[Magdalen] bulletin blooper

[James Oppenheimer]

I was very much impressed with the information it had.  It was a really
fantastic job, considering the West had only begun speaking the relevant
languages again for a fairly short time prior to that event.  Considering
the amount of theological advances since then, it's remarkable that it has
held on as long as it has.

The Douai Rheims boys did good too, for that matter.

Interesting how when I was born, the King Jimmy was THE Bible in our
church.

_God's Secretaries_ impressed me as a pretty even-handed job. I don't know
where I heard or read it, but I heard that the author is a fairly
conservative scholar.

When we were observing the centennial of the publication of the KJV, a
display was running around the country, and when it came to each town, they
encouraged the local experts to bring out whatever local resources they had
to supplement the exhibit.  The actual exhibit was a set of big cardboard
plaques with lots if interesting details about the KJV, and reproductions
of some paperwork from the companies that worked on the translation. That
was a great learning opportunity. The special collections dept. at Vassar
did a presentation on the various Bibles they have, which was something we
generally don't have the opportunity to see.



James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, most of it, anyway! Have you read "God's Secretaries"? Fascinating
> account of the making of the KJV! I recommended it to my son, who swore
> that that was the only authoritative version. He said he wouldn't read it
> if it was going to mess with his theology, but I think he did end up
> reading at least part of it.
>
> I was just blown away by the extent to which politics and the machinations
> of the throne influenced the translation.
>
> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 6:44 PM, "Mahoney, W. Michael" <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Indeed.   And King James wrote it all down.
> >
> > Mike M
> >   via Spint
> >> On Sep 27, 2014 6:36 PM, "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You're kidding, right, Jim??? Don't you know God dictated the Bible word
> >> for word, and God doesn't make mistakes!
> >>
> >>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:40 PM, James Oppenheimer <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> And there really are people out there who seriously believe the Bible
> >> could
> >>> be free from error, bless their hearts.
> >>>
> >>> As if humans could ever be capable of such a thing.
> >>>
> >>> I like us the way we are, ak-chew-ally.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> James W. Oppenheimer
> >>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> >> better
> >>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> >> time
> >>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ah yes, I've presided at many of those Episco-Combo funerals, and they
> >> are
> >>>> always a challenge! No matter what part of the service I invited the
> >>>> visiting clergy to take, they always managed to "say a few words,"
> >> often of
> >>>> the type you mentioned, Ginga. But I made sure that my homily always
> >> came
> >>>> after all that so I could be sure there was at least some mention of
> >> grace.
> >>>>
> >>>> But we never had quite as wonderful a typo as you did! "God's
> celestial
> >>>> sore" indeed!
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I went to a funeral today that was a Baptist-Episcopal combo.
> >>>> Interesting
> >>>>> to say the least, but the Episcopal priest got to wind it up with a
> >>>> homily
> >>>>> on grace and Jesus promise to be with us always.  The deceased's
> >>>> brother, a
> >>>>> conservative Baptist pastor, spoke at the beginning of the service on
> >>>> what
> >>>>> a sinner his brother was and yadayadayada.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Anyway, the first song was I'll Fly away.  The words in the bulletin
> >>>>> indicated we were to sing the first verse thusly:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Some bright morning when this life is over
> >>>>> I'll fly away
> >>>>> To that home on God's celestial sore
> >>>>> I'll fly away.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Gotta Love It.  I didn't even crack a smile until I got in the car to
> >>>> come
> >>>>> home.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ginga
> >>
>