Catholics: When did you last read the Bible?

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Amicus7 said:
LOL, this cracked me up! You aren’t referring to those books, oh, what are they called, the apcophaca or something like that, you know…the one’s the Catholics added. LOL:eek:
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I actually find myself reading the KJV or NIV more often just because I’m amazed how people can read these translations and still not see the full teaching of Christ’s (Catholic) church. This thread and another I have been reading have really sparked my interest to read the LXX in full.Hope you’re kidding since if you check out the ECF’s discussions of the canon, you’ll find that the 7 Deuterocanonical books, (The correct term) are listed in every one. So the truth is that they weren’t added…they were removed by Martin Luther and other reformers. Luther also wanted to be rid of Esther and at least 4 New Testament books, including James, Hebrews, and Revelation.

The only reason that Trent reaffirmed them was because of Luther and his cohorts were attacking them.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.
 
Here is a partial list.

The Original and True Douay Rheims of 1582 and (The Douay Catechism of 1649 which every Protestant should own)
The DRV by Fr. Haydock (My Favorite)
Textual Concordance of Holy Scriptures DRV
Navarre Bible series
RSVCE first and second edition and Ignatius study notes
The Gospel of St. Matthew CASB
Commentary on Galatians and Ephesians by St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Couples Bible
NAB St. Joesph and NAB Oxford
KJV given to me
St Andrew Daily Missal (Good)
St. Joesph Daily Missal
A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture by Dom Bernard Orchard (The Best)
Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen should be read daily
12 hours of Catholic Radio five days a week has to count if you don’t believe me give it a try. I have a job that allows me.

I still fall short of The Glory of God
Peace,
David
 
I read the Bible daily.

I own about 20 Bibles. I have a very wide variety of translations and a couple paraphrases. I also own three Greek New Testaments and a Hebrew Old Testament.

If I don’t have time to translate, I prefer to cross reference a King James Version with the New American Bible.
 
I have:

Jerusalem Bible , Good News Bible, KJV Bible and the ‘Subject Bible (KJV Version) produced by Dr Everette Gaddy of Assurance Publishers’.

The latter contains ‘two’ Bibles. The first is the normal KJV with coded numbers in the margin. These refer to the pages in the second Bible where all that the Bible says on a particular subject is listed on that, and following, pages. All ‘obsolete’ words are underlined and a modern equivalent printed at the end of the verse. At the back of the Bible is an alphabetical index of all the subjects.

N.B. This is NOT and advertising blurb - rather a note of caution.

This Bible is a great idea but, unfortunately, I could only say that it is ‘A Work In Progress’. For example, on Gen Ch 1 the second Bible omits many references on Creation such as, Heb 1:10, Job 38:4, Col 1:16, etc. It does, though, include others such as Ps74:16, 2 Cor 4:6 and so on.

On a similar vein, it sometimes lists an obsolete word but the word has already been used in an earlier passage. Other words it seems to ignore. (for example, I don’t - or rather didn’t - know what a knop is. Perhaps this word is in more common use in the U.S. than the U.K.?)

Anyway, it is a very good idea but, in my opinion, far from complete. And it ain’t cheap at US$100 from the KJV store. If you buy it from the TV advert it’s US$150 but with a ‘free’ DVD and CD :rolleyes:
 
dessert said:
🙂 I have been trying to translate your latin but can’t get it. Could you please tell me what it means thank you 🙂
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Sorry, I haven’t gotten back to you for a while. It is the motto of Scotland and it means “No one provokes me with impunity.”

A side note, I’m currently reading Isaiah for Advent, then I’ll move onto the synoptics.
 
Amicus7 said:
LOL, this cracked me up! You aren’t referring to those books, oh, what are they called, the apcophaca or something like that, you know…the one’s the Catholics added. LOL:eek:
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Not too sure about that, but I do know that the council of Trent declared the canon that has been in existence since the end of the Fourth Century the inspired canon. Which reaffirmed what the Counicl of Florence said nearly 100 year previous.
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Amicus7:
I actually find myself reading the KJV
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Actually the Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha were in the original 1611 Bible as edifying works.
 
