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4,{id:`verse-explainers`,heading:`Verse Explainers`,articles:[{slug:`isaiah-7-14-virgin-young-woman`,title:`Isaiah 7:14 — "Virgin" or "Young Woman"?`,desc:`Why the Douay-Rheims says "virgin" where modern Protestant translations say "young woman," and why Matthew 1:23 settles the question.`},{slug:`genesis-3-15-she-shall-crush`,title:`Genesis 3:15 — "She" or "He" Shall Crush?`,desc:`The Latin ipsa vs ipse dispute: why the Douay-Rheims says "she shall crush thy head," its Marian significance, and the manuscript evidence.`},{slug:`supersubstantial-bread`,title:`Why "Supersubstantial Bread" Not "Daily Bread"? (Matt 6:11)`,desc:`The Douay-Rheims renders the Lord's Prayer differently from every other English Bible. What supersubstantialem means and its Eucharistic interpretation.`},{slug:`do-penance`,title:`Why "Do Penance" Not "Repent"? (Matt 4:17)`,desc:`What poenitentiam agite actually means, why the Protestant translations changed it, and what is at stake for the sacrament of confession.`},{slug:`full-of-grace`,title:`Why "Full of Grace" Not "Highly Favored"? (Luke 1:28)`,desc:`The Greek kecharitomene, the Latin gratia plena, and why the translation difference matters for the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.`},{slug:`charity-not-love`,title:`Why "Charity" Not "Love"? (1 Corinthians 13)`,desc:`What the Vulgate's caritas preserves that modern translations lose when they render it as 'love,' and why the distinction is not merely linguistic.`},{slug:`johannine-comma`,title:`The Johannine Comma: Why Is 1 John 5:7 Different?`,desc:`The Trinitarian clause that appears in the Douay-Rheims but not in most modern Bibles — the textual history, the controversy, and the Catholic position.`}]},{id:`canon`,heading:`The Catholic Canon`,articles:[{slug:`deuterocanonical-books`,title:`What Are the Deuterocanonical Books?`,desc:`The seven books in the Catholic Bible that are not in most Protestant Bibles — what they are, what they contain, and why they were accepted by the Church.`},{slug:`catholic-bible-vs-protestant`,title:`Catholic Bible vs Protestant Bible: What Is Different?`,desc:`A complete accounting of the differences between Catholic and Protestant Scripture: the seven extra books, the longer versions of Daniel and Esther, and why they diverged.`},{slug:`luther-removed-books`,title:`Why Did Luther Remove Books from the Bible?`,desc:`Luther's deuterocanon, his theological objections, what he actually did and did not do, and how the Protestant canon became what it is today.`}]},{id:`translation`,heading:`Translation & Scholarship`,articles:[{slug:`vulgate-translation-accurate`,title:`Is a Translation from the Latin Vulgate More Faithful?`,desc:`The case for and against the Vulgate as a translation base — Jerome's scholarship, the Council of Trent, and what 'faithfulness' means in Bible translation.`},{slug:`what-is-the-septuagint`,title:`What Is the Septuagint and Why Does It Matter?`,desc:`The Greek translation of the Old Testament, why the New Testament authors quoted it, and why it matters for understanding the Catholic Bible's text.`},{slug:`what-is-the-latin-vulgate`,title:`What Is the Latin Vulgate?`,de

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