Which Bible is Correct

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kgbdman said:
Thank you all for your suggestions and recommendations. I was hoping to obtain a version that was plentiful with notes and such, not necessary but might be nice.

I had a link to a website that was a Bible/Good News Concordance Library. An excellent site that linked many different bibles with reference materials like dictionaries, concordances, encyclopedias and other books. It was well put together and thorough. Though not assembled by a Catholic, many of the more common bible translations were included. I did especially like being able to see how a passage or phrase differed from one bible to another.

I’ll just have to open them up at the book stores and see which ones fit me best. Thanks again.
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How is it in CT, Grew up in Danbury…miss it immensely!!!
 
Jason_1977 said:
How is it in CT, Grew up in Danbury…miss it immensely!!!
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Hi Jason,

My grandmother was from Danbury, both my parents are from West Hartford, I grew up in Mystic and now live in Pawcatuck (both are in the same township of Stonington.)

Well if you discount the new taxes, and ever-increasing taxes, and acceptance of gay-unions, and the entire state run by liberal democrats, and a replublican Governor who doesn’t know any better than to raise taxes, and two immensely huge casinos that do nothing but foster more crime, etc. it really is a great place to live; still.

Aside from government being way too big, I would miss it also if I were away any great length of time. Thanks for asking.
 
Christ_Imitator said:
So, I am a protestant, and am not very educated on the Bible translations apparently.
I’ve been told from protestants that the NASB is a pretty good translation because it is more literal in translation. I will probabaly get a Catholic Bible eventually, which versions include all of the books?
I would like one that isn’t in KJV-english-style if there is one. Actually, I think there is one in my Church’s youth room now that I think about it, haha.
If you have a good recomendation for a 17 year old protestant that needs his first Catholic Bible, that’d be great! 🙂
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Bless you!! Isn’t it exciting, learning about the Bible??
One thing I think is important to note, is that the NASB and the NAB are **not **the same translation. (Lots of people mix them up, both Catholic & Protestant).
I just want to point again to this excellent article, mentioned above:

catholic.com/library/Bible_Translations_Guide.asp

It is the best I have ever seen anywhere, to give good guidance for all of us!!

God bless.
 
Bless you!! Isn’t it exciting, learning about the Bible??
One thing I think is important to note, is that the NASB and the NAB are not the same translation. (Lots of people mix them up, both Catholic & Protestant).
I just want to point again to this excellent article, mentioned above:
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catholic.com/library/Bibl…ions_Guide.asp
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It is the best I have ever seen anywhere, to give good guidance for all of us!!
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Thankyou. 🙂

I wanted to make sure I didn’t confuse anybody. When I said I’m not very educated about Bible translations, I only meant I don’t know many types. I know of the NIV, NASB, KJV, and NKJV. I’ve read much from the NIV, but I would like to read from the extra books in the Catholic version of the NAB, or something like that.
 
I like my bible

its the international student bible for catholics

the bible itself is the NAB, and it includes faith and morality questions in the front, before the Bible proper

at my CCD, where i am a teachers aide, the Bible used is the NAB

the daily reading email i recieve is the *Jerusalem Bible

*also, i thought that Rome had deemd the KJV unacceptable for use by catholics
 
If you are very serious, and have a lot of money, I’d recommend the Navarre Bible. This is based on the RSV-CE (Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition), and has LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of in-line (on the same page) commentary.

It doesn’t come as one book, but as a library of volumes. For example, “Gospels and Acts - Readers Edition” is almost 1000 pages. Ditto for “Pentateuch”. The commentary is wonderful.

But my second choice is the NAB because it has a reasonable amount of notes, and we use it at Mass so it’s good for teaching RE and Bible Study classes.
 
I, personally, haven’t really used it, but the priest answering Scripture questions on the EWTN website said to “throw it away” (or out?) about the Good News translation. Anyway, it’s certainly better than no Bible and also better than a protestant translation, so it would partially depend on what a person used it for.
 
The Douey-Rheims is the only one (that I have come across) that says, “Hail, full of Grace!” So I think it has the most accurate translations.
 
diggerdomer said:
If the answer is no, then why do U.S. Catholics use the NAB at Mass? Are the Bishops wrong?
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I believe the NAB had to be modified in several places before it could be used in the Mass. The changes that were made for the Lectionary were not propagated back to the regular NAB.

