Codex Vaticanus, used along with Codex Sinaiticus, as the basis for modern translations gloated by Roman Catholics as an "exoneration" of Jesuit Bibles from early Protestant critics, apparently omits the Pastoral Epistles for directly refuting beliefs held by [[Origen]] which were adopted by the Catholic Church; [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Timothy-2-5/ 1 Timothy 2:5] asserts only a single mediator, Jesus Christ, between God and men, contradicting Roman Catholicism's teaching that individuals must confess their sins before a priest in addition to praying to Mary and the saints. | Codex Vaticanus, used along with Codex Sinaiticus, as the basis for modern translations gloated by Roman Catholics as an "exoneration" of Jesuit Bibles from early Protestant critics, apparently omits the Pastoral Epistles for directly refuting beliefs held by [[Origen]] which were adopted by the Catholic Church; [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Timothy-2-5/ 1 Timothy 2:5] asserts only a single mediator, Jesus Christ, between God and men, contradicting Roman Catholicism's teaching that individuals must confess their sins before a priest in addition to praying to Mary and the saints. |