A somewhat strange question - What Bibles did Catholics use from 1890-1966

[SeanF1989]

The only bit of information I could find was the Jerusalem Bible was published in 1966 and the Douay Rheims which came before the King James version.

 

[mccorm45]

The only bit of information I could find was the Jerusalem Bible was published in 1966 and the Douay Rheims which came before the King James version.

There is, of course, the Douay-Rheims, along with the Confraternity NT and partial OT (later known as the NAB) which was worked on in the first half of the 20th century. One must not forget the venerable Knox Bible as well.

 

[po18guy]

There was a bible produced between 1941-1969 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Naturally, it is called the Confraternity Version. It uses the Bishop Challoner/Rheims version of the Old Testament combined with the Confraternity translation of the New Testament. It is the predecessor to the bland NAB, and is worth a buy if you find one on eBay or Amazon.

 

[AmbroseSJ]

The only bit of information I could find was the Jerusalem Bible was published in 1966 and the Douay Rheims which came before the King James version.

I wonder why you made 1890 your beginning year? The D/R Bible was used by English speaking countries from 1582 for the NT, and 1609 for the OT all the way up to the present time. It was wonderfully updated and revised by Bishop Challoner in 1749-1752 which most current D/R bibles continue to use in some form. The Confraternity version of the NT first appeared in 1941 and is translated from “original languages,” whereas the Knox version first appeared in '46. (Knox’s version is also translated into English from the Latin Vulgate like the D/R.) But the D/R is still a very well-beloved translation, and continues to be in print even today.

 

[puzzleannie]

The only bit of information I could find was the Jerusalem Bible was published in 1966 and the Douay Rheims which came before the King James version.

in our Catholic school from 1946 onward to the mid-70s the Confraternity Version was used. In fact, when someone in my generation says they like the Douay-Rheims, when you find out what bible they actually had in their home or school, turns out it really was the Confraternity, a new translation for modern English speakers of the Vulgate, based on the D-R (it has the old spellings of OT names like Noe and Elias, for instance). It was never completed because instead work was directed to the New American Bible, and all new translation from the available original sources, Hebrew and Greek. The Father Ronald Knox version was also popular especially among English Catholics, my dad had one and preferred it.