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In fact cats are mentioned in the bible, in the deuterocanonical book of Baruch 6:21 (6:22 in some versions). This was part of the bible up until the reformation and is still part of the bible for catholics and orthodox, but protestants consider it apocryphal.

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As a Protestant you have not, of course, convinced me that "cat" is in the Bible, but that is a great comeback!

I think the award for the most theologically significant word not in the KJV (or any other English translation, for that matter) is "trinity".

Yes, I guess it's obvious I'm not Catholic, because I didn't know of this book.

Having said that, the verse says cats fly like birds. I have a strong feeling that, like unicorns, they mean a different animal that they happened to call "cat" or (mis)translated the original word as such.

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