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Hi,
I'm a bit of an amateur bible history fan. History of translation, interpretation, canon issues etc.
Obviously, at the time the translation was published there was a lot of political and theological rancor that would of course prevent Rome from looking favorably on protestant translation efforts. But since that time (in large part due to Vatican 2), protestants and Catholics have worked together on both protestant (rsv, nrsv,) and Catholic (nab) translations. With little (and in my personal opinion superficial) modification Catholic bishops have even granted imprimatur to the rsv (and more controversially) the nrsv.
So my question is, were there not of course better and less archaic translations available, is there anything in the text of the translation itself (ignoring the original protestant commentary, and separation of the deuterocanon from the protocanon), that would prevent it from acceptance by the English speaking Catholic church in less polemic and contentious times?
If so what would need to be altered?
Obviously this is unlikely to ever happen, more if just a fun "what if?"
I'm a bit of an amateur bible history fan. History of translation, interpretation, canon issues etc.
Obviously, at the time the translation was published there was a lot of political and theological rancor that would of course prevent Rome from looking favorably on protestant translation efforts. But since that time (in large part due to Vatican 2), protestants and Catholics have worked together on both protestant (rsv, nrsv,) and Catholic (nab) translations. With little (and in my personal opinion superficial) modification Catholic bishops have even granted imprimatur to the rsv (and more controversially) the nrsv.
So my question is, were there not of course better and less archaic translations available, is there anything in the text of the translation itself (ignoring the original protestant commentary, and separation of the deuterocanon from the protocanon), that would prevent it from acceptance by the English speaking Catholic church in less polemic and contentious times?
If so what would need to be altered?
Obviously this is unlikely to ever happen, more if just a fun "what if?"