I am a convert to the Catholic Church. I said I read my Bible daily because I just started reading it again on a daily basis. For some reason I found myself not reading the Scriptures on a daily basis. I think I have just allowed myself to get caught up in the anxieties of the world and I did not make time for it. Now I am trying to get myself going again…I want to be a good and faithful follower of Christ and I do believe that part of this means reading the Scriptures.
 
I read it about 4 times a week or more. I started reading it after a LONG break I took. I also have several Bibles at home, 1 in English (can’t remember the version) 2 in Spanish (one is Dios Habla Hoy, the other one I can’t remember the version).

I read the Bible when I was in grade school because I was in a Catholic School. Then after 6th grade I stopped. Now that I am married, I started again. So I took a break of 12 years. Not on purpose, but when I started my RCIA class last November, I got 2 Bibles. Now I’m glad to say that I read it, and now I’m reading it from begining to end for the first time!!
 
Psalm45_9 said:
Sorry, I haven’t gotten back to you for a while. It is the motto of Scotland and it means “No one provokes me with impunity.”

A side note, I’m currently reading Isaiah for Advent, then I’ll move onto the synoptics.
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thank you my computer was acting up for awhile so I forgot about it anyways return
 
Douay-Rheims Version or the new RSV-CE 2nd Edition but I will refer to others if I feel the need.
 
I have a Douay-Rheims Psalms and New Testament (gift), an old family Douay-Rheims, the NAB (have stopped reading mostly, the footnotes are so bad), and the Good News New Testament. I don’t read it very often… when I think of it I try to read a little before bed.
 
Over 84% of you read the Bible more than 4 times a week.

So much for the premise that Catholics don’t read their Bibles. It appears that faithful Catholics do. 🙂
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.
 
I read more than 4 times per week - Saturday, Sunday, usually in adoration every Monday, and at least 2 other days during the week.

I mainly read the NAB, but have the Jerusalem Bible (our family bible that I inherited after my parents passed on), the KJV (got it as a gift), the Good News (for my son), the NAB Student Study Bible (for my son), and an NIV (another gift). I like reading the Bible also online.

I am a cradle Catholic and I love my bible! 🙂

In Peace,
DS
 
practice of reading the Bible daily during breaks at work. I get the distinct impression some don’t approve, and even distrust me because of it. Of course no one would ever say as much, so I could be wrong. Deep down, however, I think I’m right. The Bible intimidates a lot of folks, even some who claim to be practicing Christians.👍
 
More than 4 times a week.

I may occasionally miss a day here or there, but I generally try to read the readings for the day. I try to read for at least a half an hour on the days that I go to mass to gain a plenary indulgence for a soul in purgatory.
 
So far, about 83% of you read the Bible at least 5 times a week. That’s pretty good, but I suspect that it may also be a bit higher still.
 
My current normal bible is the New American Bible.

I also have at least two other complete Bibles of my own, plus several on the family bookshelf. One of my others is a Catholic edition of some sort, the other is not. I also have travel copy with just the Gospels, and New Testament and Psalms from the Gideons.

When all is going well I read the lectionary readings for the day before mass, and the readings from part of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Also, when I open up the Bible to read some particular selection, I often wind up reading a good bit more than that to make certain I get the context. Further, I sometimes just get caught up in reading and keep going for quite a ways.

However, most days my habits are not so good.

It is an area I need to work on.
 
I’m a cradle Catholic and read scripture daily, though mostly through the monthly Magnificat devotionals. Sometimes at night I read straight from the Bible.

I own five Bibles though I also plan on getting a Clementine Vulgate and a Douay Rheims soon.

In English I have the RSV-2CE and a pocket St Joseph NAB (New Testament only). In Spanish I have two, one of which belonged to my grandmother and is an import from Spain and I also have the Stuttgart Latin Vulgate.
 
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