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Booty Cull 2

Language changes.

Not always for the better.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has ordered up a new translation of the Bible, one it says is more accurate, more accessible and more poetic.

Now “booty,” a word that sets off snickers in Sunday school, will be replaced by the “spoils” of war when the newest edition of the New American Bible, the English-language Catholic Bible, comes out on Ash Wednesday, March 9.

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2 comments

  1. brendancalling

    March 3, 2011 at 11:46 am

    perhaps instead of worrying about the editorial content of the bible, the bishops should concentrate on stopping priests from raping children.

     
  2. Frank

    March 4, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    I cannot disagree.

    They should cull their own booty and keep their hands off the language.

    Ya know the difference between Ted Haggard and a Catholic priest?

    The priest had back-up.