[sword-devel] Bishop Beta 1.8.0pre6

[Fr Cyrille]

Hello friends, I want to start by saying that I am not trying to impose 
anything! Rather, I am looking for a solution that will satisfy as many 
people as possible. I didn't know that the word deuterocanonical could 
displease some people. On the contrary, it seemed to me that he was more 
"neutral" , that is to say that since he means second canon, this did 
not at all imply that he was recognized as inspired. So everyone can 
consider it inspired or not... In the French ecumenical TOB translation, 
that's how it is understood. As I said, I am not trying to impose my 
ideas. But on the other hand I don't think that it doesn't matter since 
it concerns the Word of God for me it does, even if this is not the 
place to debate it. Here are some suggestions. The first that seems best 
to me is to do as before in Bishop: we write nothing! and it is simply 
the versification that defines the books. So as Protestants read 
Protestant Bibles they simply won't read the Deuterocanonical ones! and 
Catholics will have Catholic versification and they will be happy to 
read the Bible that the Fathers of the Church read! in this proposal I 
find the idea of ​​colors very good. As you have already done Troy, we 
could put the deuterocanonical with a more pronounced color even red, 
which would warn the Protestant who has lost his way in a Catholic 
versification: be careful these books are not inspired. (allow a little 
humor, I do it without judgment because I love you all ;)). Or we can 
simply translate with the two words Apocrypha/deuterocanonical. Now if 
everyone is happy with my reading of the word deuterocanonical, then 
that would simplify the matter. In any case, I am very grateful for your 
work, especially to you, my Protestant brothers, who are so zealous in 
sharing the Word that saves.

Br Cyrille



Le 24/09/2026 à 09:31, Matěj Cepl a écrit :
> On Tue Sep 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM CEST, Fr Cyrille wrote:
>> Great job, Troy! Just a small, ecumenical suggestion: for a Catholic or
>> an Orthodox Christian, the term “Apocrypha” can be a bit of a sore spot.
>> Would it be possible to use “Deuterocanonical” instead or almost both?
> Exactly as sore sport as for Protestants (especially of some prominence)
> using the term “Deuterocanonical” (or even including them at all; I know
> for fact, that the developer of AndBible has been always sore about
> them).
>
> I think the best strategy for the issues like that is not to impose your
> understanding on others and let it be. It doesn’t really matter that
> much.
>
> # Life's too short to waste it on the boring bits.
> # ...
> # And if it doesn’t kill you, it is a boring bit.
>
> (from a Harry Potter fan fiction)
>
> Blessings,
>
> Matěj
>
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