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The term Catholic Bible can be understood in two ways. More generally, it can refer to a
According to the
Books included
The Catholic Bible is composed of 73 books: an Old Testament of 46 books (including 7 deuterocanonical books and additional deuterocanonical content in 2 books) and a New Testament of 27 books.
Old Testament (46 books)
The 7 deuterocanonical books are indicated by an asterisk (*) and the 2 books with additional deuterocanonical material by a plus sign (+)
- Deuteronomy
- (*)
- Sirach(*)
- Prophetic books (18): Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch (*), Ezekiel, Daniel (+), Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
The
New Testament (27 books)
- Historical book (1): Acts of the Apostles
- Hebrews (1)
- 3 John, Jude
- Prophetic book (1): Apocalypse of John
Canon law
The term "Catholic Bible" also refers to a Bible published in accordance with the prescriptions of
Books of the sacred scriptures cannot be published unless the Apostolic See or the conference of bishops has approved them. For the publication of their translations into the vernacular, it is also required that they be approved by the same authority and provided with necessary and sufficient annotations. With the permission of the Conference of Bishops, Catholic members of the Christian faithful in collaboration with separated brothers and sisters can prepare and publish translations of the sacred scriptures provided with appropriate annotations.[4]
— Canon 825 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law
Principles of translation
Without diminishing the authority of the texts of the books of Scripture in the original languages, the
The original Bible text is, according to Catholics, "written by the inspired author himself and has more authority and greater weight than any, even the very best, translation whether ancient or modern".[9]
The principles expounded in Pope Pius XII's encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu regarding exegesis or interpretation, as in commentaries on the Bible, apply also to the preparation of a translation. These include the need for familiarity with the original languages and other cognate languages, the study of ancient codices and even papyrus fragments of the text and the application to them of textual criticism, "to insure that the sacred text be restored as perfectly as possible, be purified from the corruptions due to the carelessness of the copyists and be freed, as far as may be done, from glosses and omissions, from the interchange and repetition of words and from all other kinds of mistakes, which are wont to make their way gradually into writings handed down through many centuries".[10]
Catholic English versions
The following are English versions of the Bible that correspond to the description above and canon law:
Abbreviation | Name | Date |
---|---|---|
DRB | Douay–Rheims Bible | 1582, 1609, 1610[b] |
DRB | Douay–Rheims Bible Challoner Revision | 1749–1752 |
CB | Confraternity Bible | 1941[c] |
Knox | Knox Bible | 1950 |
KLNT | Kleist–Lilly New Testament | 1956[d] |
RSV–CE | Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition | 1965–66 |
JB | Jerusalem Bible | 1966 |
NAB | New American Bible | 1970 |
TLB–CE | The Living Bible Catholic Edition | 1971 |
NJB | New Jerusalem Bible | 1985 |
CCB | Christian Community Bible | 1988 |
NRSV–CE | New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition |
1993 |
GNT–CE | Good News Translation Catholic Edition[e] | 1993 |
RSV–2CE | Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition | 2006 |
CTS–NCB | CTS New Catholic Bible | 2007[f] |
NABRE | New American Bible Revised Edition | 2011/1986 (OT/NT) |
NLT-CE | New Living Translation Catholic Edition[13] | 2015 |
ESV-CE | English Standard Version Catholic Edition[14] | 2017 |
NCB | St. Joseph New Catholic Bible[g] | 2019[16] |
RNJB | Revised New Jerusalem Bible[17] | 2019 |
In 2013, The Message - Catholic / Ecumenical Edition was also published, with the deuterocanonical books translated by a Catholic scholar, William Griffin.[18][19]
Differences from Catholic lectionaries
Lectionaries for use in the liturgy differ somewhat in text from the Bible versions on which they are based. Many liturgies, including the Roman, omit some verses in the biblical readings that they use.[20]
Another difference concerns the usage of the
Currently, there is only one lectionary reported to be in use corresponding exactly to an in-print Catholic Bible translation: the
In 2007 the
In 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops "announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy" in the United States.[25] After developing a plan and budget for the revision project, work began in 2013 with the creation of an editorial board made up of five people from the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA). The revision is now underway and, after the necessary approvals from the bishops and the Vatican, is expected to be done around the year 2025.[26]
Differences from other Christian Bibles
Bibles used by Catholics differ in the number and order of books from those typically found in
The
The
See also
- Biblical canon
- Christian biblical canons
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Council of Trent
- Dei verbum
- Divino afflante Spiritu
- Dynamic and formal equivalence
- Encyclopaedia Biblica
- International Commission on English in the Liturgy
- Liturgiam authenticam
- Pontifical Biblical Commission
- Protestant Bible
- Second Vatican Council
Notes
- ^ There are differences in the nomenclature of the books and most modern English translations call these 1 and 2 Esdras (see, for instance, Esdras#Naming conventions).
