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TWENTY-TWO
OCTOBER 25, 1952
-'TMrriN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL, BRUNSWICK — Pictured above is St. Joseph’s School, Brunswick, Georgia,
conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. When the Sisters of St. Joseph came to
Brunswick in 1900 to establish a parochial school, Father P. -J. Luckie, S. M., who was then pastor
of St. Francis Xavier Church, secured for them a building, formerly a grocery store, on the
corner of Richmond and Howe Streets. The lower floor was converted into classrooms and the
upper floor became the. Sisters’ convent. The present school, of Southern colonial design, was erected
in 1902.
Scholar Discusses the Ending of
The Lord's Prayer in the Light
Of Historical Biblical Research
by rev. louis f. hartman,
C. SS. R.
Executive Secretary, Catholic
Biblical Association, U. S. A.
(Written for N.C.W.C. NEWS
SERVICE
The Prostestant “Revised Stan
dard Version" of the Bible, which
has just been published, contains
certain readings which have caused
much comment because they seem
to be rather radical. It may be
interesting to consider some of
these changes in the light of
history.
For example, in the new version
of the Protestant, Bible the con
clusion of the Lord’s Prayer in
Matthew 8. 13, omits the words,
“For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory. Amen,’’
which was found in the King
James Version of 1611.
As a matter of fact, these words
were already omitted from the
New Testament of the (Prostestant*
Standard Version as published
separately in 1946, and even in
the (American Revised Version of
1901. The present official form of
the ' Protestant “Our Father” is,
therefore, more like -the Catholic
form of this prayer than it was in
the King James Version.
TJiis addition to the end of the
Lord’s Prayer has an interesting
history. As early as the first half
-of the Second Century, in the
document which is called “The
Teaching of the 'Twelve Apostles,”
the “Our Father" is given with this
conclusion, “For thine • is the
power and the glory. Amen.” Such
a conclusion to a liturgical prayer
is known as a doxology. A much
fuller form of this doxology, is
found in l Para. 29, 11. The Jews
at the time of Christ were ac
customed to add such doxologies
to many of their prayers, and this
custom was followed by the early
Christians. In the Sacred Liturgy
of many of the present-day Oriental
•Rites, both Catholic and Schisma
tic, the “Our Father” still ends
witty the same doxology as found in
the King James Version.
“The Teaching of the Twelve
Apostles,” of course, was not a
Bible. It was a sort of book of
directives, containing rubrics, pray
ers,' the words of consecration in
the Liturgy (Mass*, and ’ some
theology. However, it was non-
biblical.
Now, when the GOspels were
copied again and again by hand,
the Christian scribes, who were
used to hearing the Lord’s Prayer
saidt with this doxology in the
Liturgy, added these words to the
words of Our Lord in Matthew 6,
<3 In the course of the centuries,
more and more Greek manuscripts
of the Gospel show this longer
reading, so that it is found in almost
all the Greek manuscripts of the
Middle Ages. ,
Hence, the editors of the King
Janies Version naturally thought
that this was the correct reading of
the text. And the King James
Version appeared with this addi
tion made to the. LprdVPrayer^
But since then the science of
textual criticism has proved that
the best Greek manuscripts of the
Bible, such as the famous Codex
Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus of
the Fourth Century after Christ, do
not have this doxology in Matthew
6, 13, and that, therefore, it is not
part of the original “Our Father”
as taught by Our Lord to the
Apostles.
When St. Jerome made his re
vision of the Old Latin Gospels in
385 A. D. he followed excellent
Greek manuscripts, so that he like
wise omitted these words. Since
| the Douay Version is a translation
I of St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, the
| English Catholic Bible shows here,
as also in many other places, a
better, more critical reading than
does the King James Version. The
doxology, “For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory.
Amen,” is a perfectly good
Catholic prayer, but it is not part
of the “Our Father”.
Another passage in the new
Standard Version of the Protestant
Bible which has aroused some
controversy is of a different
nature. In Isa. 7, 14, the King
James Version reads, “Behold a
virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call his name Im
manuel.” The Douay Version here
is essentially the same.
