Non-Catholic's view of RC Catechism

[LittleLambofJesus]

The Douay Rhiems Bible was published before the KJV. The KJV is far from the first bible in the English language and the English language is comparatively young.
Latin predates it by many centuries Greek also and Hebrew too.

Mastery of both the Hebrew and Greek languages does help........

http://prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein/Doc6/luth-heb.htm

Luther had begun to master the Hebrew language, which he used during his lecture on Psalms at the University of Wittenberg in 1513. In this interesting period 1506-1513 Luther had received some instruction in the Hebrew language.
14 Luther made detailed notes in the margin of his Vulgate Bible of references he had found in "de rudimentis hebraicis".He was making detailed comparisons of the words and explanations he found in Reuchlin with the Vulgate text.
15 Luther's involvement with the Hebrew language was to continue throughout his career, especially in his translations of the Bible. Luther constantly strove to find the original meaning - he was always seeking the source of the biblical materials. That meant that he needed to find the most original, the most reliable Hebrew source for his Old Testament.

This quotation from his "Table Talk" is revealing about his passion:

"If I were younger I would want to learn this language [i.e. Hebrew], for without it one can never properly understand the Holy Scripture…. For that reason they have said correctly:
'The Jews drink out of the original spring, The Greeks drink out of the stream flowing out of the stream,
The Latins, however, out of the puddle.'"16







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[Goodbook]

Well latin is pretty much a dead language.
Horticulturalists use it to try and sound elite but, well prefer saying sweet pea over lathryus odoratus and people will understand what I mean.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

What are the views of non-RCs of the Catechism of the CC? Just curious. Thanks

Edit to add: Including ex-RCs.........

I found it interesting to read, it's a different faith than the protestant belief at the core, but as the tree branches out I can see all the pet doctrines and manifestations of the protestant denominations described in the teachings. I've also noticed, just because it is written in the catechism conveniently found on the vatican website .. it doesn't mean that's how catholics actually see their faith.