Month: January 2016

Your Bible probably has a mistranslation in it at James 2:14.

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 20, 2016 • Apologetics; Exegesis; Good Works

 

In James 2:14. (Unless you read the Douay-Rheims, or the King James.) Here is James 2:14 in the NAB trans­la­tion that is read at Mass: “What good is it, my broth­ers, if some­one says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? I empha­size the word “that” because it is wrong. It should not be there. Here is the same verse in the 1899 Douay-Rheims: “What shall it prof­it, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? Notice that “that” does not appear here. But most mod­ern Bible trans­la­tions include it, or some vari­a­tion.

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Seven reasons to vote for Donald Trump. 7QT XXII, seriatim.

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 14, 2016 • Politics; Seven Quick Takes

 

It’s time we admit­ted, dear read­er, that there are in fact sev­en rea­sons why Don­ald Trump should be the next pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States. Let us con­sid­er not only that he alone can beat Hillary Clin­ton, but all the ways in which Mr. Trump is moral­ly supe­ri­or to Hillary Clin­ton. Don­ald Trump is …  

 

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Does the pope really think Jesus sinned?

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 8, 2016 • Exegesis; Pope Francis

 

At the end of that pil­grim­age,” the pope says, “Jesus returned to Nazareth and was obe­di­ent to his par­ents. … A pil­grim­age does not end when we arrive at our des­ti­na­tion, but when we return home and resume our every­day lives. … We know what Jesus did on that occa­sion. Instead of return­ing home with his fam­i­ly, he stayed in Jerusalem, in the Tem­ple, caus­ing great dis­tress to Mary and Joseph who were unable to find him. For this lit­tle ‘escapade,’ Jesus prob­a­bly had to beg for­give­ness of his par­ents.” Does this mean the pope thinks Jesus sinned?

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