> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Ralston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu, November 20, 2003 5:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [sword-devel] Catholic module? > > > Those books are also important for research. Having them > available as Bible modules provides significantly more > functionality than having them as general books. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Pollard > > Sent: Wed, November 19, 2003 5:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: Tom Pollard > > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Catholic module? > > > > > > Geoffrey, > > > > You wrote: > > > Couldn't it be added as a general book. IMHO that's where it probably > > > belongs. > > > > Except that that's not where they belong. They were part of the KJV > > Bible, the Vulgate, the Douay-Rheims, the Septuagint, etc., and (IMHO) > > you can't really say you're providing those texts unless you include > > all the the books they originally contained. For Catholics, 2 > > Maccabees, Wisdom and Sirach are all regularly proclaimed in the > > liturgy. To really be useful to Catholics studying the Bible (which we > > hopefully all encourage) the deuterocanonical books ought to be > > included in the Bible translations that have them. > > > > Please don't take from this any implied criticism of the Sword team for > > not including those books up to this point. As far as I'm concerned, > > if there isn't anyone with the interest, time and skills to support > > this, then neither I nor anyone else has a right to complain about it. > > I'm deeply appreciative of the substantial and impressive work the > > Sword team /has/ done. Between work, my family, preparing for the > > Bible study I lead and advancing my other extracurricular projects, I'm > > not sure I have the time to help work on this, but I'd very much like > > to. > > > > Yours in Christ, > > > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > >
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