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Maria.

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Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html
 

The article alludes to the Catholic Church considering some verses to be untrue including:-
 

Revelation xix,20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone.”

Excerpt….

…..they refute the apocalyptic prophecies of Revelation, the last book of the Christian Bible, in which the writer describes the work of the risen Jesus, the death of the Beast and the wedding feast of Christ the Lamb.

The bishops say: “Such symbolic language must be respected for what it is, and is not to be interpreted literally. We should not expect to discover in this book details about the end of the world, about how many will be saved and about when the end will come.”

 May be they should consider;
 

Revelation 22 v 18 – 19
 
“ I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.”
 

NIV
 
I am not the brightest but the warning in chapter 22 is pretty clear.