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Grace_and_Glory
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Does anyone here use a system of color-coding when highlighting in the Bible? If so, what do you use?
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Reformed_Rob
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Well, I’ll chip in!
I simply cross reference (a lot, like, you could call my Bible the “St. Augustine Study Bible, Protestant NAS Version” with all the Augustine inspired cross references in it of late! Obviously all the cross references to Baruch, Sirach, Wisdom, well, I’m short-changed there. But, I say that to simply say, in addition to color-coding, making your own cross-references (even if your Bible already has some) is extremely helpful.
Ok, color coding:
I wanted to start that a couple years ago, but alas, it never took much form. You spend so much time trying to decide “what themes” and then “what color”, it’s enough to make a graphics design engineer quiver in his easy chair!
But a friend of mine at church has followed through with a pretty basic system:
Blue - Covenant theology type things (Blue for baptism I think)
Red - For God’s Law verses and references
Purple - Apologetical verses (existence of God, sharing your faith and reasoning with people about Christianity in general)
Well, there were a couple more colors. He kept it pretty simple.
Being a Catholic, you might want to have a certain color for Sacraments, a color for free will/grace verses, a color for the magesterium/papacy, oooh, Christological prophecies would be cool!! A color for verses about how awesome God is!
Yeah, there will probably be some overlap no matter what you decide to do, but think about what you want to gear your reading towards, what will be helpful for you to reference easily in the future, and get more advice.
Good thread!!
I simply cross reference (a lot, like, you could call my Bible the “St. Augustine Study Bible, Protestant NAS Version” with all the Augustine inspired cross references in it of late! Obviously all the cross references to Baruch, Sirach, Wisdom, well, I’m short-changed there. But, I say that to simply say, in addition to color-coding, making your own cross-references (even if your Bible already has some) is extremely helpful.
Ok, color coding:
I wanted to start that a couple years ago, but alas, it never took much form. You spend so much time trying to decide “what themes” and then “what color”, it’s enough to make a graphics design engineer quiver in his easy chair!
But a friend of mine at church has followed through with a pretty basic system:
Blue - Covenant theology type things (Blue for baptism I think)
Red - For God’s Law verses and references
Purple - Apologetical verses (existence of God, sharing your faith and reasoning with people about Christianity in general)
Well, there were a couple more colors. He kept it pretty simple.
Being a Catholic, you might want to have a certain color for Sacraments, a color for free will/grace verses, a color for the magesterium/papacy, oooh, Christological prophecies would be cool!! A color for verses about how awesome God is!
Yeah, there will probably be some overlap no matter what you decide to do, but think about what you want to gear your reading towards, what will be helpful for you to reference easily in the future, and get more advice.
Good thread!!
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Michael_C
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As far as I know I am one of those few people that just can’t bring myself to write in my bible at all.
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Didi
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Wow! If only I could be so organized! I have various colors of highlighters – orange, yellow, green, blue; and also things underlined in pen – red, blue, black, green. But it seems to be whatever pen or highlighter is close within my grasp when I am reading and studying!
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pippin
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Michael C:
An unmarked Bible is good for meditative reading. That way your don’t get distracted by previous thoughts, interpretations, etc.
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WanderAimlessly
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Michael C:
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For my more expensive Bible no. Besides, the paper is too thin and the highlight would bleed through. I do have a paperback copy thay I may use for that purpose.
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Annunciata
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I’ve thought about that…
and that’s probably why I can’t mark up my Bible either…I use small post-its.
That’s why I have two gnatius Bibles.
The paperback one is the “dirty” bible for study, while the hardback is the clean one, for devotional reading.Green/Orange - Apologetics (two colors for contrast)
Yellow - Liturgy/Worship
Red - Values and morals
Blue - History
Violet - Linguistics
Dark Green - Objections
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springbreeze
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Dear friends
When studying Sacred Scripture a nun told us to write in the Bible, I was aghast, it seemed the most awful thing to do, she told me three times to pick up my pen and write in it, I did as she told me to do remaining obedient, I read some passages in the Bible after that and underlined them, but it didn’t seem right in my heart to do this, so I stopped doing it and have never done it since.
I keep a book and in it I copy across Sacred Scripture and put footnotes with it that are part of meditation and reflection as well as putting pieces of Scripture together (cross referencing) I think this for me is the better way, otherwise the Bible would be confusing full of marks and writings, I would not be able to read, meditate nor reflect on the Bible for all the marks on the pages.
God Bless you and much love and peace to you
Teresa
When studying Sacred Scripture a nun told us to write in the Bible, I was aghast, it seemed the most awful thing to do, she told me three times to pick up my pen and write in it, I did as she told me to do remaining obedient, I read some passages in the Bible after that and underlined them, but it didn’t seem right in my heart to do this, so I stopped doing it and have never done it since.
I keep a book and in it I copy across Sacred Scripture and put footnotes with it that are part of meditation and reflection as well as putting pieces of Scripture together (cross referencing) I think this for me is the better way, otherwise the Bible would be confusing full of marks and writings, I would not be able to read, meditate nor reflect on the Bible for all the marks on the pages.
God Bless you and much love and peace to you
Teresa
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WanderAimlessly
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I just thought of an idea and I do not think I have seen it in any Bible Translation. A Bible with:
*]Wider margins so they can make notes by the passages of interest.
*]At the end of each book and at the end of the Old and New Testament, a couple of blank pages to make general notes.
*]One whose pages are sufficiently dense enough that highlighter will not bleed through.
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mkw
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Like most here, I have two Bibles. One for devotional reading and one for marking.
I went shopping in a Protestant book store looking for some Catholic Authors,(didn’t find any
), but I did find a real cool marker that can be used on extra thin paper with NO bleed through. Its called"Accent Dry Pencil" by Sanford. Comes in different colors and is reasonable in price.
why was I looking for Catholic Authors in a Protestant book store?..I WAS IN A MOOD
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I went shopping in a Protestant book store looking for some Catholic Authors,(didn’t find any
), but I did find a real cool marker that can be used on extra thin paper with NO bleed through. Its called"Accent Dry Pencil" by Sanford. Comes in different colors and is reasonable in price.why was I looking for Catholic Authors in a Protestant book store?..I WAS IN A MOOD
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Freddy_Medina
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Very good point! Thank you!
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Freddy_Medina
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Cute! - I stop in all types of Christian stores - I just love to look for something new and different.…
why was I looking for Catholic Authors in a Protestant book store?..I WAS IN A MOOD
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