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smad0142
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Are there any solid Catholic translations of the Bible that are in fairly modern and readable English but remain true to traditional translations, like the Douay Rheims? Thanks!!
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Kopratic
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The only one that comes to mind is the Confraternity edition. {I have the St. Joseph’s Confraternity Textbook Edition.} I’m really bad at explaining things, so here is a website I found:
Confraternity Bible Explanation 1
{It appears to be trustworthy.}
Confraternity Bible Explanation 1
{It appears to be trustworthy.}
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Seeker1961
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I have a Daily Catholic Bible that uses that translation. I like it very much because it takes me through the entire Bible in year.
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LoyalViews
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One_Sparrow
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Have you viewed the NABRE version? I believe it was the most recent translation approved and seems pretty easy to read.
USCCB has an online version.
USCCB has an online version.
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ProVobis
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Out of the 50 or so English Bibles, are there any which have been disapproved for Catholic reading or study? Just asking.
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CB_Catholic
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I think an obvious one would be the New World Translation used by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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kevthecath
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The only Bible I trust is the Latin Vulgate in Latin. The Council of Trent said it’s the standard translation of the Church.
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OraLabora
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You mean there’s a version of the Latin Vulgate that isn’t in Latin
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kevthecath
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I ment (for those who dont know), that the Vulgate of St. Jerome is the only reliable translation. The Douay-Rheims is the English translation of the Vulgate, which I don’t perfer.You mean there’s a version of the Latin Vulgate that isn’t in Latin
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ProVobis
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I believe that would be the Clementine version, a compilation/consolidation of all the handwritten copies that had been made since St. Jerome’s Vulgate.
Unintended errors (not to mention sloppy penmanship) tend to creep up in handwritings.
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One_Sparrow
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There’s a short list of approved translations (about 15), so I would think anything NOT on the list is “disapproved.”
Not quite. Those are just recent versions that have received approval from the Bishops’ Conference under canon 825 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Prior to this, Bibles received Nihil Obstats and Imprimaturs just like any other religious book. Those too remain approved for use by Catholics. This includes the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, the Douay-Rheims, the Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals, the Confraternity Bible and the Knox Bible.
Essentially, if a Bible bears either a “Published with approval of the so-and-so Conference of Catholic Bishops” or a Nihil Obstat/Imprimatur, it’s approved for Catholic use.
However, not all Bible translations are approved for* liturgical* use. That’s a different issue entirely.
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