearing from the top, so I'll add it to the bottom" principle, isn't it?

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It wasn't my fault. I had to slam on my brakes one night when a cat ran in front of me, and all the hair shot forward off the top of my head and ended up on the bottom of my face.

I haven't been able to get it to move back since.

(On an unrelated topic, I lost my virginity years ago, and although I've looked everywhere, I can't find that, either.....)

Originally posted by Wolseley
(On an unrelated topic, I lost my virginity years ago, and although I've looked everywhere, I can't find that, either.....)

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THAT you can live without.

On the other hand, I lost my mind a long time ago. I let it out to wander, and it never came home again.

I sure miss it. If anyone sees it, point it towards SCal.



Peace be with you,
~VOW

I haven't lost my mind.

I remember exactly where I buried it.

I'm going out to look for myself. If I should happen to show up before I get back, somebody keep me here until I return. Thanks!

To Wols:

NOT funny! You just described my BOSS. I've threatened to superglue him to his chair for fifteen measley minutes so I can tell him the world is probably going to end soon, and somehow I'm not only going to get blamed for it, but he'll be guilty by association.

And if you find my mind while you're out looking...


Peace,
~VOW