Do christian denominations read different kinds of Bible?

Answer 1

Definitely NOT. The real Christians (not the Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses etc.) use the same Bible, the translations can differ but it's your choice, and has nothing to do with denominations. As a Christian, I am 100% sure about this. There is some kind of "addon", the Apocrypha, but Christians are not sure how much of it is true, so it's used very rarely. The denominations use the same Bible, but the sects use some kind of rather weird books. Some even (I think, the Mormons) have a book about how Jesus built submarines and went to America. ?!?! They are not really Christians. Again, the denominations use the same Bible.
Hope this helps ;-)

Answer 2

There is only one kind of bible, and there are different translations.

A translation is what you get when someone (or a team) read the bible in its original language and translate it into english.

Because there is no "right for left" word/phrase exchange between languages, its possible to have more than one way of saying something. This is why there are so many different translations.

Even within a denomination, there are different translations.

It depends on the induvidual as to what they prefer. Some people prefer accuracy, so they go for a more traditional version (King James, New King James etc)

Where-as some people prefer it to be understandable (Contemporary English Edition, New INternational Version)

Generally, the most well-used vbersions are KJV and NIV.

There are also paraphrases, which are versions of an already translated bible. This is putting the bible into your own words, like a paraphrase.

The best example of a paraphrase is the Message, and its perfect for people who aren't so much interested in words, but the overal message. This one works well with teenagers too.

OK, hope that helped...

Answer 3

There is no certain kind of Bible for different Christian denominations, but some churches stress which translation that they believe to be the most truthful and reliable.
For instance, many churches insist that the King James Version is the only accurate version, and others say translations such as the New International Version is better because it's translated into today's language and easier to understand.
There have been many disagreements among the Church people over this very subject.
In my opinion, as long as it is a correct translation and not falsified or embellished on in any way, then people should be able to choose the type of translation that best suits their needs.

Answer 4

The Bible is comprised of many books.
The Bible was written in several ancient languages (aramaic, hebrew, greek, and others).

Different denominations may use slightly different numbers of books.

The different denominations use different translations of the Scriptures. Some are translated from the original language, some are translated from French for example. Some are translated by 1 person, others are translated by a group of people.

Different denominations emphasize different aspects of the Christianity, and therefore emphasize different books of the Bible or write their own teachings (like Catechism).

The "doctrine" is the same: all Christians (Baptists, Catholics, Roman Catholics, Carismatics, Protestants, Lutherans, Anglicans, Greek Orthodox, etc ) are Christians who believe in the trinity and/or are baptized.

Answer 5

the main protestant denominations use the same bible. The Catholic bible is different. If you consider the Mormons or the Jehovah Witnesses a christian denomination then yes they have very different bibles although they try to not mention that when proselytizing.

Answer 6

All Bible believing Christian use the same Bible of various translation with 66 books in them.

The above are usually referred to as "Protestant".

My wife told me once counted and told me that I owned 27 different Bible translations of the Bible.

Churches which insist that they are superior to God's Word or that they created God's Word, instead of admitting that God created His own Word, add one or more books to what they call the Scriptures.

The following groups are not considered Bible believing Christian:

Roman Catholics added 7 extra books to theri Bibles in 1546. Roman Catholics call themselves the only Christians and reject all other churches.

Mormons added several extra books including the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price and Doctrine and Covenants during the 1820's to 1840's. Mormons call themselves the only Christians and reject all other churches.

Bible believing Christians call the extra seven books in Roman Catholic Bibles, the "Apocrapha", whereas Roman Catholics called them "Dueterocanonical" since the were added later to the Canon. These extra books were added at the Council of Trent in 1546.

Pastor Art

Answer 7

Yes.

Some denominations did not want the Bible translated into English. Those who translated the Bible into English were ruthlessly murdered.

Answer 8

Yes... Jehovah's witnesses, Mormon's, and other like the Gnostic's. There's all kinds of different bibles preferred by one religious sect of Christianity or the other. If one looks for differences, that's usually what will be found.

Answer 9

In spite of the limited answers, there are a dozen or more versions of the Bible being used by various congregations. Besides the "Catholic" version in Latin and English and the King James that many Protestant congregations use, there is the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and several more modern translations or updates of language that attempt to make it more understandable or to undo errors based on new studies. Many of these are available on line if you want to compare.
http://www.biblegateway.com/preferences/#biblelanguage

Answer 10

No only Catholics do. And the color coding thing from the answer before me is only Jesus' words, which are generally in red. There's different translations like King James and New International, but they have the same stuff just in different kinds of English.