Criticism on the RSV-2CE (Please)

[EphelDuath]

Perhaps this was the Office of Readings, but in the ordinary reading of the psalms, there is no such commentary to that meaning whatsoever. If these saints saw interpreted it with this meaning, well and good. The Holy Spirit speaks in many ways to us as we read the Divine Words, and it is NOT erroneous to understand the meaning differently than Augustine.

I didn’t say it was. Like I said, St. Hilary disagrees with Augustine on the matter. Well and good for him. That being said, it is a near-universal opinion of the Church Fathers which is needlessly obstructed by the NRSV, which calls itself in some editions a “Catholic Bible”. The Holy See has criticized this. I criticize it as well.

Again, do you expect me to read a book to understand your post?

It’s only a few pages.

 

[Sirach2]

From another website: (Catholic News Service)

The use of either the NRSV or the revised NAB **for reading or Bible study is not at issue. Both translations are properly approved for these purposes. **

What is at issue is liturgical use, the public proclamation of the word of God in the living tradition of the Catholic Church.

 

[EphelDuath]

If you can open a Bible at home, you can open a Catechism, too. That’s why many translations that would never be approved for use in the liturgy have been OK’d for “personal study”. That says absolutely nothing about the quality of the translation, though.

 

[Sirach2]

I understand. For the record, I do not use either of these. I pray with my old bible, St. Joseph New Catholic Edition, which is so marked up with highlighting and cross-references that I would be lost without it. I have used it for many, many years.

It is always an excellent practice to begin each read of the bible with the prayer to the Holy Spirit, as many of you do. How many times He has provided me with deeper insight into passages. They speak to the heart sometimes in mystical understanding beyond the mere obvious literal wording. This happens frequently with the parables, which were never meant by Jesus to have only a single meaning, but to shed light in our own circumstances and spirituality.