Professor Grant Horner's Bible Reading System in Catholic Edition?

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A few days ago, I started reading Professor Horner’s Bible Reading System; challies.com/sites/all/files/attachments/professor-grant-horners-bible-reading-system.pdf and I was wondering if anyone has ever possibly made it into a Catholic edition?

I really enjoy it, but I am not creative enough to make it for use by Catholics.

Also, I am not going to be able to purchase a Catholic Bible anytime soon, so I am going to be reading from one of my other ones till I am able to purchase a Catholic one.

Is there possibly somewhere online where I can read the missing books that aren’t in my protestant Bibles?
 
The Bible - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

It may not be the best format for extended reading, but it’s all there. Select 'Find a Scripture of Book" to start reading. This site also has the added benefit of going into detail about a lot of passages, linking them with similar passages and theme, and expanding on them to help modern people understand context and how it all fits together.
 
Be careful of Protestant bibles and bible commentaries, not just because of the missing books, but because of erroneous commentary. Googling this Professor Horner shows that he teaches at a militantly anti-Catholic school.

You can buy used Catholic Bibles online very inexpensively. The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, New Testament, an excellent resource, is only $14 ebook. (They are still working on the OT.)

See Father Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary online.
 
The best Catholic reading plan I’ve ever seen comes from the Coming Home Network. It includes not only three Biblical readings a day, but also a section of the Catechism.

chnetwork.org/readguide04.pdf

-ACEGC
 
One major difference between Catholic and Protestant bibles I found was the translation of a word which Catholics translate as “do penance,” and which Protestants translate as “repent.” Since in today’s English these mean very different things, the theology of the reader can be messed up.

I suggest you use online versions of Catholic bibles til you can get a copy of your own. Altho Bible Gateway is a Protestant site, they have a copy of the best Catholic bible I have seen (my own completely amateur opinion ;))–the Knox Bible, which I am saving up for.

Check out thrift stores near you if there is any Catholic population in your area, you may be able to get a copy of a Catholic Bible for $1 or less 🙂 Not the Knox, tho 😦
 
PaulfromIowa said:
Be careful of Protestant bibles and bible commentaries, not just because of the missing books, but because of erroneous commentary. Googling this Professor Horner shows that he teaches at a militantly anti-Catholic school.

You can buy used Catholic Bibles online very inexpensively. The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, New Testament, an excellent resource, is only $14 ebook. (They are still working on the OT.)

See Father Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary online.
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I have no knowledge of his commentaries, I was only using his reading system/plan which did not include commentary.
 
St_Francis said:
One major difference between Catholic and Protestant bibles I found was the translation of a word which Catholics translate as “do penance,” and which Protestants translate as “repent.” Since in today’s English these mean very different things, the theology of the reader can be messed up.

I suggest you use online versions of Catholic bibles til you can get a copy of your own. Altho Bible Gateway is a Protestant site, they have a copy of the best Catholic bible I have seen (my own completely amateur opinion ;))–the Knox Bible, which I am saving up for.

Check out thrift stores near you if there is any Catholic population in your area, you may be able to get a copy of a Catholic Bible for $1 or less 🙂 Not the Knox, tho 😦
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I was unable to find the Knox Bible on bible gateway, do they call it something else? Though I did find a parallel of the Greek, Knox bible, vulgate translations on new advent.

newadvent.org/bible/gen001.htm
 
I have just completed day 1682 of reading the Bible using Professor Grant’s system of 10 chapters a day. I use it as my “daily readings” I must say it has been a remarkable spiritual journey to be able to see the Bible in this way and would recommend it to everyone.
 
edward_george said:
The best Catholic reading plan I’ve ever seen comes from the Coming Home Network. It includes not only three Biblical readings a day, but also a section of the Catechism.

chnetwork.org/readguide04.pdf

-ACEGC
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I second this plan. I’m actually going through it right now for the second-ish time. (I was trying it in 60 days over the summer, but then school started. I wound up with most of Sirach, John, Revelation, a few epistles, and Jeremiah–Malachi left)

As for where to read deuterocanonical books, I recommend the RSV-CE available on Bible Gateway. link

And finally, if you really want a Catholic Edition of the Horner System, one does exist. I made it for someone in a different thread. That said, though, I still prefer the Coming Home Network’s plan.
Razanir said:
List 1 (117 days)– Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts
List 2 (211 days)– Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
List 3 (78 days)– Romans, 1/2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philemon, Colossians, Hebrews
List 4 (65 days)– 1/2 Thessalonians, 1/2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, James, 1/2 Peter, 1/2/3 John, Jude, Revelation
List 5 (76 days)– Tobit, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
List 6 (150 days)– Psalms
List 7 (101 days)– Proverbs, Wisdom, Sirach
List 8 (192 days)– Judges, Ruth, 1/2 Samuel, 1/2 Kings, 1/2 Chronicles
List 9 (258 days)– Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
List 10 (66 days)– Ezra, Nehemiah, Judith, Esther, 1/2 Maccabees
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I’ve looked at the coming home reading plan and wonder about the advantage of reading the old and New Testament simultaneously, rather than sequentially?:confused:
 
