Roman Catholic and Islamic persecution is what caused Orthodox Christians to flee Constantinople and preserve the Bible in its present form as the Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament and Textus Receptus New Testament, so I suppose you're right about that, just not in the way you imagined.
The Roman Catholic versions of the Bible are a preservation of the Alexandrian Bible. The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew to classical Greek and the New Testament was translated from Koine Greek into classical Greek. Verses were altered to change the meaning.
Putting a crown on a statue is pure idolatry according to the Bible. You can call it veneration or worship, but it's a violation of the second commandment in any case. Of course, the Catholics changed the commandments as well and removed that commandment...
And yet, as Catholics watched the monument being removed from the judicial building in Alabama, they may have observed in a close-up shot of the commandments that they were not the same ten nor the numerical arrangement they had learned in childhood. The courthouse rendition read:
I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Thou shalt not covet.
Whereas the Catechism’s traditional presentation of the commandments for memorization are:
I am the Lord your God: You shall not have strange Gods before me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
Honor your father and mother.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Roman Catholic and Islamic persecution is what caused Orthodox Christians to flee Constantinople and preserve the Bible in its present form as the Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament and Textus Receptus New Testament, so I suppose you're right about that, just not in the way you imagined.
The Roman Catholic versions of the Bible are a preservation of the Alexandrian Bible. The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew to classical Greek and the New Testament was translated from Koine Greek into classical Greek. Verses were altered to change the meaning.
Putting a crown on a statue is pure idolatry according to the Bible. You can call it veneration or worship, but it's a violation of the second commandment in any case. Of course, the Catholics changed the commandments as well and removed that commandment...
And yet, as Catholics watched the monument being removed from the judicial building in Alabama, they may have observed in a close-up shot of the commandments that they were not the same ten nor the numerical arrangement they had learned in childhood. The courthouse rendition read:
Whereas the Catechism’s traditional presentation of the commandments for memorization are:
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-true-ten-commandments
Can't have that pesky commandment about the graven images getting in the way of our Mary veneration now, can we?
You’re wrong, and revelling in your error. I can’t help you. God bless you and keep you.