Yes, I have it for both, it’s fantastic, it includes the DR Bible, the writings of the Church Fathers, the Summa, and loads of classic writings from the saints. it also has hundred of prayers, novenas etc, well worth the very small amount of money it costs, can’t remember but i think mine was only £2.99 gbp. I highly recommend it.Does anyone have experience with the iPieta software for iPad and iPhone? It looks worthwhile and at a very reasonable price.
Thanks, I’m going to get it.Yes, I have it for both, it’s fantastic, it includes the DR Bible, the writings of the Church Fathers, the Summa, and loads of classic writings from the saints. it also has hundred of prayers, novenas etc, well worth the very small amount of money it costs, can’t remember but i think mine was only £2.99 gbp. I highly recommend it.
My favourite is the still the NABRE (New American Bible Revised Edition) from OliveTree. Read the Bible with copious notes. Add the Ignatius Study Bible in Kindle format, then Jesus of Nazareth (Pope Benedict) in Kindle format. Total cost about $15 + $15 + $20 (prices may have changes since I bought them).I have a new iPad. I am disabled and spend way too many hours in bed or just sitting. I have been drawn to study the bible and return to the church of my roots. I can’t spend much money but I know that I will actually dive in to study if it is on the iPad. Can you tell me how to best get started. The iPieta you describe sounds amazing and affordable. I was really wanting Jeff Cavins Journey Bible program with timeline but it is way out of my budget constraints and of course you can’t play CD or DVD on the iPad.
Thank you,
Chuck Walsh
Gpacharlie@gmail.com
Hi Chuck,I have a new iPad. I am disabled and spend way too many hours in bed or just sitting. I have been drawn to study the bible and return to the church of my roots. I can’t spend much money but I know that I will actually dive in to study if it is on the iPad. Can you tell me how to best get started. The iPieta you describe sounds amazing and affordable. I was really wanting Jeff Cavins Journey Bible program with timeline but it is way out of my budget constraints and of course you can’t play CD or DVD on the iPad.
Thank you,
Chuck Walsh
Gpacharlie@gmail.com
What something like Logos does is link all these texts together and make their interaction with each other and the Scripture totally custom. You can start from any work in the library and through clicks or searches, work your way to any other. It also incorporates a bunch of original language tools. So, you can do something like read a certain passage in whatever translation you like, see immediately what anyone in your library has ever said about it, study a word in Greek, tracking every time that word is used anywhere in Scripture or, say, in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, then take one of these instances, say, something that St. Ignatius wrote, and then immediately search for every time anyone else cites that passage of St. Ignatius, and so on and so on. This is no pile of PDFs.Thanks to everyone for the info. Maybe I’m just techologically challenged but what does something like Logos or the others give me that I can’t get online for free and just bookmark it.
For example, I already have bookmarked the D-R Bible with Haydock Commentary, the Catholic Encyclopedia, The CCC, Code of Canon Law, the Papal Encyclicals going back 900 years, all the writings of the Early Church Fathers, and many other sites.
One click with the mouse and I’m there.
Sorry if I seem somewhat ignorant about the benefits of these softwares
Logos4 isn’t a “bible study” program. It is, however, a very powerful research engine. Yet, this engine needs resources to do its magic. Thus, whatever Protestants might do with the program such as cross indexing, complex etymological lookups, interlinear research, use of concordances and commentaries can be accomplished with Catholic resources as well.
There certainly are some quirks regarding some Protestant resources that are built in. However, an email from the Catholic Products Manager was VERY helpful for optimizing and customizing Logos4 for Catholic users. Use of Collections is a must so you can restrict your research to Catholic resources only. Also, customizing the Passage Search is also mandatory, that is unless you want Protestant audio sermons or PowerPoint sermon presentations returned in your searches. (Note, you will invariably find these in error. However, these Protestant resources serve a dual purpose: to learn just what some Protestants believe (each acting as his own Pope) and for, well, humor gained from the interesting mental gymnastics Protestants go through to keep from taking a cccccccatholic position on anything.
From a practical point of view, the more Catholics that use Logos4 and request Catholic resources, the more the Truth will get out there. Heck, a Protestant or two might very well look at the wonderful treasure of the Church and be “convicted.”
In short, I think Logos4 is a very, very powerful program. I would be hesitant, however, to recommend it to anyone not strong in their faith. It is a research tool first and foremost; unless you restrict yourself to Catholic resources only, you will need to discern, discern, discern.