CATHOLICS ONLY - Isn't it the King James version of the bible that we accept and approve?

Question

Fill me in if my above assumption is incorrect since I may be a little confused here. Thank you.

Answer 1

So much of what the above answer say is wrong.

To answer the question, let's start at the beginning.

The Bible was written over a period of approx. 1,000 years. It is hard to put an exact date on the beginning of the writing due to the fact that we have no access to the originals. Scholars believe that the "Song of Mariam" in the book of Exodus is the oldest section of the Bible due to its structure ans vocabulary. They also agree that the latest portion is the Book of Revelation, ascribed to the Apostle John.

The Bible is divided into the Old and New Testaments, the Old being written by Jewish men living prior to 400 BC. The New Testament was written Christians of Jewish background, and ceased prior to AD 100.

Many other books were written during these times that some claimed to be inspired, but were never accepted as such by most. These are known as the Apocrypha and is limited to approximately 15 books at most. Many other books are known as the Pseud-apocrypha, but are not taken as Scripture.

After Constantine became Emperor of a united Rome, a general Council of the Church was held at Nicene in Asia Minor (AD 325). The the Bible as we know it today was settled upon and has not changed since.

Originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek, the Bible was translated into Latin by Jerome who was commissoned by Pope Damasus I in 382. This became the offical Bible of the Church, and remained so for over 1,000 years and consisted of 46 books in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament, and 3 in the Apocrypha.

It was Martin Luther who made the next major change in biblical presitation when he translated the Latin Vulgate of Jerome into the Greman language. But he was not the first to try and bring the Bible to the masses in their own langauge. Several English scholars attempted to translate a portion of Scripture into English. Bede translated small portions into the English, the most famous of which was the Lord's prayer, around 600 AD. Next was Aldhelm (AD 640–709), who translated the Book of Psalms; and, in the 11th century, Abbot Ælfric translated much of the Old Testament.

From there arose the first major period of Bible translation into the English language. It began with the dramatic introduction of the Tyndale Bible and included the landmark King James Version (1611) and Douai Bibles. Also included were the first "authorised version", known as the Great Bible (1539); the Geneva Bible (1560), notable for being the first Bible divided into verses, and the Bishop's Bible (1568), which was an attempt by Elizabeth I to create a new authorised version.

At the Council of Trent, 13 December, 1545, to 4 December, 1563, the bishops authorized an official translation which resulted in the (English version) Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.

In 1611 the Protestant Churches of England introduced the King James Version of the Bible. Included in this translation was the Apocrypha, but with a note saying it was not to be considered as Scripture.

New translations after the KJV were few and far between. It wasn't until the late 1800's that a new attempt at a translation was begun. This resulted in the Revised Standard Version appearing in 1881-1885. By the mid 20th century new translations appeared and more where to follow. The most noted was the New International Version (NIV) which first appeared with only the New Testament in 1973, and the whole Bible in 1978. Many others quickly followed.

For Catholics, the "offical" current English translation is the New American Bible with revised Psalms and New Testament (1988, 1991).

Answer 2

No - English-speaking Catholics most certainly do NOT use the King James Version of the Bible. In the United States, the New American Bible is the version commonly used during the Mass. It is also the version of the Bible published online on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website.

Answer 3

No, the King James Bible was created from the Catholic Bible. The difference between the Catholic Bible and the King James Bible are a number of readings that have been either omitted or added to the King James Bible.

Catholics don't not use the King James Bible.


What people failure to remember about Protestantism is that it has some roots in Catholicism.

What other people don't understand is that in ancient times, there were only a handful of religions. Basically: Judaism, Muslim, Orthodox (Greek/Roman) and Catholicism.

Other religions were small sects that broke off from larger Churches.

Answer 4

Catholics approved the Canon of the Bible at Trent 1546.
King James Version is just the first English translation of it.
There are many better modern translations from older texts.
e.g. New Jerusalem & New Revised Standard Version.

Answer 5

The King James version of the Bible is a protestant bible. It does not contain all of the books accepted by the early church. These books are known as the Apocrypha. Martin Luther and others decided that the Bible that was used for about 1100 years was wrong and culled some books that were difficult for them.

Answer 6

The New American Bible is the version we use in our liturgy so it is the no. 1 choice for most Catholics. There are other versions, also approved for use, such as the Jerusalem Bible, the Revised Standard Version and the Good News Bible with apocrypha.

Answer 7

As far as I know, there's no official Catholic Bible. Most Catholic Churches I have been in and the Catholic high school I attended used NIV. I used different ones when I got to college - depending on what the particular teacher wanted to use.

Mostly, Catholicism isn't big on KJV. The texts it translated from are not the best and it does not have all the books as the Catholic Bible.

Matt

Answer 8

English Bible

Answer 9

Try the Revised Standard Version (RSV).
There are a few others that are preferred by Catholics, but King James is not one of them.

Answer 10

I grew up practically living and breathing the New Testament!
Except for some exciting stories about Moses, Noah and Joseph. When I read Esther and Tobias, I really thought that everyone had those as part of their bible. I had no idea they weren't included. Poor you! But you only have to read them once.

The version I had was "The Good News" and later I read this one I found on the net. I like it alot.
http://www.newadvent.org/bible/