r/catholicbibles

I have several missals and prayer books such as the Little Office of the BVM from Angelus Press- am I to refrain from buying anymore from them now that the SSPX has schismed?

There are many holy texts and many versions of them and I’m not sure which one is the best to begin with and to continue with and which translations are most accurate.

Also obviously there are differences in catholic, protestant and orthodox christianity books but I’m not exactly sure about what those differences are in the storytelling itself and I’d like to understand and study all of them.

I come from a background of orthodox christianity, but I am not currently an active christian, however I am very interested in these texts. I’m just not quite sure where to begin and google has not been helping me out much. It’d be very helpful if a person that follows christianity or studies religion could tell me how they went about it.

Just a quick look: Going over prices, binding options, font sizes etc.

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I asked my priest and. Ot even he knows which translation is used during the readings. It’s not the NAB I know for sure

I ran across this website: (https://esv-ce.app/). Perfect! I've been looking for an Android app with the full ESV-CE! Published by SPCK Publishing, which I believe is a respected UK publisher. The text is even free (audio is an in-app purchase).

BUT - it is not available for any of my devices. Since I have a late-model Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, I cannot believe it is a device compatibility issue. I'm guessing it is not licensed in the United States, where I am located. I wonder why not?

Anyway, if we have any UK folks on this subreddit, you might try it out, and let us know if it is any good (thereby increasing our envy here in the U.S. :-)

I am a practicing Roman Catholic but am actively listening to several Bible studies and readings by other Christians.

Just found out that my Bible has 66 books vs the 73.

Of course I would NOT throw my Bible away. Will just get new one then ❤️

so I just finished the DR for the second time and it's a solid translation, especially if you like the older English. A few translation quirks though i'd like to share.

so as it's translated from Latin, there are a few Latinisms that are in the translation, here are two that made me chuckle.

1. In first 1 Paralipomenon (1 Chronicles), starting with Chapter 6:55 they talk about land divisions. Now most translations say "such and such cities and their pasturelands" but in Latin, it's the land under the city, sub (under) urbes (cities), literally says suburbs in the translation, which tickles me as I imagine bible dudes washing their carts and mowing their lawns with goats and barbecuing.

2. In Genesis Chapter 36 it talks about the chieftains of Edom, but being a translation from Latin, a chieftain would be a Dux, or a Duke. so it says Dukes of Edom. Now I'm imagining some Edomites outrunning the sheriff in their chariots and jumping over stuff and the narrator saying "oh now them Edom boys, how are they going to get out of this one.

It's my first time reading the Bible and I want something reasonably poetic/readable and scholarly/accurate/unbiased.

I'll be getting NRSV NOAB as a reference bible for when I want to gain more depth into a passage, so I want my main Bible to be a completely different translation (so not apart of the KJB/RSV family) and be immersive.

The RNJB and NABRE are the most suitable options I've found.

RNJB copies I've found however have such bad ghosting (pages showing ink from adjacent pages), but other than that it seems very reputable.

I'm not sure if NABRE copies have same issue as I haven't seen them in the store, but I was led to believe there is a lot of footnotes, much of which questionable. I'd rather no footnotes since I'll have my NOAB for that. And it seems NABRE isn't very well liked for its writing style... Isnt it a bit watered down for the sake of being easily digestible for teenagers?

Any other options you'd suggest?

My brand new, hot off the presses Catholic New Living Bible has arrived. Tyndale House took a real gamble making this Catholic edition since they’re predominantly known as an evangelical Protestant publisher. This new edition is only available as a hardcover with no gilded page edges. However the gold trimming on both covers and the spine really look nice on brown. The size is approximately 8 3/4” by 5 3/4”. Eight pages of full color maps. This is lighter than the earlier Reader’s Edition of years ago. The paper seems pretty much like the paper found in many Bibles, and it is line-matched. I don’t know the gsm. There are also short introductions found at the beginning of each book.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a Bible to get for my dad. He’s in his 70s and a lifelong Catholic, but I don’t know if he’s ever had his own Bible! He works a lot still so he doesn’t have too much time to dive deep into it, and he isn’t a big theology nerd. He mostly attends Novus ordo but every now and then he attends a Latin Mass.

I was thinking that he would like a Bible that he could follow along without too much trouble and maybe has some study notes to help him understand it a bit more. For context, I got him Imitation of Christ a couple years ago and he stopped reading really quickly because he said it was going over his head and it was hard for him to follow along.

I was thinking the Didache Bible, the Great Adventure Bible, or one of the Word on Fire bibles. I think the Ignatius Study Bible would be a little too much for him. But I would love to hear your suggestions!