Sgent29

You may not agree with the site, but then you wouldn't be a good Catholic. To discount it as being "conservative" is being a little disingenious. At least in theory, you shouldn't be taking communion unless you agree with it. You may not agree with the opinions, which is fine, but that IS the Catholic view.

Jehanne

To see how "conservative" Catholics view other Catholics:

http://www.catholicculture.org/sites/sites.cfm

And, for the Mel Gibson group, see this:

http://www.sspx.org/
http://www.sspv.net/

Regards,

Don

Jim Lazarus

Just a quick question - does anyone have a few links to thorough arguments against Mosaic authorship and the dating of Genesis? I've heard arguments here and there - but as I've been so caught up in philosophical argumentation and the history of the New Testament, that I haven't gotten the chance to really look into it.

- Laz

KevinE

Thanks, Jehanne, for that helpful link to the view of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops. I also found this info on the web, which references the specific papal encyclicals that I vaguely mentioned in my last post:

I got this quotation from the following site, which wasn't actually that great, but at least it referenced the documents and popes that I was thinking of:

http://www.christis.org.uk/archive/i..._criticism.php

I do acknowledge, though, that the mere openness to historical-critical methods doesn't guarantee that all the Catholic "higher-ups" would now be rejecting Mosaic authorship, which may be contributing to the conflicting websites that people have been finding. Does anyone know if any popes or others have made definitive pronouncements on the matter since the time of Pius XII?

Sensei Meela

I would like to second this request.

hum

..... "The Bible Unearthed" by Silberman & Finklestein" has a general argument against Mosaic authorship.

hum