Which is the Catholic Bible?

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I am sure this question has been asked many times before but I’m still unclear.

Which Bible should I read?

As I currently have a KGV Bible which people have called the literary Bible but is this not the Bible read by protestants maybe? Is there a version of the Bible which is predominantly read by Roman Catholics?
 
I have the New American Bible, the text itself being approved by the Bishops in America.
The footnotes, I hear, are questionable, kind of in error, but the text itself is good.

Douay Rheims is also really Catholic, not to mention that it puts the KJV-Onlyites to shame.

Knox I hear is also good, Knox and Douay Rheims are both translations of the Vulgate.

RSV-CE is great too, Second Edition being better, but First is okay also.
 
Blood_Angel said:
I am sure this question has been asked many times before but I’m still unclear.

Which Bible should I read?

As I currently have a KGV Bible which people have called the literary Bible but is this not the Bible read by protestants maybe? Is there a version of the Bible which is predominantly read by Roman Catholics?
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Any Bible that says “Catholic Edition” will work. The USCCB uses the New American Bible for the Sunday readings. Many like the RSV-CE. I have both.

The problem with most bibles in bookstores and stuff is that they are Protestant bibles. Protestant decided by a mixture of printing error and preference to remove seven Old Testament books from the Bible.
These Books known as the deuterocanonicals or “small canon” were always part of the Bible throughout history and are still in the Catholic Bible today.
 
I see your in England and I think in England the Jerusalem Bible Catholic Edition is used at mass. But double check by calling your local parish.
 
Are any of these good?

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0898709369/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13WEQK4S5Q097PGW9E31&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0195288564/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13WEQK4S5Q097PGW9E31&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

amazon.co.uk/Douay-Rheims-Bible-Diligently-Compared-Languages/dp/0954563107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543433&sr=1-1&keywords=Douay+Rheims

amazon.co.uk/Douay-Rheims-Bible-Baronius-Press/dp/1905574398/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543485&sr=1-14&keywords=Douay+Rheims

amazon.co.uk/Holy-Bible-Knox-Translation/dp/1905574592/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543517&sr=1-1&keywords=knox+bible

I don’t want to get an American Bible, well because I’m English. I don’t suppose it even matters to be honest, it can’t be that much different.
 
They all look like Catholic Bibles!

I have the first one. The RSV-CE.

I bought the version with the leather cover. It’s super high quality, a bible that will last a lifetime and is overall very nice. I like the translation, it’s the one I prefer!

If you like the language of the KJV then you may prefer the Duoay Rheims as opposed to a modern English version.
 
Blood_Angel said:
Are any of these good?

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0898709369/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13WEQK4S5Q097PGW9E31&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0195288564/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13WEQK4S5Q097PGW9E31&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

amazon.co.uk/Douay-Rheims-Bible-Diligently-Compared-Languages/dp/0954563107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543433&sr=1-1&keywords=Douay+Rheims

amazon.co.uk/Douay-Rheims-Bible-Baronius-Press/dp/1905574398/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543485&sr=1-14&keywords=Douay+Rheims

amazon.co.uk/Holy-Bible-Knox-Translation/dp/1905574592/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389543517&sr=1-1&keywords=knox+bible

I don’t want to get an American Bible, well because I’m English. I don’t suppose it even matters to be honest, it can’t be that much different.
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All are Catholic and good!

If you like archaic language (‘thees and thous’) a lot, choose one of the last three Bibles.
If you like just a little archaic language when addressing God or Jesus, choose the second one.
If you don’t care for archaic language (thees and thous) at all, them choose the first one.
 
CalCatholic said:
All are Catholic and good!

If you like archaic language (‘thees and thous’) a lot, choose one of the last three Bibles.
If you like just a little archaic language when addressing God or Jesus, choose the second one.
If you don’t care for archaic language (thees and thous) at all, them choose the first one.
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I’ve gone with the first one for starters, I think I’ll get a more archaic language Bible another day.
 
Preferably one with Deuterocanon 😃

My top two recommendations are the RSV-2CE (also known as the Ignatius Bible) if you prefer modern language or the Douay-Rheims if you like Shakespearean English.
 
Judas_Thaddeus said:
I have the New American Bible, the text itself being approved by the Bishops in America.
The footnotes, I hear, are questionable, kind of in error, but the text itself is good.

Douay Rheims is also really Catholic, not to mention that it puts the KJV-Onlyites to shame.

Knox I hear is also good, Knox and Douay Rheims are both translations of the Vulgate.

RSV-CE is great too, Second Edition being better, but First is okay also.
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Agree.
 
My favorites:
  1. RSV-2CE
  2. A tie between the Knox Bible and the Confraternity Edition
  3. Douay-Rheims
  4. NAB
 
I have the Ignatius RSV-2CE and was the first bible I’ve read that I really enjoy.

I have on order the St. Benedict Press Douay-Rheims and the Baronius Press pocket version of the DR to see which or both I would really enjoy.

I just recently heard of the Knox version and might get that later in the year.

So really, the two versions I really like are the RSV-2CE and the DR.
 
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