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dnar
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Which version of the Bible do most of us Catholics use for memorization?
Just interested which you all use…
Just interested which you all use…
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Ferds_Guiang
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Hi! I think if the bible translation has the stamp of approval of the Catholic Church then that version can be used. The version used by the Lectionary of the Catholic Church is the New Revised Standard Version. So I think this version would be all right.
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BVM_1221
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I make no effort whatsoever to deliberately memorize parts of the Bible. But since I pray the LOTH daily, you might expect me to memorize the more frequent readings.
But it doesn’t seem to happen. I am age 65, if that is any excuse. But does one NEED to memorize the Bible, or just have a knbowledge where some events can be found:shrug:
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MatthewBerkeley
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I think it’s actually the New American Bible that’s used for the Lectionary.
catholic-resources.org/Lectionary/Editions.htm
Here is a pretty thorough article listing all the Catholic Bible versions with a brief commentary on each one.
ewtn.com/expert/answers/bible_versions.htm
God bless
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LindaSK
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To the OP,I make no effort whatsoever to deliberately memorize parts of the Bible. But since I pray the LOTH daily, you might expect me to memorize the more frequent readings.
But it doesn’t seem to happen. I am age 65, if that is any excuse. But does one NEED to memorize the Bible, or just have a knbowledge where some events can be found:shrug:
I’m not quite 65
, but, I try to remember where to find frequent readings and favorite readings. However, memorization is not my strong suit. I am grateful for a good Concordance. I have a hard copy, but, I find it so easy to locate passages I want by going online and doing a search using key words.**
BVM 1221**,
You mention LOTH. I just started a file I call “Letter to Self”, where I save passages and readings from the LOTH that seem to have my name on them. My first entry is - Reading - Ephesians 4:26-27
“Be angry if you must, but do not sin: do not let your anger outlast the sunset: do not give the Devil his chance.”
I may not memorize it word for word, but, I will try to remember - and heed - the message!
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BVM_1221
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LOTH Wednesday Night Prayer Reading:thumbsup:To the OP,
I’m not quite 65
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BVM 1221**,
You mention LOTH. I just started a file I call “Letter to Self”, where I save passages and readings from the LOTH that seem to have my name on them. My first entry is - Reading - Ephesians 4:26-27
“Be angry if you must, but do not sin: do not let your anger outlast the sunset: do not give the Devil his chance.”
I may not memorize it word for word, but, I will try to remember - and heed - the message!
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puzzleannie
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I never tried actively to remember bible verses, it just happens, from 60 years of hearing the readings proclaimed, from LOTH, from preparing and teaching catechetical sessions, from breaking open the Word in RCIA, from 30 years of small group faith sharing with Sunday scripture, and from most of all daily lectio divina. As part of that last practice I have a scripture journal, where I write down verses that speak to me. Nothing else, no opinion, commentary, insights,just the verses. I find myself turning to review those journals from time to time. Since for most of this the NAB (except the psalms, mercifully), source for the lectionary, is the natural resource, that is the version I am most familiar with, but for private reading and devotion I use the RSV-CE, my old tattered Ignatius bible with the ripped blue cover, so that is the version in my scripture journal. My personal preference is the Jerusalem bible 1966 for gospels esp. of John, but all my versions are now too small type to use.
Can someone of you experts on these matters tell my why the NAB does not simply import the grail psalter in place of its own dreadfully unpoetic renderings?
both PPs are correct, NAB is the preferred lectionary translation in the US, the NRSV in Canada and other places. I personally have no use for the latter but if it were accepted I would have to use it for catechetics and RCIA.
Can someone of you experts on these matters tell my why the NAB does not simply import the grail psalter in place of its own dreadfully unpoetic renderings?
both PPs are correct, NAB is the preferred lectionary translation in the US, the NRSV in Canada and other places. I personally have no use for the latter but if it were accepted I would have to use it for catechetics and RCIA.
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LindaSK
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"except the psalms, mercifully" Yes, I much prefer the Psalms from the RSV!!
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CalCatholic
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I use a lot of different translations, but my default transaltion for study and memorization (which I don’t do much of) is the RSV-2CE!
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dnar
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I have never even looked at that translation. I think I will.
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dnar
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I guess it depends. I like to memorize Scripture, and I also like to know where things are found. I was always told, if Christianity was made illegal and all Bibles were destroyed, would you be able to tell anybody what it said if you didn’t know any of it…its all up to the individual.I make no effort whatsoever to deliberately memorize parts of the Bible. But since I pray the LOTH daily, you might expect me to memorize the more frequent readings.
But it doesn’t seem to happen. I am age 65, if that is any excuse. But does one NEED to memorize the Bible, or just have a knbowledge where some events can be found:shrug:
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Saint_wannabe
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The Bible I own is The New American Bible Saint Joseph Edition. I remember certain parables and many things that Jesus says, and I also remember many other things that I read in Sacred Scripture. With that being said though, I’m not a Chapter/Verse kind of person. I remember much of what I read, but I rarely remember from what book, chapter or verse that I read it from.
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Dorothy
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I don’t make it a point to memorize Bible verses either. Like you I pray the LOTH, and it was impressed on me to take the words into my heart and live by them. That is more important than being able to rattle off verses by memorization.I make no effort whatsoever to deliberately memorize parts of the Bible. But since I pray the LOTH daily, you might expect me to memorize the more frequent readings.
But it doesn’t seem to happen. I am age 65, if that is any excuse. But does one NEED to memorize the Bible, or just have a knbowledge where some events can be found:shrug:
If I want to find where a Bible verse is, I usually type in a search engine the words I remember, and up comes a commentary on it, and where it is found in Scripture.
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puzzleannie
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I must confess when I want a verse for something special like an invitation or program I often look up both the DR and the KJV so it “sounds” biblical
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danonwaveland
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I am used to the NAB and like that. I try to remember verses that I think are “important” – and aren’t they all? – but usually forget the exact chapter and verse.
I remember Scott Hahn saying that Evangelicals are like women and directions: they can tell you by name exactly what streets to take, etc. (chapter and verse). Catholics are like men: they know how to get to their destination, but usually tell you to go down to the gas station, hang a right and go 'til you see the drug store, etc. In other words, Catholics have heard/read the scripture at mass and at home so much that they know the contents, but couldn’t tell you exactly where to find it. And, by the way, he said, in his humble opinion, that was just fine! That’s kind of the boat I’m in.
By the way, fwiw, one version I don’t like is the New Jerusalem Bible.
God bless,
Dan
I remember Scott Hahn saying that Evangelicals are like women and directions: they can tell you by name exactly what streets to take, etc. (chapter and verse). Catholics are like men: they know how to get to their destination, but usually tell you to go down to the gas station, hang a right and go 'til you see the drug store, etc. In other words, Catholics have heard/read the scripture at mass and at home so much that they know the contents, but couldn’t tell you exactly where to find it. And, by the way, he said, in his humble opinion, that was just fine! That’s kind of the boat I’m in.
By the way, fwiw, one version I don’t like is the New Jerusalem Bible.
God bless,
Dan
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