New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
pip,. eve, .,..ained tat Dou.y Bible which Bridget

rit,,e ever examined tat Dousy Bible which Bridget
offered n read 30 see whether it really differed es
,eutisny f,om their own sos they. Rather than
10 dc thar .pp, uee TO each other, they rush into
special actions 20 the prosecutions ior damages
ana other lie aeis Of Christian tcreesranee. lney
pitch pei Neil into each others Bibles al Lne "nhe
knowing nc more sbou them than they DO aboat the
original Greek.
The books that cornr~ce the Bible were first col
leeted under that nane hy John Chryssstom. at Con-
stantnople in the eth eentnry For several centuries
after IL translated sBy pto Latin There "Ss 10
English version Of il in print ~ AL AZ the time OF tue
Reformation nor until years atfer the establish
ment of the Presbyterian. the Anglican and the L1-
theran churches. Whatever doctrines the early Re
farmers promulgated they drew from the Latin ser
sion. then. as now published and sanctioned by the
Rous an Catholic Church. In 1919 the srst Engiish
translation was printed, made by John Wyerle
Others were soon after put forth ey Iyndal Cover
dale ard Mathew. Ii these good had been ss
learned as they were picus their versions would not
have aboun1ed, as they DO, IN omissions and bunders
in grammar and spelling Ii was to correct these de-
fecis aud 10 supply the people OF Great bnam with
sp authentic and carefully made version reat the two
new TRANSACTIONS were commenced IN the after part
Al the same century; the one at London. by conyo
cation Of English diyines and nguists aud the other
Nv similar convocatiOn. about the same uule, AZ
Douay a small town in the north OF France ihese
came Immediately into use in England the one by the
made from the same Greek text, and both follow a. as
nearly as possible. word for word. Both. Ike all
translatious doubtless have mpertectlons but they
resemble each otheS closely that not one man h
hundred could tell the difference, except by looking at
the title pages.
PM the London version. Of which he has such q
dread into tie hands of Laurence Donahoe, and even
with the priest to help him, he would be puzzled 10
find single sentence that conflicts with the doctrines
of his Church Put the Donay version INTO the Gands
of this School Committee, who are so mucn AFRAID o
IT, and if they can find doctrine therein that is not
preached from Protestant pupits, they are wise De-
yond their generation.
Yet from the ousrre they have got into, one would
suppose they were two different Bibles with two dli-
frent creeds instead OF two transations OF one and
the thing.
About the only point of difference between the YER
si,ps that has ever been made the occasion ot doc
trina disruie is the translation Of the Greek word
,retonOid In our version il is rendered repentance
In the Douay version ''penance: ana IN later edi-
tins with note at the bottom of the page saving
the reader may translate ii repentance II he prefers
The Baptist who takes exception to both versions
for their rendering Of the Greek word bdPl-o and the
Unitarian nhO disputes their correctness IN passages
relating TO the Trinity. might, with much more con-
sistency refuse TO read either one at SCHOOL, than te
Catholic refuse TO read the London version, or the
Protestant refuse to let him use the Douay.
With the Interpretation put upon the text by the
different churches, have nothing to do Inc text
itself is the subject OF this quarrel ahd lhh 49, III oo'n
substantially the same. 80.
We know there is a sort of superstition among I'M
educated Catholics that the English Bible makes divers
furious attacks upon the Pope; we know that many
unedueated Protestants firmly believe the Catholic
Bible commands fish to be eaten on Friday, and tue
he And perhaps in us laymen' VINO 10 hN' rsaa any
nav be excussble. But Protestant Clergymen and
Catholic Press know better and they are much to
blame if they encourage disputes like that at the head
of this article which have origin only In Ignorance
on side and petty sectaran bgotry on the other
For our part we have never yet seen the copy OF
the Scriptures well translated or ILL., that it would
harm children, or grown folks either to read. In the
good time coming when Christian charity shall bear
some sort of proportion to sectaran zeal we hope and
believe il will be thought The Bible is older than
the Sects and We trust is destined to outlve all their
cor rny ersirs