Word: hartdegen
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According to Father Stephen J. Hartdegen, coordinator of the 1970 and 1987 translations, the revisers sought to eradicate both mistakes and colloquialisms. A notable NAB error occurred in Luke 1: 17, where antecedents got mixed up and "God himself" went before John the Baptist "in the spirit and power of Elijah," instead of John going before God. That was "practically blasphemous," says Jesuit Father Francis T. Gignac, chairman of the board of editors...