KJV for recent Anglican Use Catholic

[Pedro_Barreto]

I was wondering to know if there is a possibility of Catholics of Anglican Use have a Catholic Edition of that translation. Because I saw in the Traditional Anglican Communion website their wishes to still use KJV as their Bible… I don’t know, make a Catholic edition of it?

Thanks,
Pedro

 

[BerhaneSelassie]

I didn’t think Anglican have used the KJV for a while…I heard of catholic versions of the kjv, the original kjv had all the books of the bible… do you have a link, i dont see it on their website

 

[Michelle_in_WV]

Protestants call the deuterocanonical books of the Bible “apocryphal.” For this reason, King James Versions of the Bible which include the deuterocanonical books generally are titled, King James Version with Apocrypha.

Amazon.com has an inexpensive paperback copy of the KJV that includes the deuterocanonical books entitled The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha, published by Oxford University Press in 1998.

It is located here: amazon.com/Bible-Authorized-James-Version-Apocrypha/dp/0192835254

Anglican Use Catholics, and others, may also be interested in the Douay-Rheims version of the Bible. It is the English translation of the Latin Vulgate, which is the official Bible of the Catholic Church, and the language is very similar to that used in the Authorized (1611) King James Bible.

The Leaflet Missal Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, has a relatively inexpensive hardback copy of the Douay-Rheims Bible for sale. The URL for the page on which the Bible is located is a bit long for me to include here, but you may go to their website (leafletonline.com) and search for item number 14221.

 

[BerhaneSelassie]

Actually I’m pretty sure the “official bible” of the Church is the Nova Vulgata. The Douai Rheims used by people for the last one hundred some years its just a rip off of the KJV, newadvent has an article on how the Douai Rheims bible has been changed beyond recognition. The original KJV had 73 books, it let the reader decide if the deutero and the Prayers of Manessah were inspired, though it encouraged reading them.

 

[crazzeto]

I was wondering to know if there is a possibility of Catholics of Anglican Use have a Catholic Edition of that translation. Because I saw in the Traditional Anglican Communion website their wishes to still use KJV as their Bible… I don’t know, make a Catholic edition of it?

Thanks,
Pedro

there is no Catholic edition of this bible, but that said it’s still the Word of God so I don’t see any reason why former Anglicans comfortable with it can’t use it for thier own personal edification. I’ve heard that there are translation errors in it (estimations of these seem to vary per poster here, protistant and Catholic alike) but I’m guessing over all you’ll be alright using this Bible.

As far as durring services, I can’t imagine it would be licite to use it durring service but then again I’m no bishop. I’m guessing here in the US they’ll be using the NAB like all other Catholics, and maybe in England the Douay bible? Or whatever they’re using there…

 

[crazzeto]

Actually I’m pretty sure the “official bible” of the Church is the Nova Vulgata. The Douai Rheims used by people for the last one hundred some years its just a rip off of the KJV, newadvent has an article on how the Douai Rheims bible has been changed beyond recognition. The original KJV had 73 books, it let the reader decide if the deutero and the Prayers of Manessah were inspired, though it encouraged reading them.

Techinically the truth of the relationship is more complex than you characterize it.

The original KJV is a “ripoff” (as you put it) of the 1609 Douay Rheims bible
There is a updated Douay Rheims bible available, it is a “ripoff” of the KJV.

The translators of both these editions seem to have a symbiotic relationship, personally I don’t see the problem with this.