- 4 Esdras.[11]
- ^ NT released in 1941. The OT contained material from the Challoner Revision until the entire OT was completed in 1969. This Old Testament became the basis for the 1970 NAB
- ^ New Testament only; Gospels by James Kleist, rest by Joseph Lilly.
- ^ Formerly known as the Today's English Version
- Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for Bibles intended to be used in the liturgy.[12]
- ^ Approved by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines[15]
- ^ There are differences from Western usage in the naming of some books (see, for instance, Esdras#Naming conventions).
- ^ See Deuterocanonical books#In Eastern Orthodoxy
References
- ISBN 9780787640040. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Our Beans: The Vulgate Appendix". 23 July 2018.
- ^ "1610 A.D. Douay Old Testament, 1582 A.D. Rheims New Testament".
- ^ "Code of Canon Law - Book III - The teaching function of the Church (Cann. 822-833)". www.vatican.va.
- ^ Pope Pius XII. "Divino afflante Spiritu, 20–22". Holy See. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Akin, James. "Uncomfortable Facts About The Douay–Rheims". CatholicCulture.org. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott (1949). On Englishing the Bible. Burns, Oates. p. 1.
- ^ "Scripturarum Thesarurus, Apostolic Constitution, 25 April 1979, John Paul II". Vatican: The Holy See. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Divino Afflante Spiritu, 16
- ^ Divino Afflante Spiritu, 17
- ^ "1610 A.D. Douay Old Testament, 1582 A.D. Rheims New Testament". Retrieved 5 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Arinze, Francis; Ranjith, Malcolm. "Letter to the Bishops Conferences on The Name of God". Bible Research: Internet Resources for Students of Scripture. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Launch of the new living translation catholic edition". c-b-f.org. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Bengaluru: Catholic edition of ESV Bible launched". www.daijiworld.com.
- ^ "First Look: New Catholic Bible (NCB) from Catholic Book Publishing Company – Catholic Bible Talk". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "ISBN 9781947070417 - St. Joseph New Catholic Bible". isbnsearch.org. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "The Revised New Jerusalem Bible: Study Edition". dltbooks.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "The Message - CatholicEcumenical Edition". The Message - CatholicEcumenical Edition. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Catholics get 'The Message' in new edition of Bible". National Catholic Reporter. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
Griffin said he used the Catholic-approved New Latin Vulgate as the basis for his translations.
- ISBN 9780814624579. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b Gilligan, Michael. "Use of Yahweh in Church Songs". American Catholic Press. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ McNamara, Edward. "Which English Translation to Use Abroad". Eternal Word Television Network. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Burnham, Andrew. "The Liturgy of the Ordinariates: Ordinary, Extraordinary, or Tertium Quid? [PDF]" (PDF). Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Roxanne King (15 October 2008). "No 'Yahweh' in liturgies is no problem for the archdiocese, officials say". Denver Catholic Register. Archdiocese of Denver. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Bauman, Michelle. "New American Bible to be revised into single translation". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "NAB New Testament Revision Project". Catholic Biblical Association of America. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ISBN 9781598564648.
The version of 1611, following its mandate to revise and standardize the English Bible tradition, included the fourteen (or fifteen) books of the Apocrypha in a section between the Old and New Testaments (see the chart on page vi). Because of the Thirty-Nine Articles, there was no reason for King James' translators to include any comments as to the status of these books, as had the earlier English translators and editors.
- ^ Meade, John (7 November 2021). "Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?". Text & Canon Institute.
- ISBN 9780199743971. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- S2CID 171863532.
- ^ McDonald and Sanders' The Canon Debate, Appendix C: Lists and Catalogs of Old Testament Collections, Table C-4: Current Canons of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, page 589=590.
- ^ Cowley, R. W. "The Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today". www.islamic-awareness.org. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Fathers". Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL). Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2014.