Which Bible would Nostradamus have read?
CPUnk
Which bible, if any, do you think he had access to... or relied upon?
CPUnk
Peter Lemesurier
cp...@original.com (CPUnk) wrote:
>Which bible, if any, do you think he had access to... or relied upon?
>CPUnk
The usual Latin Vulgate. But, as a good Catholic, he wouldn't have
been encouraged actually to read it. He may not even have owned a copy
- which could help to explain why his (Latin) quotations from it in
his prefatory letters are so inaccurate.
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Peter Lemesurier
John Holladay
Peter, your below posting is interesting (I'm very new to this subject
but do have opinions).
I find that the prophecies of the Bible and Nostradamus correlate at
least generally. I had always assumed that he read Revelations and that
encouraged (to some degree) his writings.
If he never read the Bible and never really was taught the contents of
Revelations, then I would view him in a different light. If he had read
it, being a good Catholic, I wonder how he felt about the end of the
book where we are warned not to add nor take away from the prophecies of
the Lord. In other words, don’t rewrite the prophecies God has given to
John.
With all the prophecies in the world (from Hopi, to Sioux, to
Nostradamus, to etc) that seem to correlate I wonder (1) if they came
from the same single root (talked to the same person or read the same
book), (2) it is a common thread of mankind, (3) is it true prophecies,
or (4) ???.
Just wondering.
Have a great day.
JNH
Peter Lemesurier
John Holladay <J...@msg.ti.com> wrote:
>Peter, your below posting is interesting (I'm very new to this subject
>but do have opinions).
>I find that the prophecies of the Bible and Nostradamus correlate at
>least generally. I had always assumed that he read Revelations and that
>encouraged (to some degree) his writings.
>If he never read the Bible and never really was taught the contents of
>Revelations, then I would view him in a different light.
Oh, he would have been thoroughly familiar with it - but more from
hearing it all endlessly repeated at the services in the local
Franciscan chapel. Just as I, as a former chorister and church
organist, likewise have heard it all again and again . . .
>If he had read
>it, being a good Catholic, I wonder how he felt about the end of the
>book where we are warned not to add nor take away from the prophecies of
>the Lord. In other words, don’t rewrite the prophecies God has given to
>John.
I'm not sure that he necessarily believed in your 'in other words'. It
looks to me more like a warning not to say that John saw other things
that he didn't ('editing' sacred texts was a veritable industry at the
time) - look at the alleged disciples' names that head the four
gospels, for example. Don't forget that even Paul acknowledge the gift
of prophecy. And logically, who was John to lay down what God could or
could not inspire?
>With all the prophecies in the world (from Hopi, to Sioux, to
>Nostradamus, to etc) that seem to correlate I wonder (1) if they came
>from the same single root (talked to the same person or read the same
>book), (2) it is a common thread of mankind, (3) is it true prophecies,
>or (4) ???.
The answer is probably 'Yes' - but N reckoned he got all his
prophecies through divine inspiration, whether directly, or indirectly
through the planets and visionary 'gods' that his chief source and
authority (Iamblichus) reckoned simply to be manifestations of that
same First Cause.
>Just wondering.
>Have a great day.
>JNH
>Peter Lemesurier wrote:
>>
>> cp...@original.com (CPUnk) wrote:
>>
>> >Which bible, if any, do you think he had access to... or relied upon?
>>
>> >CPUnk
>>
>> The usual Latin Vulgate. But, as a good Catholic, he wouldn't have
>> been encouraged actually to read it. He may not even have owned a copy
>> - which could help to explain why his (Latin) quotations from it in
>> his prefatory letters are so inaccurate.
>> --
>> Peter Lemesurier
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Peter Lemesurier