What version of the Bible do you have read during Mass / church services?

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I wanted to be ecumenical and I wanted to start a thread that really didn’t have any wrong answers. So, when you are worshiping God on Sunday, what version of Holy Scripture do you usually hear? Here in the United States, we generally use The New American Bible at Mass. I’m not a huge fan of it, but there’s worse.
 
As an American Roman Catholic, I also hear the NAB at Mass
 
NAB at Mass, King James or NKJ at Assembly of God services with my mom’s family and NIV with my parents at Church of the Nazarene services.
 
Others can chime in and correct this if necessary, but basically, mainline Protestants will likely use the NRSV or NIV, Evangelicals will likely use the King James, New King James, NIV, NASB, and ESV as may Baptists. Anglicans, depending on the stripe, will use the King James for BCP services, and NRSV for BAS/CW services.

Fundmentalists are more than likely to stick with the King James only.
 
Very cool. I have some friends that use NIV for personal use, and I’ve done some pro-life work at a non-denominational church, and they use NKJV
 
My great grandma was a Southern Baptist Sunday school teacher, I don’t know what she used at church, but her main personal Bible, was actually a Good News Bible, although she kept other versions.
 
In America, Mass at the Roman Church we hear a modified version of the 1970 NAB OT and 1986 NT.

At the Divine Liturgy at the Ukrainian Church we hear the 1970 NAB OT/NT.
 
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Sometimes I go to Melkite liturgy, do you know what they use in the United States?
 
Not sure.

I would imagine either the Confraternity, RSV-CE, or NAB, most likely.
 
I carry my reprint of the 1914 John Murphy Douay-Rheims, re-printed by P. J. Kenedy in the late 40s or early 50s.
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I stumbled onto this apparently unread, leather bound, gilt-edged copy for the princely sum of…

99¢
 
I read whatever is in the missalette (iBreviary) at Mass. When I’m at a Protestant service, I use the NKJV that I uploaded to my phone.

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Oooo I need a new DR so bad I’m so jealous…

I want the Baronius Press DR but its like $60 😦
 
Well, if you hang around thrift stores, out of either need or curiosity, you are bound to find one sooner or later. I also have a leather-bound, gilt-edged 1949 Douay-Confraternity that I had to pay a whopping $1.99 for. That and the reprint D-R are my favorites, as they are the most Catholic of Catholic bibles.

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For anyone looking for a truly great Catholic New Testament, I do not think you will find one superior to the 1941 Confraternity New Testament. New enough, but also old enough language and very reverent. The foot notes and book introductions are simply great. 100% Catholic and very confidence inspiring. Scepter publishes a very handy pocket-sized version for $10.95. Check eBay, Amazon and ThriftBooks for used copies of the originals.

Any of the Douay-Confraternity bibles published from 1941-1969 will have the Confraternity New Testament with an Old Testament that began as 100% Douay, but had newer OT translations inserted as time passed. Sadly, it was never published under a single cover, as the adoption of the NAB killed it off.
 
Spyridon,

Check out Amazon! They sell them through their Storefronts for a song used.

Stuart
 
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