What Bible do the Catholics use?

Answer 1

The Catholic Bible!

The official Bible of the Catholic Church is the Vulgate, which is available only in Latin. All others are usually translations of this one.

As a general rule of thumb, the Catholic Bibles include the apocryphical writings whose authenticity is debated amongst Christendom today. They talk of dragons, migrations, giants, and lots of other things that are verifiably implausible as to their time period.

Answer 2

Douay Rheims Bible
or New American Bible



The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in "66 books" is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16). It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed. In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of "Sacred Scripture" aside from the Old Testament; there was no "New Testament"; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters.




Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition or the Church’s magisterium (teaching authority) to help one understand it. In the Protestant view, the whole of Christian truth is found within the Bible’s pages. Anything extraneous to the Bible is simply non-authoritative, unnecessary, or wrong—and may well hinder one in coming to God.

Catholics, on the other hand, recognize that the Bible does not endorse this view and that, in fact, it is repudiated in Scripture. The true "rule of faith"—as expressed in the Bible itself—is Scripture plus apostolic tradition, as manifested in the living teaching authority of the Catholic Church, to which were entrusted the oral teachings of Jesus and the apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly

Answer 3

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/

http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/bible_versions.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

The New Jerusalem Bible authorized in 1985.

Answer 5

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/#songs here is the on-line version. It is the complete one before Luther did a little last minute editing. Funny how Fundies always think Catholics added to the Bible. They use the end on Revelations to condemn it; but it is them they have condemned in the process.

Answer 6

The Vulgate, of course, but for those who don't know Latin, here's the Douay-Rheims online: http://www.drbo.org It has both English and Latin and you can switch back and forth.

There's a great book called "Which Bible Should You Read?" that's available on line at Tan Books: https://www.tanbooks.com/audio/wbsyr.pdf

You might also want to check out the book, "Where We Got The Bible" by Henry G. Graham.

Answer 7

We use the Orginal God inspired Bible that contained 73 books as defined by the CHurch around 397 a.d. Did you know that Martin Luther (Protestants) took out 7 books from the Old Testament during the reformation in 1517 a.d. Luther had no authority whatsoever to remove those books, he even wanted to take out the Book of Revelation! God bless.

Answer 8

catholics usually don't read the bible.

Answer 9

the real catholic bible is the basic bible (like a NKJ) type, plus the apocrypha

Answer 10

we just call it the "Holy Bible" not the king James version, that is Lutheran