Origen52 said:
I’ve looked at the coming home reading plan and wonder about the advantage of reading the old and New Testament simultaneously, rather than sequentially?:confused:
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It’s meant to be set up like the lectionary, although unlike the lectionary, the OT and NT readings are not on a seasonal cycle and do not necessarily have any connection to one another.

-ACEGC
 
Origen52 said:
I’ve looked at the coming home reading plan and wonder about the advantage of reading the old and New Testament simultaneously, rather than sequentially?:confused:
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edward_george said:
It’s meant to be set up like the lectionary, although unlike the lectionary, the OT and NT readings are not on a seasonal cycle and do not necessarily have any connection to one another.

-ACEGC
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Huh. I’d just assumed it was to help get through the “boring” parts. You know, so every day you read some of the OT, some of the Wisdom Books (subset of the OT consisting of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs, Wisdom and Sirach), and some of the NT. I’d never thought to compare it to the lectionary. 🤷
 
lonegreywolf20 said:
A few days ago, I started reading Professor Horner’s Bible Reading System; challies.com/sites/all/files/attachments/professor-grant-horners-bible-reading-system.pdf and I was wondering if anyone has ever possibly made it into a Catholic edition?

I really enjoy it, but I am not creative enough to make it for use by Catholics.

Also, I am not going to be able to purchase a Catholic Bible anytime soon, so I am going to be reading from one of my other ones till I am able to purchase a Catholic one.

Is there possibly somewhere online where I can read the missing books that aren’t in my protestant Bibles?
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Do you live near a Goodwill or Saint Vincent de Paul? I have built up my bible collection there for almost a song. From $1.99 to $11.97, I have obtained several excellent Catholic bibles at thrift stores, or on eBay. I highly recommend the Confraternity Bible, which was an official Catholic bible from 1941-1969. I personally believe that the Confraternity New Testament is the best version for American Catholics that has been printed. Any of the Confraternity versions has better, more confidence-inspring and orthodox notes and introductions than the New American Bible. You need not spend $40 to get an excellent bible.
 
vatican.va/archive/index.htm
The above link is very good. You can access the NAB Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Code of Canon Law, Documents of Vatican II, and a couple other things.
On the first 3 (Bible, CCC, Canon Law) you can do alphabetical word searches.

To do a Word Search:
Once you click on which of the 3 texts you want, and the language you want it in,
  1. you’ll find “Help:” in tiny print at the top. Just click on “Text and search”.
  2. When that screen comes up, go to the top of the page (for some reason the page comes up part way down) and click on “alphabetical”.
  3. When that comes up, click on the alphabet letter that starts the word you’re searching.
  4. When that screen comes up, scroll till you come to your word. After clicking on the word, all the phrases that contain that word will appear.
  5. Now comes the best part. 🙂 To the left, you’ll see a chart that tells you where it appears in the text. Just click on any one of the left hand entries for that word and it will take you to the the full text - to the place where the word/phrase occur.
 
Thank you everyone for your replies.

I am going to use the online resources till I get a catholic edition of the Bible, after that I will just use the paper version. The reason for that is I do not like reading the Bible online. Too many distractions for me and there is just something about reading the Bible in paper format that is hard to explain.
 
I now have a copy of the NABRE and Catechism of the Catholic church second edition. So I decided on doing the Bible and Catechism in a year plan. However, the plan and my Catechism second edition don’t seem to match up page wise or something.

The first day says to read the intro. Ok, no problem, but second day says read 1-10. Now we have a problem. I am past page 10 just from the intro. Also, the different numbers on the page that deliniates the writing doesn’t line up either.

Is the Bible reading plan using a different Catechism?
 
lonegreywolf20 said:
I now have a copy of the NABRE and Catechism of the Catholic church second edition. So I decided on doing the Bible and Catechism in a year plan. However, the plan and my Catechism second edition don’t seem to match up page wise or something.

The first day says to read the intro. Ok, no problem, but second day says read 1-10. Now we have a problem. I am past page 10 just from the intro. Also, the different numbers on the page that deliniates the writing doesn’t line up either.

Is the Bible reading plan using a different Catechism?
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It’s referring to the paragraph numbers.
 
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