JW`s Lie about Christendom hiding the Name Jehovah.or its equivalent Yahweh

by smiddy 72 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  smiddy

  Jehovahs Witnesses have been outspoken over the years/decades that Christendom have been hiding or obscuring or even eliminating Gods name Jehovah from the general public.

  How true is that statement .?

  1. It was a Catholic monk of the 13th Century that first coined the name Jehovah in the English language.

  2.The Roman Catholic Douay version of the bible does have the name Jehovah in it. About the 16th century. AD

  And also the Roman Catholic Knox version that uses Yahweh throughout the old testament.

  3.The authorised King james version of the bible has the name Jehovah in it .Also about the 16th Century AD

  4 . Their are many churches in Christendom that have been built over the centuries that have the name Jehovah inscribed on them all over Europe and Australia.that i know of.

  5. Even the book of mormon uses the name jehovah

  Christendoms Bible scholars since the thirteenth century have used the name Jehovah in their writings in commentaries ,Bible Dictionaries , Encyclopaedia`s etc,etc.

  So to make the claim Christendom has been burrying that name is ludicrous since they actually invented it eg: Roman catholics.in the 13th Century.adding vowels to the 4 letters of the tetragrammaton translated in english .
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  Anthony Morris DeTurd

  Well hello brother Smiddy. That's an interesting point of view, and you might be surprised to know that we on the GB have conceded that we will NEVER be able to elevate God's name as high as the Catholics have done - NEVER, it's too expensive. Here's why:

  The Catholics put God's name on the moon! (We've checked out the cost of sending it to a higher elevation, and we just don't have the funds)

  Still reading this? Ok, so here's the proof:

  In 1969 NASA invited 73 countries from around the world to have their bespoke message laser-inscribed on a metal disc, which NASA claim was going to be left on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew. Here's the NASA website: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11memorials.html

  Now, as you know, the smallest country (officially) in the world is....Vatican City. NASA therefore invited them to have a message inscribed on this "moon disk"; they didn't contact God's only channel, us JWs at Watchtower - how rude of them! What did the Vatican (the Catholics) write on this "moon disk"? Well, you can check the NASA website for a scan of the PDF (HERE: https://history.nasa.gov/ap11-35ann/goodwill/Apollo_11_material.pdf) but basically it's just a quote from their own Bible, which says this:

  "Jahweh our Lord, how great your name throughout the earth!" Psalms 8

  So there you have it friends, we'll never be able to elevate God's name as high as the Catholics have. Nope, not possible - too expensive.

  Obey and be blessed!

  Tony
  
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  Chook

  Anthony MDTurd I bet you wouldn't find that quote in "watching the world "
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  Anthony Morris DeTurd

  One of the young brothers here at Bethel said:

  Looks like the Catholics pulled a mooney at the Jws

  He was "re-assigned", but he had a point...

  (FYI: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pulling%20a%20mooney)
  
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  Drearyweather

  .The Roman Catholic Douay version of the bible does have the name Jehovah in it. About the 16th century. AD

  Are you sure that 16th Century Douay has the name Jehovah in it?
  
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  Drearyweather

  Jehovahs Witnesses have been outspoken over the years/decades that Christendom have been hiding or obscuring or even eliminating Gods name Jehovah from the general public.

  How true is that statement .?

  The following are some points that do show that efforts were made to hide the name:

  1. In 405 CE Jerome (a Catholic priest and secretary to Pope Damasus I) did not include God’s name in his translation, the Latin Vulgate

  2. The Catholic Douay Version, which was based on Latin Vulgate, does not use the divine name

  3. You say that the Catholic Monk invented the name Jehovah. Is it? See what the Catholic Encyclopedia says regarding it, under the name 'Jehovah':

  Finally, the word is found even in the "Pugio fidei" of Raymund Martin, a work written about 1270 (ed. Paris, 1651, pt. III, dist. ii, cap. iii, p. 448, and Note, p. 745). Probably the introduction of the name Jehovah antedates even R. Martin.

  4. A 2008 directive to all Catholic Bishops directs them to not use any form of the Tetragrammaton in their Church services:

  http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/frequently-asked-questions/upload/name-of-god.pdf

  
  

  So to make the claim Christendom has been burrying that name is ludicrous since they actually invented it eg: Roman catholics.in the 13th Century.adding vowels to the 4 letters of the tetragrammaton translated in english .

  If Catholics 'invented' the name Jehovah, why don't they use it in their Official translations and in their Church services?

  
  
  
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  berrygerry

  Skip to 2:09

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZ_IlP9c5A
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  smiddy

  The Catholic Douay Bible ,Exodus Ch.6:3 In a footnote acknowledges Jehovah as Gods name.
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  Earnest

  Exodus 6:3 footnote Douay-Rheims Bible (1635 edition):

  

  Note in the left-hand column it says "Iehouah is not the right name of God".
  
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  TTWSYF

  The WTS lies. It's called theocratic warfare. It used to be called 'Lying for the Truth'

  A catholic monk coined the name Jehovah by adding the vowels of adoney {Lord} to the tetragrammatron.

  Sorry for poor spelling