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by Anonymous on December 12th, 2005

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Do non-denominational Christians read both the Hebrew and Greek scriptures of the Bible? (Old and New Testament)

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  • by Alatea on December 14th, 2005

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    Yes, thousands of non-denominational churches do study the ancient original texts of Hebrew and Greek.

    Others learn enough Hebrew and Greek to be dangerous and make errors in their understanding of text. E.g. "the aorist tense always means completed action in the past;" or "the Hebrew root for 'war' and 'bread' are the same, because men fight over food;" and other common errors. For the most part they rely on good reference translations. Hebrew and Greek should be a requirement of all Christian teachers but it’s not. There are enough versions of the Bible that by comparing a few of the translations they claim to understand the meanings of original texts. It would be a beginning if even a few of them understood English.
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    If you look at the basic meaning of the word denomination, you will find it simply means "designation" or "categorization." Thus, by definition, "non" denominational would mean not designating or not categorizing. The reality is that it is very hard to avoid designation, because even the title non-denominational is itself a clear designation, designed to distinguish a church body from other groups. The same case is true if we define denomination as categorization. Many feel that by leaving a bigger Christian body they are, "breaking away from the spirit of denominationalism," i.e. freeing themselves from categories and divisions. However, upon examination it is fairly clear that whenever a non-denominational church is started, rather than eliminating the spirit of category, a new category has simply been started. Thus, whenever a non-denominational church is started, a new category is also created, and a new denomination has been formed. With over 35,000 Christian denominations in the United States alone, one thing we do not need is another denomination, whether it be named, or whether it is a "non-denominational" denomination.

    http://www.ancient-future.net/denom.html

    As the King James Version is not a direct translation from the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament nor of the Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament, the student of God's written Word will find many incorrect words used between its covers.

    The word “world” in this first sentence of the King James Version does not appear in the Greek manuscripts. The correct word as written by Paul is AION or AGE, meaning that Demas had left him and the cause of Christ, loving instead the things of that particular age or period of time.

    Jude 1:7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of “eternal” fire. Also read Genesis 19:24-29.
    After studying this scripture, we note that something is not valid. There are no ruins that remain on fire today as an example of the wickedness of these cities as this scripture proclaims. Archaeologists have noted the most possible sites of these cities as being at the southern end of the Dead Sea because of the great quantities of artifacts found there and because the region of the Old Testament's description matches that of this location. What then is amiss? By examining the text of the Greek manuscripts we find the word AIONIOS or AGE-LASTING in place of the word “eternal” of the King James Version. Now we have harmony of events. The cities were on fire and smoldered only during that Age or length of time that combustible materials remained to burn.
    AION or AGE = a limited duration of time
    AIONIOS or AGE-LASTING = lasting during the age

    History reveals that the K.J.V. has not endured longer than other Bibles. The Latin Vulgate and other early Latin versions ruled the Christian world as the only Bible from the third century to the Reformation Age or over one thousand years.

    Is the K.J.V. thee Bible of the English speaking people is a question that needs answering. In the U.S.A. alone, forty five per cent of the Christian community is Catholic which does not use the K.J.V., many other denominations use their own translations while many more use modern day language Bibles. It must be added that there are thousands of non denominational churches that study from the texts of the ancient manuscripts to learn of God.

    The majority of English speaking Protestant church denominations derived their basic teachings from the K.J.V. and used it as their final authority, and so when the more authentic translations appeared, plus the many thousands of Greek New Testament manuscripts and other related documents, they were not accepted or appreciated.

    The language of the K.J.V. consisted of beautiful and easy flowing words and was written expressively in that style but at the expense of accuracy. Rather than bringing down a word from the ancient manuscripts consistently as would be accurate, the King James scholars abandoned the inspired writers intention of repeating a word that would serve to impress the reader and instead (because of their love for variation) used a variety of English words for one and the same word from the ancient manuscripts.

    http://www.tentmaker.org/books/Aion.html

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  • by bandgeek6516 on March 11th, 2007

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    Yes. The non-denominational church I go to uses the King James Version Bible.

    I do not know of any church that does not read both the Old and New Testament. Does anyone else?

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  • by oplist on April 18th, 2007

    oplist

    i get my understanding of greek and hebrew on internet. meaning.. my pastor doesnt preach from in depth word studies that involve the original language.

    but he does preach from both the old and new testiments.

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  • by firecracr on March 11th, 2007

    firecracr

    Yes of course. The bible is a complete book and is filled with promises old and new. There are many versions of the bible (NIV, Living, KJV, NKJV, The Message, NAS to name a few.)

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  • by Yeshua lives on September 27th, 2009

    Yeshua lives

    A good pastor or student of Christianity will try and look at the original words as often as possible.

    This helps with meaning and context of the translated documents.

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  • by Little big mouth on May 3rd, 2012

    Little big mouth

    I'm a Christian & with all due respect to the ones who go by it, I don't read a book that was written by man

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  • by researcher for God on May 13th, 2007

    researcher for God

    NO! :-)

    Not every church study from the Greek or Hebrew texts...

    Most use the regular Bibles of the NIV or KJV translations...

    Only INDIVIDUAL Christians study the Greek or Hebrew texts or concordenses...

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  • by Anon121 on January 16th, 2009

    Anon121

    yes

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  • by spiritofair on May 3rd, 2012

    spiritofair

    You would think they would since original scriptures were written in Hebrew

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