One Year Bible

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For Christmas I got a Woman’s One Year Bible. It is broken down so each day has a reading and in a year the whole bible will be read. I am enjoying it but just realized it isn’t a Catholic bible.

Does it make a difference?
 
There are several Catholic versions; here are a few
  • Douay-Rheims - This is the oldest English translation available and is frequently compared with the King James version because of its use of “Thee”, “Thou” and other older forms of words. This translation is considered highly accurate but can be more difficult to read for some people.
  • Revised Standard (RSV) - This was a joint translation project between American Protestants and Catholics with the Catholic Church completing the translation of the Apocrypha. This translation is considered the most accurate modern translation but still contains “Thee” and “Thou” when referring to God. This translation along with the New American Bible was approved for liturgical use in the United States.
  • Revised Standard 2nd Edition - This version is almost identical to the regular Revised Standard but updates the language by getting rid of “Thee” and “Thou”.
  • New American Bible (NAB) - This version is the most common American translation. It was written for an eighth grade reading level and contains the most “modern” language of the primary Catholic translations. The New American Bible is available in more versions than any other Catholic Bible.
  • Jerusalem Bible - The Jerusalem Bible, completed in 1966, is very similar to the Revised Standard Version 2nd edition in that it is a modern English language translation. It was produced under the direction of the Dominican scholars at the renowned Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem.
    It would not be a problem if you know which comments are not in line with the Catholic teaching. There are such books to help you with your study, using the One Year Bible. But in using a protestant bible you would be missing ‘the apocrypha’, books which were always part of the bible until the split. Lots of good reading in those.
Best regards to you; I started reading the Catechism for the first time since it was published. And I have study aid which breaks it down for a years’ study. I’ve actually managed to persevere since last October when I started. Several times I’ve picked it up and just got bored :rolleyes: or some of the words they use are beyond my pay scale! But I’m reading it out loud…my apologies for such a long rant.
 
No apologies needed. I find this all interesting and am learning as I go. I am not sure what mine is but this is it…

amazon.com/One-Year-Bible-Women-NLT/dp/1414314124

I am actually enjoying reading it so that has to be a good thing. They have it broke down just right to not overwhelm a newbie like me.

I have a Catholic bible too but it is a regular bible. I have a hard time reading it though. And forget the thees and thous, makes my head spin. Give me the 8th grade level because by the end of the day I am lucky to be able to read that, HA!
 
There is a One Year Catholic Bible. Maybe you could return the one you have and get the Catholic one.

I don’t know if Amazon carries it. But I know that we have it at our store at church.
 
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