But the new Standard Version
has now relegated the word
“virgin” to the margin, and put
the words “young woman” in its
place in the text. This change is
based, not on textual grounds, but
on a question of interpretation.
The Hebrew word involved is
alma, which etymologically would
seem to mean “young woman”
rather than “virgin,” even though
in its few other occurrences in the
Bible it is generally used to mean
an unmarried young woman. The
Hebrew has a different word for
“virgin” in the strict sense,
bethulah.
Now, the context of Isa. 7, 14 is
this: Jerusalem, in about the year
734 B. C., was in danger of attack.
Isaias assures its king, Achaz, that
God will save the Holy City from
its foes and, to show the truth of
this prediction, He gives the king
the sigh of Emmanuel, “God with
us.”
We would naturally be inclined
to see in this sign something which
would , take .place in the time of
Achaz. But we know from Matthew
1, 22-23, that this sign received its
perfect fulfillment when the Bless
ed Virgin Mary conveived and gave
birth to Jesus Christ. In quoting
this passage from Isaias, St. Mat
thew uses the Greek word par-
thenos, which means “virgin” in
the strict sense. And, of course,
the Standard Version, with all
other translations, has “virgin” in
Matthew 1, 23.
However, it is possible to under
stand Isa. 7, 14 as containing a sort
of double prophecy: one referring
to temporal salvation in the near
future, and one referring to per-
St. Joseph's School
In Brunswick Adds
Kindergarten Class
BRUNSWICK, Ga—To the regu
lar eight grammar grades, St.
Joseph’s School here has added
this year a kindergarten class,
which opened for the 1952-53 term
with fifteen youthful pupils enroll
ed. _
A two-story residence, adjoining
the school building, has been ac
quired and has been converted in
a kindergarten school. Sister
Saint Anne.. G. S. J., is the in
structor of the kindergarten class.
St. Joseph’s School has a total
enrollment of approximately two
hundred students for the current
school year. Sister Mary Gerald,
C. S. J., the Superior of the Com
munity of Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondeiet here, teaches the
seventh and eighth grades.
The school has an active Parent-
Teacher- Association, headed by
Mrs. Leo Gentile, as president.
Other officers are Mrs. B. W. Mur
ray, vice-president; Mrs. John
Fernandez, secretary, and Mrs.
Arthur True, treasurer.
Current Ratings on
Best Sellers
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Library
and Literature Committee of the
Atlanta Deanery Council of Catho
lic Women presents the following
rating of current Best Sellers:
FICTION
Suitable for general reading:
“Qpn Camello and His Flock,”
Guaresehi; “The Gown of Glory,”
Turnbull. Adults only, because
of advanced content and style,
“The Silver Chalice,” Castain;
“The Old Man and The Sea,” Hem
ingway; “The Houses In Between,”
Spring; “The Hidden Flower,”
Buck. Adults only, because of
language or incidents, “The Dis
tant Shore,” de Hartog; “My
Cousin Rachel,” du Maurier;’“Mat
ador,” Conrad; “The Caine Mu
tiny,” Woul.
GENERAL
Suitable for general reading,
“The Sea Around Us,” Carson;
“Witness,” Chambers; “The Diary
of a Young Girl,” Ann Frank;
“Windows of the Crown Prince,”
Vining; Adali Stevenson of Illi
nois;" Busch. Adults only because
of advance content and style, “Sub
marine,” Beach. Adults only, be
cause of language or incidents,
“The Great Enterprise,” Over-
street; “Theodora and the Em
peror,” Lamb.
In this case the child' of the alma
would be a boy born of a “young
woman” in 734, who in turn would
be a “type” of Christ born of .a
true virgin. The editors of the
Standard Version probably had
some such interpretation in mind,
and therefore they should not be
accused unnecessarily of intend
ing, by their rendering of Isa. 7, 14,
to cast any doubt on the virgin
feet, spiritual salavation^ m_ Ctyrist, birth of Christ .•
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