I’m not arguing that the NAB is bad. I’m just pointing out that saying it is bad doesn’t mean that someone is saying something bad about the Bishops. (And Rome, who would have to approve the lectionary as well.)

Also, I went to the referenced article, and although I didn’t read all of it, it appears that the author has some pretty fair complaints (especially about the “How to read your Bible” section), but that a lot of those complaints relate to sections before the actual Bible and to notes, so they wouldn’t appear in Mass anyway. In any case, one should ALWAYS remember that the notes and suggestions outside the text are not the (name removed by moderator)ired word of God.

–Jen
 
diggerdomer said:
Are the Bishops wrong?
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Are the U.S. Bishops possessed with infallibility in this matter? I don’t know if you’ve looked around but the U.S. Bishops as a collective body have made many mistakes over the recent years. U.S. Catechism for Adults anybody? Do you find it out of the realm of possibility that an administrative body of Bishops that does not possess infallibility can make a mistake? Simply put, my answer to the above would be yes.
 
perfectpeach said:
The Douey-Rheims is the only one (that I have come across) that says, “Hail, full of Grace!” So I think it has the most accurate translations.
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The RSV-CE also says Hail Full of Grace.

That, and the Douay are the only 2 I’m aware of though.
 
For me, the key has always been understandability. If I don’t hear God speak to me in my language – in language I can understand – how can I be obedient? I fear that one of the Enemy’s greatest traps is to leave God’s Holy Word unintelligible, so that we don’t even really understand what God said, and thereby remain ignorant, or worse, disobedient.

I like the NAB as well, and use it as my primary Bible. I have a general question, however… how should Catholics view paraphrases such as The Living Bible, The Message, Today’s English Version (I think this used to be called the “Good News Bible”)? I have read some portions of it, and I go back and forth on the issue. There seems to be a freshness about them – especially the first two – and I like that they state quite clearly that they are the “paraphrase” of a man or men. I also only use it in conjunction with my primary Bible. Yet, I fear that if such modern language paraphrases start to be used as primary translations, it could result in much doctrinal error.

Let God be true and every man a liar…
 
. how should Catholics view paraphrases such as The Living Bible, The Message, Today’s English Version
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I believe it is fine to read from these to see how some people interpret the word of God. But, I also believe it’s important to have a regualr Bible such as the NAB, so that you can make your own interpretations, and so that you know exactly what God wants us to know. Reading a paraphrase version of the Bible; as you said, only gives us parts of what God intended for us to read.

So, if you want to make it a quick, easy to understand point on something you could use a paraphrase. However, I think you need to have the Bible along side of it so you know exactly what was said, and how it was paraphrased.
 
SemperFidelis said:
Are the U.S. Bishops possessed with infallibility in this matter? I don’t know if you’ve looked around but the U.S. Bishops as a collective body have made many mistakes over the recent years. U.S. Catechism for Adults anybody? Do you find it out of the realm of possibility that an administrative body of Bishops that does not possess infallibility can make a mistake? Simply put, my answer to the above would be yes.
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The U.S. Bishops are not the ultimate approval authority for the Lectionary. The Vatican is. You are of course welcome to disagree with any bishop or bishops you choose to.

The issue of infallibility is completely irrelevant to this topic.
 
I posted something on another thread about Bible Study tools, but that got me thinking.

What Bible Commentaries, etc., do folks find useful. Would you recommend any, or caution against any?
 
Please see the end pages of the thread Protestant=Heretic for the answer to which Bible is correct, I have laid it all out very nicely as a Scripture debate has erupted on that thread. And the best part, I cite Protestants to proclaim the truth of Catholic doctrine, it’s a beautiful thing, go, go and read. =P
 
Christ_Imitator said:
Alright. Thank you both for the information. This was a confusing thing for me, but, I think I understand now.

So, the New American Bible seems to be a good choice.
Also, I read that there’s one called the New Jerusalem Bible; would that be a good one?
(It sounded like it, because there are lots of footnotes/background information).
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Imho the Douay is best for Catholics,for here it is clear that Genesis 1&2 are not contradictory but complementary - twinc
 
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