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Q: Where can i buy a Roman Catholic Bible online?
I am in need of buying a Roman Catholic Bible. Do you know any good web resourses to buy one? I tried googling and ebay, but most results are various fancy catholic books but not original bibles.
and since there are tons of Christian denominations, i need to be sure its a roman catholic one.
thanx in advance!
A: you can go to http://www.automonline.com/ for starters.
any large bookseller will also have them, like Barnes&Noble.
I recommend the Douay Rheims bible.
http://www.autom.com/autom/Bibles_304479/Misc-Bibles_451486/Item_Douay-Rheims-Bible_75831.htm
But if you cant afford it, get a good study bible like the NAB Catholic study Bible http://www.autom.com/autom/Bibles_304479/Study-Bibles_304559/Item_Paperback-NAB-Catholic-Bible_55975.htm
Q: What is you favorite passage of the Roman Catholic Bible and why?
A: The passage in Luke where the Angel declares to Mary: Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. Then a little later in Luke Elizabeth, Mary's relative says, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Then the Magnificat where Mary says The Almighty has done great things for me. I like the Book of Luke a lot! Pax Christi.
Q: What are 6 good sayings from any of the wisdom books of the Roman Catholic Bible?
I need the 6-10 best sayings from the any of the wisdom books of Roman Catholic Bible. It can be of any theme.
I'd personally like to use these sayings as a guide to living a Christian Life, and having strong faith.
A: Im not catholic but in the KJV of the bible my favorite verse in 1st John 4:18.
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfec in love."
Q: Besides the New American Bible, What is an "Approved" Roman Catholic Bible?
I've been receiving scripture passages in e-mails and such, and being Roman Catholic, I always cross reference them with the New American Bible. The translations don't always match up. Are there other Roman Catholic approved Bibles other than the New American Bible?
A: The following Bible translations are approved by the Catholic Chruch for personal use:
+ Douai-Rheims http://www.drbo.org/
+ Confraternity Edition
+ Revised Standard Version (RSV) - Catholic Edition
+ New American Bible (NAB) http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
+ Jerusalem Bible
+ New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)- Catholic Edition
+ New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) http://www.catholic.org/bible/
+ Today's English Version - Catholic Edition
http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/bible_versions.htm
With love in Christ.
Q: What is the difference between the Roman Catholic bible and the KJ version?
Please elaborate more David.
A: The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same.
The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.
The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.
The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.
After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.
The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint.
1500 years later, Protestants decided to change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.
With love in Christ.
Q: who many judges are really in the book of judges in the roman catholic Bible?
what is the real number of heroes of israel,in the roman catholic bible.
A: tHE NUMBER of Judges in tHE book of Judges can B ASCERTAINED by (SIMPLY) "Reading" It ! ! !
Q: Can someone help me find passages in a Roman Catholic bible about 'gods plan' or 'non-believers'?
I'd like to see parts talking about how non-believers don't go to heaven or whatever parts involving that, or persecution, etc.
Thanks!
ps- an online bible source would be best but I have access to a bible at home to look things up in.
A: Here you go -- a searchable Douay-Rheims. Look up whatever you'd like.
http://www.drbo.org/
Q: Books of the Roman Catholic Bible Old Testament.?
When and in what order were the books of I & II Machabees, Baruch, Judith, Sirach, Tobias and Wisdom included in the Catholic Bible?
A: they were included when the bible was originally assembled at the council of Nicaea.
Q: What would the chapter and verse 9:64 be in the roman catholic bible?
Any Book Or All Books... Gimmie The Passages From All The Catholic Books With 9:64
A: Of the books of the Bible which contain at least nine chapters (not all do), there is only one with a 64th verse: 1 Maccabees 9:64. "He came and pitched his camp before Bethbasi, and constructing siege-machines, he fought against it for many days." (NAB) There are 73 verses in this chapter.
Um, hope that's what you were looking for. You're welcome.
Q: Do you know this old Roman catholic bible?
Anyone know anything about this really old bible called..
Approbation of the most reverend archbishop of Baltimore.
