MANILA, July 13, 2010—Pope Benedict XVI will be writing for the first handwritten Bible created by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate (CBCP-ECBA) in collaboration with the Philippine Bible Society (PBS). [Nope. I had that impression too. The Pope will be asked to handwrite what is written in certain passages which will be mentioned below.]
The Holy Father will be writing verses of the first and last chapter of the Bible, that is Genesis 1.1 and Revelation 22.21.
[Here's why the project is undertaken.]
The first handwritten Bible intends to create Bible responsiveness and to cultivate love for the Word of God among different sectors in the country. [Uhhmmm. It's handwritten...Some would have a hard time reading someone else's handwriting...And...the Bible is already printed, right?]
Organizers said the creation of this Bible is a response to the12th Synod of Bishops and the forthcoming Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI.
The May They Be One handwritten Bible will be divided into two columns. The first column will be the English version while the second column will be in the vernacular. Eight native languages such as Tagalog, Ilocano, Pangasinan, Cebuano, Hiligayon, Samarenyo, Bicol and Pampango will be used in separate editions.
The 35,656 verses from the 78 books of the bible will be written by hand by representatives from various sectors such as the Church, urban/rural poor, OFWs, youth, farmers, government offices like Malacañang, Senate, and Congress; schools, indigenous people, and the fisher folks.
Meanwhile, Roman Catholic and Protestant Bishops will be tasked to author the passages of Genesis 1 and Revelation 22.
The English version of the handwritten passages will be based from the published Catholic editions of the Old and New Testaments while the different languages will be copied from the Popular Versions or the New Testament Books of the Philippine Bible Society.
***
I don't know what is meant by "creating Bible responsiveness". And I am also not sure how a handwritten Bible will cultivate more love for the Word of God as compared to a printed one.
Hmmmm... Really skeptical on this one.
What do you think?
The blog of a group of Filipino Catholics and their frank commentary on anything that affects their lives as a citizen of the Philippines and as a Roman Catholics.
No comments:
Post a Comment