Catholic Public Domain Bible

[tobinatorstark]

I think if they reject it it’ll be on the basis that it’s translated from the Clementine Vulgate and not the Hebrew/Greek text or official Nova Vulgata. Or maybe on the basis that it doesn’t conform to modern scholarship…

However, I don’t see why they wouldn’t approve it to be used by Catholics. The CPDV is very faithful to the faith.

Indeed.

 

[Ron_Conte]

Ron Conte: Just curious–if you did submit the CPDV to the bishop’s conference for approval what do you think they would say if they rejected it?

Do you think there is any chance that they would approve it?

Do you think there are bishop’s conferences in other English speaking nations of the world other than the United States that might approve it?

If the CPDV was translated into languages other than English or there any other places in the world where it might be approved?

Are the bishop’s conferences the ONLY authority that could approve it?

Would the Congreagation for the Doctrine of the Faith or the Congreagation for Divine Worship or the Holy See itself have the authority to approve it or do only Bishop Conferences have the right to approve it?

The editors of the RSV second Catholic edition approached the USCCB committee, asking them to review the edition for possible approval. They refused to even look at it. The editors then asked for the assistance of the CDW, which then worked closely with them in reviewing and making changes to various edits – but only because they were working on a version of the liturgical texts that would use this new edition of the Bible. And not every verse is used in the Mass, so the CDW was not involved in the editing of every passage. The editors then made similar edits to the rest of the Bible as were approved by the CDW. Despite the approval of the CDW for these edits, the USCCB committee still refuses to even list the RSV-CE2
usccb.org/dpp/translations.htm

I don’t think that there is any chance that they would even review the CPDV. They are using their role in approving Scripture translation to promote loose translations, inclusive language translations, and Protestant translations, in direct contradiction to Vatican norms for Bible translation written by Cardinal Ratzinger.

I would not speculate on which Bishop’s Conferences might approve it. Many Bishop’s conferences seem to have no committee or process for such approval.

Theoretically, the Holy See has the authority to approve of a translation, but it is not the practice of the Holy See to do so. The CDW only approved of the RSV-CE2 passages that are found in the corresponding liturgical texts, not the whole edition, even though the CDW worked closely with the editors of that edition.

More importantly:

I don’t think that editions of Sacred Scripture should be subject to the approval of a committee, or of the Holy See. I think it would be better for the common good for the Holy See and the Bishops to teach about Scripture, and give guidelines for translation and editing, but let the whole Church consider all the different editions of Scripture and what the value and use of each one may be.

Teachings may be infallible or non-infallible, but decisions as to which translations or books are ‘approved’ are always fallible decisions. The Church is better served when the Pope and the Bishops give the teaching authority its proper place above the temporal authority.

There is too much emphasis among some members of the faithful on ‘approval’ rather than on the content of various translations (and of various theology books as well). This over-emphasis on approval rather than content is the error of the Pharisees.

So for these reasons, I would not submit the translation for approval even if I was sure that it would be approved.

 

[Jay3gsm]

{13:3} Non, dico vobis: sed nisi **pœnitentiam **habueritis, omnes similiter peribitis.
{13:3} No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly.

The DR is translating more literally from the Latin, which does say penance, but it is penance in the broader sense, repentance being one of the acts of penance. Similarly, the Sacrament of Confession is also called the Sacrament of Penance (broader sense again).

Thanks for that, I appreciate the reply. Good work, by the way, an impressive task well done.