This stereotype edition of the Roman Bible published by
Fielding Lucas J. Baltimore
Or i think that's it's name since that's all it really says, besides
it being something something latin vulgate..???????
I think that it was translated into english from that language.
It has some dates going back as far as 1609. Please help if you know anything about it. The cover of the bible have some square pattern designs..
It also says "The old testament"
Is this Bible worth anything?
It's really old.
Nevermind everyone.. I was going to buy this bible today but someone else beat me to it. Lucky them!
A: *Is Catholic*
It looks like you have an early 19th century English translation of the Vulgate. Fielding Lucas JR. Baltimore is the publisher.
Here is an indication of what it is.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mxkCAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA213&dq=F.+Lucas+Jr.+Baltimore+bible
The dates going back to the 1609 is not the publication date, rather the date of the English translation of the Vulgate as the Douay Rheims.
Yes it is worth something. I do not know how much. It depends on the condition of the book. Also, is it complete? Many old bibles are missing their plates (pages with the illustrations). It also depends on if what you have is a standard bible, heirloom bible, or bible used for Mass. In other words, the fancier it is, the more it is worth.
Q: roman catholic bible vs. king james...?
I am wondering what is the actual difference between the two. I am a roman catholic and just noticed that the bibles i have says king james. Is there any difference? if so which?
A: The King James translation is an old English translation using Elizabethan language and is somewhat inferior than the most commonly used English translations by Catholics.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
Note:
To correct a previous answerer. The Catholic English translations do not contain any apocrypha but Deuterocanonical books instead. So too did the original King James translation.
Q: Did the Protestants do to the Roman Catholic Bible, the same thing the Romans did to the Greek Pantheon?
A: Do you mean by converting it to support their doctrines and using it to base their truncated Christianity? Perhaps one could conclude this in a abstract way.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
Q: How many books in total are in the Roman Catholic Bible?
A: 73.
The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same with 27 Books.
The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.
The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.
The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.
After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.
The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).
The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.
1500 years later, Protestants decided to change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.
Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
With love in Christ.
Q: Which is the correct version of the Bible, the Roman Catholic version, the Protestant version, or neither?
Why?
Don't you get more for your money from the Roman Catholic version since it has more books in it?
A: Protestants have fully accepted each and every one of the 27 books that the Catholics selected for the New Testament over 1,500 years ago.
The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.
The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.
The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.
After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.
The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).
The Christian Church filled with the Holy Spirit did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.
1500 years later, Protestants decided to keep the Catholic New Testament but change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon.
The books that were removed supported such things as
• Prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45)
• Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7)
• Intercession of saints in heaven (2 Maccabees 15:14)
• Intercession of angels (Tobit 12:12-15)
The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.
Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
With love in Christ.
Q: How do you decide between Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Bible Canon?
Both Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church leaders make the identical claim that they gave the world the Bible.
If both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make the same claim they gave the world the Bible, why do they have different books in each of their Bibles?
Who should we believe?
A: You might want to try to appeal to pre-Schism councils (e.g. Carthage). Those seem to, for the most part, support the Roman Catholic canon (e.g. the absence of 3rd and 4th Maccabees).
A great book covering the history of the Biblical canon (though mostly from the perspective of Catholics and Protestants, with very little focus on Orthodoxy) is Gary Michuta's "Why Catholic Bibles are Bigger". This work covers the different councils, as well as the positions of several Church Fathers. You also might find his bibliography particularly helpful in this matter.
The following site...
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Canon/canonages.html
...also lists the canons employed by different Church Fathers or codices.
Another issue that might make this even more difficult is the fact that the Orthodox canon is not exactly uniform. For example, the Russian Orthodox Church still employs 4 Ezra (also called 2 Esdras or the Ezra Apocalypse), as it appeared in the origincal Slavonic Bible. The Greek Orthodox church, however, does not include 4 Ezra (as it was never part of the Septuagint).
I had just asked a similar question in the past few days, and got no satisfactory answer. It is a tough subject for me. Please keep us informed as to what you find!