Catholics and bible study?

[kkollwitz]

Our parish explicitly emphasizes personal Bible study, including regular opportunity for group study, and also has Bibles in the pews.

 

[Mintaka]

Re: quoting the Ten Commandments –

If the Protestants don’t say “Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,” they aren’t quoting the Bible exactly, either. They’re quoting catechetical material too.

(And yes, that’s the wording in both the Exodus and the Deuteronomy passages. There’s a nice chart in the Catechism of the Catholic Church showing the 2 Bible versions and the catechetical simplification.)

“Pharaoh” literally means “great house” in Egyptian, so there may be a tad bit of reference there.

 

[TimothyH]

I have read the Bible cover to cover five times.

I have led Bible study in my home for five years and the Church pays for the DVD’s.

The pastor of my parish gave me a Bible as a gift when I was confirmed.

Was there anything else?

Neeeeext!

-Tim-

 

[rotlex]

A question to faithful followers of Catholicism. Does your church encourage everybody to read the entire bible and study it faithfully. Also another questions, does your church have bible studies, to give people knowledge of the bible? And last, to faithful catholics, have you yourself read the entire bible and are you knowledgable about it.

Yes on all accounts. Our parish has weekly Bible studies either led by one of the priests, usually on a theme, or by a member of the parish.

As far as reading the entire Bible myself? I have read through it 10-12 times at this point. I usually read a different translation to keep it interesting, and read from it daily. (Taking usually a year or so to read in it’s entirety). I must admit though, having recently purchased the Knox Bible from Baronius Press, it is fast becoming my favorite and may very well be my daily reader for a long time to come.

 

[mexolic]

A question to faithful followers of Catholicism. Does your church encourage everybody to read the entire bible and study it faithfully. Also another questions, does your church have bible studies, to give people knowledge of the bible? And last, to faithful catholics, have you yourself read the entire bible and are you knowledgable about it.

The Catholic parish I attended before I moved had bible studies. One is lead by a Sister. Another was lead by an associate priest who was very knowledgeable about scripture and bible history. His evening class drew many people. But now he’s head of another parish. Scripture is read at Mass in the Liturgy of the Word. Parishioners can read from the missal at the same time the lector and celebrant(priest) are reading the scriptures aloud for that day. The congregation reflects on the Word of God in the homily. I have not read the entire bible but I do read it. I do know that the R.C.I.A. at that parish does use the bible.

 

[juliamajor]

I have four years of and a certificate from my diocese.I have been teaching for over ten years. i’ve had my own bible studies and I’ve used other Bible studies. Have we as Catholics been, encouraged to read scripture-Yes. Since Pius the XII there has been a torrent of Catholic Biblical scholarship. I love scripture and try to live it. My leaning on the scripture has changed my political, my moral, attitudes and has completely altered my worldview.
If you become complacent and and comfy with scripture you are not reading it as it should
be read. Scripture should challenge , and humble you. As the Book of Hebrews says it is a two edged sword , cutting through bone and marrow. It should cleave you in two and it should bring you back together again.It’s a life changer, a conscience enhancer and a humbling experience.

I encourage my students to study on their own and continue delving deeply into the Bible. Alas, many do not. But happily, I have found out, my students retain what they have been taught… And my students have always backed me up in any program or ministry I participate in. I cannot but feel that the power of scripture is what spurs them on to bigger and better works of love.

 

[CHRISTINE77]

A question to faithful followers of Catholicism. Does your church encourage everybody to read the entire bible and study it faithfully. Also another questions, does your church have bible studies, to give people knowledge of the bible? And last, to faithful catholics, have you yourself read the entire bible and are you knowledgable about it.

We have a Bible study group at our church, if anyone wants to join. Our pastor is good about explaining different aspects of the gospels, who wrote them, and the context in which the Bible was written, and the way the Catholic Church interprets the Bible. For example, Catholics do not take the Bible literally. We believe in the ancient age of the earth. We don’t think that Jesus cleared the temple twice, just because that happened at different times in the gospel of John and in the synoptic gospels.

I personally read the Bible quite often, especially the gospels. It is a beautiful, sacred book.

 

[adawgj]

Yes we do have Bible studies, however I always hated the question “what do you think?” that the instructor would always ask.

 

[kkollwitz]

"I always hated the question “what do you think?” AAACK!

 

[Gorgias]

Yes we do have Bible studies, however I always hated the question “what do you think?” that the instructor would always ask.

Well, that all depends on what the question meant. If it meant, “what do you think the Catholic interpretation of this passage is?”, then that’s ok. If it meant, “what’s your personal interpretation of this passage?”, that’s a whole 'nother thing…

 

[davidn87]

The Church often grants indulgences* to certain pious practices it wishes to encourage the Catholic faithful to do. For many years now, to encourage the Catholic faithful to read the Bible, the Church grants them a partial indulgence if they do any Bible reading. If their Bible reading continues for a half hour or more, it grants them its greatest indulgence, a *plenary *or full indulgence.

• An indulgence is the remission of the temporal punishment due to sin whose guilt has already been forgiven.

That just sounds wrong to me. It sounds like putting conditions on forgiveness of sin.