By: Hamish

Hamish — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:49:34 +0000

Remarkable as it may seem,
for years the “Good News bible”
has been used in education facilities,
while the “Jerusalem bible” has been
used at the pulpit. BOTH of these
for several years had the word
“Happy” in the beatitudes, Matthew5,
not “Blessed” which has been the
word used in both the Douay, and
the King James version.
Happy is a word derived from “Hap”
which means “chance”, happy today,
but not every day, while Blessed
is a word which means EVERY day,
a distinct difference!
Church does not use “happy are you among
women, and happy is the fruit of your
womb Jesus”, does it?
Yet the scholars of the church appear
to have overlooked this important
portion of the bible. The Sermon on
the mount contains the essence of
Christs teaching, and the beatitude
contains the essence of the Sermon
on the Mount. So the beatitude is
the “Essence of the essence”.
Catholics have been short-changed
in one of the most important aspects
of the bible, both at the lectern and
in the educational facilities, and by
people who should have known
better.
Remarkably initially,
it was NOT a Catholic who pointed
out this problem, in his book,
“Plain man and the beatitudes”
but the Rev William Barclay-
Glasgow.
Even then it has taken years
for the truth to percolate through!
very very sad!

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