Marking and tabbing your Bible sacrilege?

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I was sharing with someone how I tabbed and highlighted my Bible and I was told that that was sacrilege that that was like throwing away a rosary and I thought to myself no it’s not the Bible is meant to be a teaching book and all I did was tab each book of the Bible and made extra tabs to put on it for certain scriptures that pop out like he has risen, etc
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It would be the responsibility of the person making the charge to show you from official Church teaching that highlighting/tabs are sacrilege.

The Church defines for us in the Catechism:

2120 Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God. Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist, for in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made substantially present for us.

While a Bible may have been blessed, books are not consecrated. Neither are sacramentals like rosaries.
 
To me I find it an easier way to study the Bible and if there’s something that in my daily life sticking out and I know it’s tabbed the Bible I can flip to that little tab and read the scripture again :grin:and find it alot easier and faster 🙂
but I feel like isn’t the main point of all this is the Bible is being studied 😁
 
In my Protestant days, I knew people who would burn their Bible if it touched the ground.
 
I think your Bible is beautiful. It shows that you are serious in your pursuit to study God’s word.
 
IAmBlessed2 said:
tab each book of the Bible and made extra tabs to put on it for certain scriptures that pop out
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The bible is a tool for our use and benefit. How we approach that is entirely up to us. My first bible was filled with highlights and notes, as are most of the books I read. If it makes finding things easy and personalized then it should be done. I think yours looks fabulous. 😀
 
I bought a specific large red (more pinkish really) pencil to underline specific passages in my Bible when I read it from cover to cover - to highlight important passages especially if this was something I felt God was wanting to point out to me at the time.
 
Amen. 🙏🙂 That’s how it is for me. I should of told her I’m not going to ignore what Father I’d pointing out to me.
 
Didn’t occur to me to ‘tab’ my Bible - though I have done this in my Catechism - just makes my finding things a whole lot easier rather than trying to find it in the Index.
 
So many people’s Bibles just sit around, rarely opened with some even collecting dust. I think it’s awesome that you study your Bible and make it your own. I don’t tab my Bibles, but trust me, if you look within their pages you’ll find ALL kinds of highlights and notes. A Bible is meant to be used and it is at each person’s discretion how they choose to use their Bible as long as it’s done reverently. That’s my 2 cents … for whatever it’s worth. 😉
 
Wow! It’s like a recipe book. A recipe for every need. I love it! It shows your close, intimate relationship with God’s Word. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Keep it up.
 
The first Catholic Bible I ever had, is full of underlined verses. The one I use for personal use is not, but I don’t have a problem with it, it’s just I found other ways to take notes on those things, and to start remembering the verses in my head. I don’t think it’s sacrilegious to write in your Bible, what is wrong with writing in the written word? I have an app on my phone, and it’s a Douay Rheims Bible, and I can highlight the verses and take notes on them, without actually writing in my Bible. I think it all boils down to preference, some people might have issue with it, but it’s not sacrilegious. By the way, I can tell you that a lot of people who do religious debates, take notes in their Bibles. Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant.
 
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