Nihil obstat/Imprimatur

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I thought Nihil obstat and Imprimatur makes a Bible an acceptable Catholic Bible. I noticed the RSV-CE does not have either. I also noticed that the NAB and New Jerusalem Bible does. I am a convert of 4 years. When I looked at Bibles, that’s what I looked for. I own RSV-CE, The Jerusalem Bible, The New Jerusalem Bible, The New American Bible, The New Living Translation-Catholic Reference Bible, and an old Confraternity.
 
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I thought Nihil obstat and Imprimatur makes a Bible an acceptable Catholic Bible. I noticed the RSV-CE does not have either. I also noticed that the NAB and New Jerusalem Bible does. I am a convert of 4 years. When I looked at Bibles, that’s what I looked for. I own RSV-CE, The Jerusalem Bible, The New Jerusalem Bible, The New American Bible, The New Living Translation-Catholic Reference Bible, and an old Confraternity.
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It does. It doesn’t mean that publishers can’t put out bibles that are not Catholic-approved.
 
But does that mean a Bible carrying the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur is an acceptable Bible?
 
My Ignatius Bible RSV-CE has:
Nihil Obstat:Thomas Hanlon, S.T.L., L.S.S., Ph.L.
Imprimatur: +Gordon Joseph Gray, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Epiphany 1966.
Imprimatur: +Peter W. Bartholome, D.D., Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. May 11, 1966.
 
One can probably have an RSV-CE without an NO/Imprimitur aqnd not have to worry about altered passages like: “you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, but it doesn’t make you infallible!” 😃

Seriously, I think the only problem might come in any explanatory footnotes and such. I seem to remember the NAB having some flaky notes in it.
 
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My Ignatius Bible RSV-CE has:
Nihil Obstat:Thomas Hanlon, S.T.L., L.S.S., Ph.L.
Imprimatur: +Gordon Joseph Gray, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Epiphany 1966.
Imprimatur: +Peter W. Bartholome, D.D., Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. May 11, 1966.
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The second edition just put out by Ignatius Press does not. I just got it.
 
From my understanding the Nihil obstat/Imprimatur has fallen out of common use in today’s society. It was originaly intended to denote that the works it was printed on were free from heresy but did not necessarily mean that those responsible for placing the Nihil obstat/Imprimatur agreed with what was written.
 
Thanks Saul. I asked someone around town and they said basically the same thing.
 
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