On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:10:38 +0100, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Anyway, during the gospel reading, the priest read, "They set out for >>Capernaum, a distance of 5 or 6 kilometres..." >>I almost dropped my teeth. I have no idea which lectionary they use >>there, but that was the first time I ever heard metric scripture! > >Wow indeed. Correct me if I am wrong, but the bible does not mention the >distance. Perhaps the priest had been there and was thinking of it in >real world terms. Clearly measurements there are metric and his >descriptions may reflect that.
The Collins Good News Bible (I think that's the title) is an approved translation for the RC church in Britain, and it's all metric-only. I thought it said (I can't find it at the moment) that that was one of the differences from the US version. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
