by Giles Fraser, writing in The Guardian.
“The King James version has been manipulated for 400 years. Save it from the text obsessives.”
Archive for January 11th, 2011
A fetish for the Bible
Jan 11
Today the numbers for 2010 came out: a record high.
It would be more conventional for such texts to be released by the International Commission on the Liturgy (ICEL), or by the national liturgy offices of bishops’ conferences. Does this portend a greater role for Vox Clara in coordinating and supervising liturgical translation?
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity that begins on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 and continues until the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on Tuesday, January 25, is a good opportunity for even small parishes to celebrate ecumenical liturgies such as the Liturgy of the Hours at which all Christians can participate and even preside.