Sungenis' Catholic Apologetics Study Bible (CASB)

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Out of curiosity, anybody ever peruse Robert Sungenis’ Catholic Apologetics Study Bible (CASB)?

catholicintl.com/products/books/casb.html

The CASB is advertised as being an updated Douay-Rheims Bible:
The CASB gives you an updated version of the Douay-Rheims Bible, the most accurate and authoritative Catholic translation available. The CASB replaces some archaic 16th century words with more precise words. The grammar and syntax of the original Greek and Hebrew are analyzed in conjunction with the Latin Vulgate for the most accurate translation.
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…And the appendices are supposed to give very detailed apologetic notes:
The CASB’s appendices, 23 in all, give a thorough and detailed analysis of the most controversial biblical topics, defending each Catholic doctrine by a thorough analysis of the original Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic or Latin, the context, the grammar, word comparisons, patristic witnesses, papal and conciliar decrees, medieval theologians, the Tridentine and post-conciliar catechisms, and other important witnesses. Topics such as: Jesus’ “brothers and sisters” (Mt 13:55), Mary’s perpetual virginity (Mt 1:25); divorce and remarriage (Mt 5:32; 19:9); the unforgivable sin (Mt 12:32); papal infallibility (Mt 16:18-19); guardian angels (Mt 18:10); the End Times (Mt 24:3); the Eucharist (Mt 26:26), and many more are covered. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about these topics and how to defend them against non-Catholic critics is contained therein.
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The study Bible is being released in volumes (final volume projected for publication January 2009). A revised Douay-Rheims in modern English (without apologetic commentary) is scheduled for publication in April 2008.

An earlier page said that the CASB would feature the nihil obstat and imprimatur (as have several of Sungenis’ other works), but I don’t know if this ended up being the case.

Amazon.com gives the first two volumes good reviews… but I wonder if anyone has actually read through them.

Any thoughts or comments?
 
alessandro said:
Out of curiosity, anybody ever peruse Robert Sungenis’ Catholic Apologetics Study Bible (CASB)?

catholicintl.com/products/books/casb.html

The CASB is advertised as being an updated Douay-Rheims Bible:
…And the appendices are supposed to give very detailed apologetic notes:
The study Bible is being released in volumes (final volume projected for publication January 2009). A revised Douay-Rheims in modern English (without apologetic commentary) is scheduled for publication in April 2008.

An earlier page said that the CASB would feature the nihil obstat and imprimatur (as have several of Sungenis’ other works), but I don’t know if this ended up being the case.

Amazon.com gives the first two volumes good reviews… but I wonder if anyone has actually read through them.

Any thoughts or comments?
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I picked up the first one (Matthew) as soon as it came out.

I seem to remember hearing that there was an issue with the translation used. Someone in authority somewhere refused it the nihil obstat (or maybe the imprimatur?) because his revised DR was considered by this person to be a new translation. Because of this the other volumes were to use a different translation (maybe the RSVCE?)

As to the Study Bible itself, I probably haven’t opened it in a year or so. But it is excellent. The commentary contains LOTS of quotes from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church as well as the Popes and Councils. It is a great resource.

James
 
Not trying to derail the thread…but…honest question…has Sungenis ever been acused of being a sede?
 
I don’t believe so.

I know he has been fairly critical of both Pope JPII and the Novus Ordo Mass in the past. But, he vehemently defend the validity of the NO and the reality that JPII was the true Pope.

And I believe he is a bit less critical of the NO lately.

James
 
THurifer2 said:
Not trying to derail the thread…but…honest question…has Sungenis ever been acused of being a sede?
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No, he actually has a refutation of the sede position on his website. He is loyal to the Pope and to the Church, he just is critical of certain persons in the Church and has been attacked for various opinions he holds.

God Bless
Scylla
 
THurifer2 said:
Not trying to derail the thread…but…
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So now that we have those burning questions out of the way 😉

Anybody else read through the CASB? I’m particularly curious now whether the second volume (or subsequent volumes) uses an existing translation (e.g., the Douay-Rheims or RSV-CE), with addition of Sungenis’ footnotes/endnotes/appendices. The whole “point” of his CASB, as originally advertised, was to create a new translation of the Vulgata and an updated/improved translation of the Douay-Rheims.
 
Alessandro,

Dr. Sungenis promised on his website that all of his CASBs would have imprimaturs but none of them do. He and some of his promoters tried to cover over that he was turned down by his bishop but it came out anyway. Months ago they said he was going to see if another bishop would give him imprimaturs. If he got them I’m sure he’d put it on his website.

His new translation was turned down by the bishops because it wasn’t really an in-depth new translation like he said it would be and because of something else they didn’t support in the way he did his translation that I can’t remember right now. So Dr. Sungenis used another translation instead. Only the Matthew CASB has the new translation he couldn’t get the imprimtur with. But none of them have imprimaturs that I know of.

The way that whole thing went down still doesn’t fly with me. 😦 I know getting imprimaturs doesn’t prove everything is right. But if you get turned down, I’m sorry but that’s important.

I don’t really want to get into a discussion about this again. Been there done that. The whole thing is sad. So if this helps you, great.

Here’s the CAF threads and a couple other ones from google

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=153941&page=4&highlight=Sungenis

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=164910&highlight=Sungenis

markshea.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html (go down to Thurs. June 28- “You May Want to Sit Down For This”)

sungenisandthejews.blogspot.com/2007/07/sungenis-smears-bishop-continues-to.html
 
WestonGrant said:
The way that whole thing went down still doesn’t fly with me. 😦 …I don’t really want to get into a discussion about this again. Been there done that. The whole thing is sad.
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Oh, wow. I didn’t realize there were other threads on the subject! (Sometimes, I think Catholic Answers has too many forums for its own good!)

It’ll take me some time to go through it all… Thanks for sending me these links…
 
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