New American Bible 2025

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I’ll concede to that, my post will be edited to reflect that and clarify my position.

That’s actually what I meant to begin with - I was a bit over hyperbolic however.
 
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2016 total revenues from sales of publications: 6.36 million dollars.
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Which works out to 4.4 percent of their total revenue in 2016, and not all of that 4.4 is from bible sales. That doesn’t sound like a huge incentive.

Money does not make all the world go around. For your own good, please do not assume that others are driven by money.

@Spyridon, at this point I have to stop arguing with you. My charity is wearing thin. Have the last word if you like. Nevertheless, I look forward to engaging you in dialogue on other topics.
 
Everyone is driven by money to a certain degree in our capitalist society - unless you’re a hermit or a religious who took strict vows of poverty and actually lives by those vows to a heroic degree. Which none of us are, or we wouldn’t be typing or reading this. Also, most Bishops in the USCCB are not hermits or strict religious - I may be mistaken, but I think the majority of them are secular clergy, not religious clergy.

I will continue to contend that monetary profit is a significant motivating factor for the USCCB and their continued revisions to the NAB.

I’m not saying it’s the only factor, not even the primary factor. But to say it’s got absolutely nothing to do with money, to me, is an erroneous thing to say given the circumstances.

Also, when somebody gets frustrated in a debate, that’s usually a sign they are losing the argument.

I’ll take that as a concession to my assertion.
 
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Also, when somebody gets frustrated in a debate, that’s usually a sign they are losing the argument.

I’ll take that as a concession to my assertion.
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Oh no! I really wanted to get out, but I cannot have you call it a concession. I believe I am arguing from a position of strength which for some reason you cannot see. Picture me shaking the dust from my feet as I depart.
 
So do you think if I call the USCCB and tell them I could really use a few thousand dollars, you think they will help me out?

I mean, why wouldn’t they? If they only exist for pure charity and do not care about profits and money, why would they not help a fellow Catholic who desperately needs money to support my family?
 
Spyridon said:
I’ll concede to that, my post will be edited to reflect that and clarify my position.

That’s actually what I meant to begin with - I was a bit over hyperbolic however.
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I’ve never been known to use hyperbole. 😉
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I will continue to contend that monetary profit is a significant motivating factor for the USCCB and their continued revisions to the NAB.
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Even if you want to argue that the NAB is a welcome cash cow for the USCCB, I don’t think that continual revisions would enhance the overall profitability of the NAB. They have to pay the scholars to make those revisions and the editors to review them. It’s going to do nothing but cost them money until 2025. And after that, then what? I don’t see a lot of parishes dumping their old NABs or NABREs en masse just because a new edition comes out. Most parishes I know replace Bibles when they fall apart, not when a new edition comes out.
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Also, most Bishops in the USCCB are not hermits or strict religious - I may be mistaken, but I think the majority of them are secular clergy, not religious clergy.
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There are some that came from religious orders, but you’re right that most are secular clergy. However, that has little to do with money taken in by the USCCB. Most dioceses have to pay into the USCCB, they don’t get money from the USCCB unless they are a mission diocese. Of course, if they are a mission diocese, that means they need the money not for extravagant personal living but because their diocese is dirt poor and could not operate without outside assistance. It’s not as though the USCCB gives every bishop an end-of-year bonus based on NAB sales. The money goes into running the USCCB, which includes a lot of missionary outreach.
 
Thank you.

I didn’t mean to convey that the USCCB is some sort of organization made up of charlatans who are all “bishops of bling”, lol.

I hope that’s not how people interpreted what I was saying.

I love the USCCB. My statements were more statements of what I perceive to be objective fact, instead of statements meant to denigrate the USCCB.

The USCCB making profit and having money in the bank isnt some sort of intrinsic evil. But I do believe it is an objective fact that money is a significant factor in many of the decisions they make.
 
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Thank you for clarifying. That is fair enough. Certainly, money has to factor into decisions if they are going to be good stewards of their resources and continue doing what they do. I don’t disagree with that.

I can’t say that I see how multiple revisions to the NAB over the years would increase the money they take in. But I’m not an expert in the publication industry, so it’s certainly possible there are factors I do not see and am unaware of.
 
How many passages are they going to cut out this time?

Also are they going to keep those little notes at the beginning of each book explaining that it’s all just stolen mythology from Babylonian captivity?
 
At this point, why do they not just go back to the DR, or move to the RSV. Seriously. I own a dozen Bibles; one of them is the NAB. I’ll never buy another.
 
If there is ever an Olympic event for hyperbole and sarcasm I would enter CAF for a gold medal.
 
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