On the Clementine Vulgate’s Errors and On Heretical Commentaries R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ; The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church; The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics; The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family and Patron of the Holy Catholic Church; The Guidance of the Good Saint Anne, Mother of Mary and Grandmother of God; The Intercession of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; The Intercession of All the Other Angels and Saints; and the Cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 “The authority of the Septuagint is pre-eminent as far as the Old Testament is concerned.” (St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine) Original version: 3/2020; Current version: 10/2020 Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 87901-2878, USA Website: www.JohnTheBaptist.us (Send for a free catalog) 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 7 On the Haydock Bible ............................................................................................................................. 7 ON THE HERESIES AND OTHER ERRORS IN THE CLEMENTINE VULGATE ....................................................................... 9 ON HERESIES AND OTHER ERRORS IN COMMENTARIES THAT TRY TO EXPLAIN ERRONEOUS TEXTS ................................. 28 SOME OF THE HERESIES AND OTHER ERRORS IN THE CLEMENTINE VULGATE ............................................................. 28 The heresy that Isaac was Abraham’s only-begotten son ................................................................... 29 The heresy that the Southern Kingdom of Juda consisted of one tribe instead of two ........................ 30 An erroneous commentary on the erroneous text........................................................................................... 32 The heresy that life does not begin in the womb ................................................................................. 32 The heresy that the Paschal sacrifice was a lamb and a goat ............................................................. 33 A heretical commentary on the heretical text ................................................................................................. 33 The heresy and blasphemy that has God profaning men .................................................................... 34 An erroneous commentary that explains away the heresy and blasphemy..................................................... 34 The idolatry that faithful Jews allowed pagans to worship with them ................................................ 34 An erroneous commentary that explains away the idolatrous and blasphemous text .................................... 35 The heresy and blasphemy that God is perverted................................................................................ 35 A heretical commentary that accepts the heretical and blasphemous text ..................................................... 35 The heresy that God repented and thus had sinned ............................................................................ 36 A heretical commentary on the heretical text ................................................................................................. 36 The heresy that after King Saul died he went to the same place as Samuel ........................................ 36 Erroneous commentaries on the heretical text ................................................................................................ 37 The heresy and blasphemy that replaces curses with blessings .......................................................... 37 An erroneous commentary on the heretical and blasphemous texts .............................................................. 38 The heresy that all wars are unjust ...................................................................................................... 39 An erroneous commentary that explains away the heretical text ................................................................... 39 The heresy that a holy prophet does not know the wisdom of God .................................................... 40 The heresy that Samuel was an Ephraimite ......................................................................................... 40 The contradiction that the Levite Joseph was also a Gentile ............................................................... 41 Alexandria did not exist in the days of Jeremias, Ezechiel, and Nahum............................................... 41 Commentaries give the correct name but leave the incorrect one in the text ................................................ 42 Both the heart and the liver, not the heart or the liver ........................................................................ 42 The commentary mentions the true text but does not address the error in the Clementine Vulgate ............. 43 Imposed a tribute on the land instead of condemned the land ........................................................... 44 Not any king removes evil but a righteous king ................................................................................... 44 Doctrine of baptism not of baptisms ................................................................................................... 44 Can be taken to heretically mean that the faithful must not pray for certain sinners ......................... 45 Says that sin is an inconvenience and thus implies it is not sin ............................................................ 45 Elders not senators .............................................................................................................................. 46 From Caesarea to Antioch and not to Jerusalem ................................................................................. 46 Some verses that make no sense ......................................................................................................... 46 HERETICAL OR OTHERWISE ERRONEOUS TEXTS NOT BASED ON THE CLEMENTINE VULGATE ......................................... 48 The idolatry of worshipping angels and men ....................................................................................... 49 Challoner’s idolatrous translation of Josue 5:15 has men worshipping angels ................................................ 49 Challoner’s idolatrous translation of Genesis 27:29 has men worshipping men.............................................. 50 The idolatry that God does not hold idolaters guilty (Acts 17:30) ....................................................... 50 The heresy that men are saved by following their own conscience (1 Cor. 4:4) .................................. 51 The heresy and blasphemy that Jesus was a malefactor (Lk. 23:32) ................................................... 51 Slaves not servants .............................................................................................................................. 52 Repentance not penance ..................................................................................................................... 53 MORE HERETICAL OR OTHERWISE ERRONEOUS BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES ............................................................... 55 5 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 55 Evidence ............................................................................................................................................... 55 The heresy of respecting and condoning false religions................................................................................... 55 The stoic heresy ................................................................................................................................................ 55 The stoic-influenced error that Abisag was David’s wife .................................................................................. 56 The heresy that slavery is intrinsically evil ....................................................................................................... 56 The heresy that denies the power of the Devil ................................................................................................ 57 The heresy that anger is intrinsically evil ......................................................................................................... 57 Implies that Jesus and Mary sinned ................................................................................................................. 57 The error that non-sinful falsehoods are sinful ................................................................................................ 58 The heresy that denies dreams from God ........................................................................................................ 61 The heresy that the sodomites killed in Sodom will not be condemned to hell .............................................. 61 The heresy of heliocentrism ............................................................................................................................. 61 The heresy that there is no pain after death for the damned