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What is your favorite Catholic Bible version?

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Favorite Catholic Bible Version

  • New Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE)

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • New American Bible (NAB)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Didache Bible

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • Douay–Rheims Bible (DRB)

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • English Standard Version - Catholic Edition (ESV-CE)

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • Other (please state, such as multiple versions, or another version not listed here)

    Votes: 4 44.4%
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Hello folks. What is your favorite Catholic Bible version? Mine is the NRSV-CE, which would be between "word-for-word" and "thought-for-thought" on the first chart. Sadly, these charts are missing a lot of Catholic Bibles.

Chart 1: Bible translations: Comparison charts - Chapter 3 Ministries

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Chart 2: Ward: A Rising Tide Sinks All Boats: The Legacy Standard Bible and Stewarding the Church’s Trust
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I just read a "small pocket-size New Testament that is a reprint of the original Confraternity edition published in 1941". It was in Old English. It wasn't easy to read, but I made it through.
 
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Chrystal-J said:
I just read a "small pocket-size New Testament that is a reprint of the original Confraternity edition published in 1941". It was in Old English. It wasn't easy to read, but I made it through.
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Nice. You know what is cool about all Bible versions? Every Bible has the word of Jesus in it. :) And that is all that matters.

A WW2 era Bible sounds interesting, and I hope that the Bible gave people in wartime some solace or peace, that God will be there for us, even in the darkest times.
 
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AlexB23 said:
Nice. You know what is cool about all Bible versions? Every Bible has the word of Jesus in it. :) And that is all that matters.

A WW2 era Bible sounds interesting, and I hope that the Bible gave people in wartime some solace or peace, that God will be there for us, even in the darkest times.
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It is great that when we have nobody, we can count on God to help us.
 
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AlexB23 said:
Hello folks. What is your favorite Catholic Bible version? Mine is the NRSV-CE, which would be between "word-for-word" and "thought-for-thought" on the first chart. Sadly, these charts are missing a lot of Catholic Bibles.

Chart 1: Bible translations: Comparison charts - Chapter 3 Ministries

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Chart 2: Ward: A Rising Tide Sinks All Boats: The Legacy Standard Bible and Stewarding the Church’s Trust
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It varies, but right now my favorite is the Didache Bible.
 
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Chrystal-J said:
I just read a "small pocket-size New Testament that is a reprint of the original Confraternity edition published in 1941". It was in Old English. It wasn't easy to read, but I made it through.
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I have one of those too. Portable enough to bring along anywhere.
 
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SavedByGrace3 said:
The Jerusalem Bible
I got one back in 1971 and lost it. I am not Catholic, but I enjoyed that version.
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Hopefully, someone else enjoys the Bible that you lost.
 
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Michie said:
Mother Angelica’s fave was The New Jerusalem Bible.
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I need to stop reading polls like this because now I want the New Jerusalem Study Bible but I can’t buy any more Bibles for a long time. I’ve already got more than enough.
 
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I need to stop reading polls like this because now I want the New Jerusalem Study Bible but I can’t buy any more Bibles for a long time. I’ve already got more than enough.
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I am a bibliophage. That’s the compulsive version of a bibliophile. The only thing somewhat restraining me is when my wife threatens me.

As to a good study Bible I think the RSVCE probably has the best right now. I had hopes for an ESV study Bible but the copyright holder has yet to allow Ascension Press to create one.
 
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AlexB23 said:
Hello folks. What is your favorite Catholic Bible version? Mine is the NRSV-CE, which would be between "word-for-word" and "thought-for-thought" on the first chart. Sadly, these charts are missing a lot of Catholic Bibles.

Chart 1: Bible translations: Comparison charts - Chapter 3 Ministries

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Chart 2: Ward: A Rising Tide Sinks All Boats: The Legacy Standard Bible and Stewarding the Church’s Trust
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Whazzap? So far 50% say 'other' but only one specified the New Jerusalem Bible. If you have another unnamed preference could you name it?

And I note that so far the NAB got no votes at all. Way back when (1972) I thought that was the cat's pajamas. Today I rarely pull that one down off the shelf. And I never bothered to buy the rNAB. I went much more toward the word-for-word translations after seeing how the NIV was so susceptible to editorial influence in it's translation.
 
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chevyontheriver said:
Whazzap? So far 50% say 'other' but only one specified the New Jerusalem Bible. If you have another unnamed preference could you name it?

And I note that so far the NAB got no votes at all. Way back when (1972) I thought that was the cat's pajamas. Today I rarely pull that one down off the shelf. And I never bothered to buy the rNAB. I went much more toward the word-for-word translations after seeing how the NIV was so susceptible to editorial influence in it's translation.
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I go with the NRSV-CE, as it is the one most familiar with me. Not sure why everyone is going with "others" category. My favorite non-Catholic Bibles are the ESV, NIV and NKJV. I go for the meaning-for-meaning and word-for-word translations the most, and stay away from the paraphrased ones.
 
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