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9 DENVER CATHOLIC | JANUARY 25-FEBRUARY 7, 2020 HOSTED BY FR. STEVEN PETERSON & VIA TRAVEL 11 DAYS: NOVEMBER 9 - 19, 2020 $3479 FROM PHOENIX, DENVER, OR MINNEAPOLIS* *Air/land tour price is $3009 plus $470 gov't taxes/airline surcharges SIGN UP TODAY TO AVOID DISAPPOINMENT!! For More Information, Please Contact: Fr. Peterson: Tel: (507) 273-4916 / Email: sjp4646@gmail.com Kendra Wilt at Via Travel: Tel: (660) 287-3724 / Email: kwilt27@gmail.com If you are 40-85 years old with knee pain you may qualify for a clinical research study. Contact us to see if you may qualify 303-789-3000 Dr. John Schwappach Denver Metro Orthopedics This clinical research study will evaluate an investigational, nonsteroidal injection for individuals suffering from chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis. All study-related visits, tests, and study medication will be provided to participants at no cost. THE PRESS The invention of the press by the Catholic Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century made Bibles much more available — and a¡ ordable. The fi rst book he printed was the Bible. Due to the fact that more people had access to the Bible, Martin Luther's belief in personal interpretation of the Bible without Tradition and the Magisterium was able to grow in popularity. The view that the Church always sought to keep people from reading the Bible was in part due to the fact that the Church censured various fl awed trans- lations that were published. Moreover, among the few Bibles that were avail- able before the press, some were kept in churches and were chained to keep them from being stolen, but not to keep people from reading them — a practice Protestants also followed. TRANSLATIONS Those who claim that the Church always sought to keep people from read- ing the Scriptures also ignore the great work carried out by many Catholic mis- sionaries to translate the Bible in order to evangelize. Saints Cyril and Metho- dius around 836 AD even invented an alphabet in order to translate the Bible and evangelize natives. More translations also emerged in di¡ erent European languages before the Prot- estant Reformation. Additionally, the medieval universities used the Bibles as the primary text for teaching theology, centuries before the reformation. St. Thomas Aquinas was called "the master of the Sacred Page." THE SAME CHURCH Throughout the ages, the Church has kept the principle it utilized from the time of the apostles: Scripture, Tradi- tion and Magisterium are inseparable. Protestants have clung to the principle of "Scripture alone," a principle that is not found in the Bible, for the Bible speaks of Tradition and it was com- piled through the authority given to the Church by Christ himself. Christians do not need to fi gure out the meaning of the Bible on their own, which leads to countless confl icts, as seen in the endless number of Protes- tant denominations. The Bible is a Catholic book because of its history and because of what it is. As the Catechism states, "the Chris- tian faith is not a 'religion of the book.' Christianity is the religion of the 'Word' of God, a word which is not a written and mute word, but the Word is incar- nate and living (CCC 108). Acknowledgements: The Bible is a Catholic Book, Jimmy Akin Before the print- ing press, Catholic monks in the Middle ages would spend hours every day copying the Bible by hand and dec- orating it. The also divided the books into chap- ters and verses. 180s St. Irenaeus uses "apostolic tradition" as a strong argument, and expresses the superior authority of the church of Rome 200s The terms "Trinity," "substance" and "sacrament" are fi rst used to explain biblical realities 250 St. Cyprian speaks of "the unity of the Catholic Church" 323 The Apostles' Creed is reaffi rmed and expanded to clarify teaching against heresies 382 The Church declares the offi cial Canon of the Bible against heresies

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