Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)

<Peter.Bleackley@R...> wrote:
> Staving Ray Brown:
>
> >to ambiguity.  I've heard it stated, e.g. that the Christmas message was
> >essentially
> >directed as males since we read:"Glory to God in the Highest, and on the
> >earth peace,
> >goodwill toward _men_"!!! The small point that Greek has 'anthro:pois' i.e.
> >  to persons
> >of both sexes, irrespective of age, and not 'andrasi' seemed to be of no
> >account.
> >(Presumably because no version of the scriptures has divine authority
> >except the KJV!)
>
> In Catholic liturgical adaptation (the Gloria, said after the penitential
> rite at Mass on Sundays and feast days outside Lent and Advent)-
>
> "Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to His people on Earth".
>
> Of course, Catholics to not use the KJV in liturgical use (usually the
> Jerusalem Bible, sometimes the old RSV).
In Canada we use the NRSV in the liturgy. I understand that the US conference of
bishops made a stink about the NRSV for some reason and lobbied Rome to change
their minds about letting it be used, and they ended up succeeding, but Canada
had already produced all its liturgical material (lectionaries, missals, etc.)
using the NRSV so we still kept it. I don't think we're the only
English-speaking country to have done so, but I'm not sure.

Heather

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