2007-06-26 09:15:44 · 16 answers · asked by Big 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
when you phrase it that way, catholics seem to be nothing more than sheep!
2007-06-26 09:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by fred f 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Catholic Church's authorities are not as rigorous as they once were about which translation of the Bible was to be read. Recognizing that today most scholars of the Bible have the intention of learning as much as possible about what the Bible meant at the time it was written, the Church allows Catholics to read any version. The Rheims-Douay version was traditionally the one that was considered "Catholic." Today, that has been re-translated and others are available and used -- the New American Bible, the Jerusalem Bible, etc. However, in its ritual, I think the New American Bible is the one that has been chosen.
2007-06-26 16:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sebastian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English translations? The most common in the US is the New American,but there are others like the old Douay-Reims , the from the French New Jerusalem Bible or the Catholic Revised Standard.
2007-06-26 16:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The following Bible translations are approved by the Catholic Chruch for personal use:
+ Douai-Rheims
+ Confraternity Edition
+ Revised Standard Version (RSV) - Catholic Edition
+ New American Bible (NAB )
+ Jerusalem Bible
+ New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)- Catholic Edition
+ New Jerusalem Bible
+ Today's' English Version - Catholic
I recommend the New American Bible (NAB) which is the version used during Mass and other liturgies in the U.S. and many other English speaking countries.
Here is a NAB website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
With love in Christ.
2007-06-27 02:00:00 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official Catholic Bible for the United States, and the Bible used for the official lectionary, which is used at Mass, is the New American Bible.
To read it on-line, go here and select the Bible tab at the top of the page:
http://www.usccb.org
2007-06-26 16:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of Catholic translations - Douay, New Jerusalem. They include all the books found in Protestant Bibles, plus the ones known as the Apocrypha which Protestants removed.
2007-06-26 16:19:40 · answer #6 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Many Catholics I know use the American Standard Version. This includes the Apocrypha - several books that are left out of the Old Testament in any Protestant translation.
2007-06-26 16:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by Mark V 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Douay Version
some other versions
2007-06-26 19:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last time I checked it was the Douay Version.
2007-06-26 16:18:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Douay Rheims or NAB
2007-06-26 16:21:34 · answer #10 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read the N.R.S.V Catholic edition myself.
2007-06-26 16:19:26 · answer #11 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