Poverty and Justice Bible presented to UK Bishops

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Poverty and Justice Bible presented to UK Bishops
Topic Started: Sunday, 19. October 2008, 19:00 (84 Views)
Rose of York	Sunday, 19. October 2008, 19:00 Post #1
Administrator Posts: 14,099 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Link - Universe Catholic Newspaper Quote: The Bible, published earlier this year, is the first to highlight more than 2,000 passages that relate to poverty and injustice. The presentation is part of a Bible Society initiative during the Synod of Bishops to establish better links between the 204-year-old charity and the Catholic Church. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, a vice-president of Bible Society, welcomed the Poverty and Justice Bible. He said: "A great theme of the Bible is that God 'hears the cry of the poor'. I'm sure that this initiative will help us to understand and explore this rich theme." I'm not so sure how I feel about a Bible that "specialises" in highlighting one aspect of the Word of God.
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MickCook	Sunday, 19. October 2008, 19:14 Post #2
Posts: 633 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: September 26, 2006	Rose of York Sunday, 19. October 2008, 19:00 Link - Universe Catholic Newspaper Quote: The Bible, published earlier this year, is the first to highlight more than 2,000 passages that relate to poverty and injustice. The presentation is part of a Bible Society initiative during the Synod of Bishops to establish better links between the 204-year-old charity and the Catholic Church. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, a vice-president of Bible Society, welcomed the Poverty and Justice Bible. He said: "A great theme of the Bible is that God 'hears the cry of the poor'. I'm sure that this initiative will help us to understand and explore this rich theme." I'm not so sure how I feel about a Bible that "specialises" in highlighting one aspect of the Word of God. Interesting to say the least, but I'd have to learn more about this bible before I could comment.
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Rose of York	Sunday, 19. October 2008, 20:27 Post #3
Administrator Posts: 14,099 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	MickCook Sunday, 19. October 2008, 19:14 Interesting to say the least, but I'd have to learn more about this bible before I could comment. The publishers have set up a website about the Poverty and Justice Bible. http://www.povertyandjusticebible.org/Home.php Here is another site with some interesting commentary. http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/03/first-ever-emerging-study-bible-the-poverty-and-justice-bible/ The project seems, to me, to concentrate on a single issue, diverting from the necessity to work for the salvation of souls.
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Powerofone	Sunday, 19. October 2008, 20:40 Post #4
Posts: 718 Group: Members Member #210 Joined: October 2, 2008	Rose of York Sunday, 19. October 2008, 20:27 The project seems, to me, to concentrate on a single issue, diverting from the necessity to work for the salvation of souls. It's hard to think of higher things when the most pressing thought on your mind is "how will I feed my children tonight". Our debates here are a luxury that most Catholics do not have. For those living in poverty the next life is very close and real. For us, the next life can be just a study group, unless we're careful. As to the necessary work, Luke has a good definitionwhat that is: ""The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed" (Luke 4:18)



Ned	Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:07 Post #5
Posts: 674 Group: Members Member #61 Joined: March 1, 2007	Powerofone Sunday, 19. October 2008, 20:40 It's hard to think of higher things when the most pressing thought on your mind is "how will I feed my children tonight". Our debates here are a luxury that most Catholics do not have. For those living in poverty the next life is very close and real. For us, the next life can be just a study group, unless we're careful. As to the necessary work, Luke has a good definitionwhat that is: ""The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed" (Luke 4:18) Hi Po1, I agree with Rose. This Poverty and Justice Bible might perhaps be of some use to someone who has several other bibles already. Though those of us in that situation (which is most of us on this forum) could just go through one of them and mark that up. But I'd hate to think of any hard-up non-bible owner going out and buying this, for ten pounds, as their first and only bible. And it does seem a great coincidence that this book-launch is occuring during the Synod. There are some people about who don't like to see the Church discussing the Bible - sociology is more to their liking. You have quoted from Saint Luke ""The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed" (Luke 4:18) The Bible, as it stands, is a poor man's book. That's why it's in such demand throughout Africa and South America. Regards Ned [redit][/redit] Edited by Ned, Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:08.



John Sweeney	Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:23 Post #6
Posts: 1,739 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: March 20, 2007	I think this is relevant ot the thread on the Synod. At least , this new Bible might make study of the Book a bit more meaningful and the exhortations for Catholics to study the Bible more take on a harder edge. John



Powerofone	Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:45 Post #7
Posts: 718 Group: Members Member #210 Joined: October 2, 2008	John Sweeney Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:23 I think this is relevant ot the thread on the Synod. At least , this new Bible might make study of the Book a bit more meaningful and the exhortations for Catholics to study the Bible more take on a harder edge. John Yes, I'd agree. Also, no "dig" at Rose was intended. On the assumption that it is an entire canonical bible that we're talking about, albeit one annotated to highlight passages about social justice, how could it fail in it's overall purpose of saving souls? Only the most monstrous omissions or mis-translations could achieve that.



Ned	Tuesday, 21. October 2008, 18:57 Post #8
Posts: 674 Group: Members Member #61 Joined: March 1, 2007	Powerofone Monday, 20. October 2008, 19:45 On the assumption that it is an entire canonical bible that we're talking about, albeit one annotated to highlight passages about social justice, how could it fail in it's overall purpose of saving souls? Only the most monstrous omissions or mis-translations could achieve that. I'm not so sure. I've seen something similar before. A year or two back I saw a low-price english-language Catholic Bible, printed in the Third World, and probably for the Third World. It had three sizes of print. The 'most important' passages were in the largest print and the the 'trivia' was in the smallest print. In my mind I named that bible the 'Green Cardigan Bible'. I think that people have to read a straightforward Bible for themselves, and familiarise themselves with some of the books and letters, before they are able sensibly to take in any guidance about the significance of particular passages. Regards Ned



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