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Excerpt from A Collation of the Principal English Translation of the Sacred Scriptures: The Old Testament, From the Translations of John Rogers, the Bishops, the Genevan, and Present Authorised Version; The New Testament, From Wiclif, Rogers, the Rhemes, or Roma Catholic Version, the Genevan, the Present Authorised N the year 1812, having accidentally fallen in with the translation of the Bible printed in 1549, I was struck forcibly with the variation from the present authorized version; and, as the Sacred Scriptures are, above all other writings, what most, or at least what should most, concern us, I could not help wishing I had learned the Hebrew, and began to set about it seriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This document's purpose is to spell out the Church's understanding of the nature of revelation--the process whereby God communicates with human beings. It touches upon questions about Scripture, tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church. The major concern of the document is to proclaim a Catholic understanding of the Bible as the "word of God." Key elements include: Trinitarian structure, roles of apostles and bishops, and biblical reading in a historical context.