Bible Question:
Why is the New Testement translated in Greek? The People of Greece were pagan. How do know that some of their pagan doctrine is not mixed into New Testement scripture. Also, I NEED to know if Roman Catholics are Christians because I dont see how they are. |
Bible Answer: Dear Minco, I believe the New Testament was written mostly, if not all in Greek. Alexander the Great first conquered the area of the world which was all around the Mediterranean Sea. He enforced his language and his culture in all the areas he conquered and died at a young age. Shortly thereafter, the Romans took over pretty much the same area. They kept the Greek language as the legal language of the land. Their policy was that each nation they conquered was allowed to continue in their language and many of their customs, but any legal transactions must be done in Greek. So, everyone knew this language. The Romans also were fantastic road builders which also united the empire. Because of these two things, it paved the way to easily speak to people everywhere in the empire. Since everyone [mostly]understood the Greek language, it made sense to write it down in a language almost everyone could understand. Since the Word of God is not the theology of churches, it is purely the untarnished Word, it is not tainted by pagan beliefs...it was given precisely as the Holy Spirit led the writers to write it...and He knows all languages. As far as Roman Catholics are concerned. The Roman Catholic Church is not a cult. It is a true Christian Church. It has many traditions which were passed down from the very early times of the church before the time when it went astray and added doctrines which most of the rest of Christianity cannot and will not abide. However, though I no longer attend that Church, I got saved while I was a Roman Catholic, in my livingroom, in the middle of the night, not knowing that there was any such thing, not knowing what born-again meant [if someone had said that to me at the time, I would have thought it was a Christian denomination], knowing nothing...but I was reading and studying MY ROMAN CATHOLIC BIBLE which is a good translation believe it or not... Jesus showed me the way because He is the way. I have walked with the Lord for 24 years now. Never stopped believing in Him. Growing in the Lord through good times and bad, and He has been true, and wonderful to me all these years. Up until about 70 years ago, Catholics were not allowed to read the Scriptures. When they finally were allowed to, they were given the impression that they should not read it without the church to tell them what it all meant. This is because the church was afraid that they would find that many of the church doctrines are not valid [such as what they teach about Mary] and because the Protestant Reformation came about when Catholics had disagreements with them. That is what I believe anyway. In any case, many, many Roman Catholic people are very sincere about their faith and God is calling them out...many many of them. The Lord gave me a ministry to teach women the Word of God. Most of the people that come to these studies are from the Roman Catholic Church. Most of them eventually leave but I do not bring up the problems. I only teach the Word, straight. I answer questions straight out and He calls them out...most of them, eventually. Those who remain, he often uses to teach others within the Roman Catholic Church. Another thing, there are some small pockets of Catholics within the Church who really do know the Lord and have good Leadership within the Church...the problem is that they are too few and far between. Meanwhile, pray for them. They do not need correction, they need revelation from the Lord and they will come out [John 6:44]. I hope this was helpful to you. Itiswritten |