C. M. Sheffield
Puritan Board Graduate
Well, this is troubling. Apparently, Crossway has approved letting Catholic bishops make changes to their translation for use by Catholics.
According to Catholic Bible Student, the text was changed in order to prepare it for publication for Catholic use,
Of course, this begs the question — what, exactly, were the changes?
According to Catholic Bible Student, the text was changed in order to prepare it for publication for Catholic use,
"The Bishops Conference of India needed a new English translation for the Lectionary and other liturgical purposes. Crossway worked out a deal with them, where a team of Catholic theologians and Scripture scholars headed up by Fr. Lucien Legrand, O.P. (now 93 years old!), would review the ESV translation carefully and make some emendations. The Catholic team did indeed review–and change–the text of the ESV in preparation for publication."
Of course, this begs the question — what, exactly, were the changes?