What should I do with my old Protestant Bibles?

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Hi everyone. I have a number of old Protestant Bibles that I have from when I used to be a Protestant. It has been 3 1/2 years since I converted to Catholicism. What should I do with my old Protestant Bibles? Could I donate them to my priest so that he can use them for reference? Could I donate them to the church library? Could I donate them to the public library? What else could I do with them that would be morally ok? I really don’t want them to get in to the hands of other people because some of them are study Bibles which have Protestant viewpoints in them and I don’t want anyone to be deceived by them.
 
Give them to a protestant church. People who aren’t going to be swayed away from their current beliefs but need a new bible will use them.
 
yeah, just make sure you don’t toss any of them out. It is the Holy Word of God, Protestant translation or no.
 
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Hi everyone. I have a number of old Protestant Bibles that I have from when I used to be a Protestant. It has been 3 1/2 years since I converted to Catholicism. What should I do with my old Protestant Bibles? Could I donate them to my priest so that he can use them for reference? Could I donate them to the church library? Could I donate them to the public library? What else could I do with them that would be morally ok? I really don’t want them to get in to the hands of other people because some of them are study Bibles which have Protestant viewpoints in them and I don’t want anyone to be deceived by them.
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What’s wrong with keeping them as a Memory. :o I’m not in favor of the Protestant faith either, but, hypothetically, if I were to go LV Satanist, I’d definitely keep my Catholic Bible, no matter what. 😃 Just for the sake of knowing of “my confusion.” :rolleyes:

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Any of the suggestions that you make would work well.
One of the books that I have that belonged to my deceased brother is Where is That in the Bible? It is a response to non-Catholics concerning Catholic teaching. One possible use of your old Bibles is as an ecumenical tool. It seems to me that those who question the Catholic Faith may be more receptive if the conversation uses the same translation.
I still need to find an RSV for that purpose. It is on my list for when I find full-time work.
 
Holly3278 said:
Hi everyone. I have a number of old Protestant Bibles that I have from when I used to be a Protestant. It has been 3 1/2 years since I converted to Catholicism. What should I do with my old Protestant Bibles? Could I donate them to my priest so that he can use them for reference? Could I donate them to the church library? Could I donate them to the public library? What else could I do with them that would be morally ok? I really don’t want them to get in to the hands of other people because some of them are study Bibles which have Protestant viewpoints in them and I don’t want anyone to be deceived by them.
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Save them!

Never ever toss them. If you ever plan to share your faith with those who use them, you must save them.
You must.

They are not evil in themselves. They are excellent teaching opportunities!
Catholics never fear facts. Those bibles are evidence of the fact that the bible they use (while it may be very excellent for certain purposes, and reads very nicely)
Catholics should never fear of having every tool possible when attempting to evangelize any soul.

You can use their bible to show them many things.
 
I have a KJV, NIV, NASB, ESV, NRSV, and Living…

My Catholic Bibles are RSV-CE, Douay, NAB.

I use all of them when I run into a difficult verse while reading my standard RSV-CE. It’s nice to have the different viewpoints of translation.

The ESV and NASB are actually very good translations. And every library would be lost without a KJV it’s a beautiful bible and has such a history it’s indespensible. It has my favorite version of the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2 as well. It’s the one I grew up hearing read every Christmas at my grandparents house. 🙂

Here’s a sample:

Luke 2: 8-14

8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
 
use a couple of them to show your protestant friends some of the tenets of our faith with “thier” Bible (KJV), puts them in shock every time:D
 
Someone left a nice King James Bible in the pamphlet rack at Church. Since that wasn’t the place for it I brought it home. One of the neighbors is fundamentalist or something, has a large family, and home schools. They were quite happy to receive it.
 
Personally, I would have nothing against passing them on to for example, the Salvation Army, who would sell them inexpensively in one of their stores.
However, the posters here have overlooked the fact that the original poster is concerned that people would be deceived by them, and this would bother his conscience, and if that was my own case, I would simply throw them out. Following your conscience in this way would do no harm.
I work in a library where we discard books for any good reason all the time, to make room.
 
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However, the posters here have overlooked the fact that the original poster is concerned that people would be deceived by them, and this would bother his conscience, and if that was my own case, . . .
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I think the primary flaw in Protestant Bibles is that they are incomplete rather than that they are wrong. In that case I would think much better that someone read them than that they read Oprah’s latest title of the week.

60+ years ago we had a Baptist Bible teacher regularly visit our public school in Maine One of the Catholics made a fuss but our pastor shut her up. He contended that it was better the kids get that than nothing. I think he was right. It didn’t harm me and a lot of the kids sure needed something.
 
Holly3278 said:
Hi everyone. I have a number of old Protestant Bibles that I have from when I used to be a Protestant. It has been 3 1/2 years since I converted to Catholicism. What should I do with my old Protestant Bibles? Could I donate them to my priest so that he can use them for reference? Could I donate them to the church library? Could I donate them to the public library? What else could I do with them that would be morally ok? I really don’t want them to get in to the hands of other people because some of them are study Bibles which have Protestant viewpoints in them and I don’t want anyone to be deceived by them.
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🙂 Personally I would keep them. I kept all my protestant Bibles even though I’m allergic to them now & cant open them with out a reaction (I’m severely allergic to cats, used to pet my cat lot even when reading:blush) You may want to keep them for sentimental reasons, when I’ve used a Bible I get attracted to them. It just heard to part with a Bible you’ve really used. If you have Protestant friends or family who are curious about Catholicism having having a Protestant Bible can come in handy.
You may also find it interesting to compare different translations.

Hope This Helps
 
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