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A Catholic reads The Bible to become familiar with Scripture and to meditate on the Word of God.
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Catholic AnswerCatholic prayer using the Bible is called Lectio Divina (literally Divine Reading) and is when you use the Bible for meditation, for an explanation, please see the links below. Meditation is beginning prayer for a Catholic (outside of Vocal Prayer and Liturgical Prayer, but even Vocal Prayer should include Meditation or Mental Prayer: if you're not thinking about what you're saying, you're not praying). Advanced prayer is contemplation and is something that we, ourselves, cannot do, it is something given to us by God.
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What is daybreak morning prayer called?
I would call morning prayer laudes. I assume your talking about the Catholic Church.
What Scriptures did the Catholic Church change in the Bible?
Roman Catholic AnswerYou are operating with a mistaken assumption. The Catholic Church wrote the Bible, the Catholic Church decided which books were canonical (included in the Bible), and the Catholic Church has conserved the Bible through the centuries. The only ones who changed any Scriptures in the Bible are the protestants, who, after fifteen centuries of a Bible preserved by the Catholic Church came along and threw books out of the Bible, and changed the meanings of books they would not throw out.
What book is the largest book in the Catholic Bible?
Catholic AnswerThe longest book in the Bible is the book of Psalms, there really is no "Catholic Bible" per se, just Bibles that have not had the Old Testament Deuterocanonicals removed as would be the case with the modern protestant Bibles. Thus a "Catholic Bible" would be any translation that has been approved by the Church and given an Imprimatur.
What would a Catholic think if someone said There is no point in prayer because it doesn't help?
This particular Catholic thinks that anyone who said "there is no point in prayer because it doesn't help" has no idea what they are talking about.
Where in the Bible is the book of Tobit located?
The book of Tobit is not included in most non-Catholic versions of the Bible. The book would be included in the Apocrypha, which is normally included in the Catholic Bible.
What other catholic books are considered holy besides the bible?
Lots.... Papal Encyclicals would be uniquely catholic and uniquely holy in a manner similar to the Bible.
Does the Catholic Bible include Leviticus?
Roman Catholic AnswerFunny thing about that, the Catholic Church wrote and approved the Bible, all approved Bibles are "Catholic Bibles". Without the Catholic Church there would be no Bible today. The only non-Catholic Bibles are protestant Bibles, and the only difference in them, is that they have removed some books from the Old Testament with which they did not agree. So, to answer your question, of course the Bible includes the book of Leviticus.
What does CCC mean in the Bible?
CCC may be the Roman numberal for three hundred. Or in a Catholic Bible, CCC would stand for the Catechism of the Catholic Church (see link).
How should a Christian decide what is wrong or right?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe proximate means for determining right or wrong for a Christian would be a well-formed conscience. The remote cause would be forming that conscience well - through proper catechises, prayer, and reading (the Bible).
Why do Protestants say a longer Our Father than the Catholics?
Roman Catholic AnswerThere is a doxology that is added to the Our Father after the priest's concluding prayer in the Mass. Some Bible translations added that doxology as a "gloss" to the English translations of the Our Father in early protestant translations and they have used it as the ending of the prayer since then. It's kind of strange that they would adopt a liturgical prayer from the Mass as their own version of the Our Father, but there it is.
How do Catholic and non Catholic read bible?
Both read the Bible the same as they would anything else. I don't think you are getting across the real question you have on your mind. What is it you are curious about?
What is the Bible for Pope John Paul II?
John Paul II would only accept the Catholic Holy Bible as the Bible, the same Bible that has always been revered by Catholics and Catholic popes since the Bible was promulgated in the 4th century by the Church. By default, this would be the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation. This would be expected and no one in the Church could disagree with his choice.
