Roller

Hello!

I've seen many different translations of the Bible in the US, and I was wondering which one of them is used by the Catholic Church?

Thanks!

spin

The basic Catholic bibles are the Douay (old) and the Jerusalem bible (varying versions, but all new or newer).

However, the major difference between Catholic bibles and other bibles is the presence of extra books (of Jewish origin) known together as the Apocrypha, so Catholic have no problems with any acceptable translation which also contains the Apocryphal books, such as the RSV and NRSV if they include the apocryphal books which many editions do.


spin

Roller

Thanks!

Madkins007

Other common 'Catholic' Bibles are:

Jerusalem or New Jerusalem (An interesting translation not sharing the roots of the KJV legacy)

New American Bible (not the New American STANDARD Bible). This is what a lot of Cathoic students use in school.


Bibles often used by Catholic youth groups include "Good News for Modern Man/Today's English Version" and the Living or New Living Bibles.

the_cave

Just for the record, the New American Bible is now the official translation used for liturgical purposes in US churches. I believe Canada uses the Jerusalem Bible in the liturgies there (the JB used to be optional for liturgial use in the US; it is no longer.) The NAB is probably the version most often used for bible study.

Some older or more traditional Catholics may also sometimes use the Confraternity translation, which I believe is a partial modernization of the Douay version.

There is also the New Jerusalem version, an update of the Jerusalem bible.

And there is also a Catholic version of both the RSV and the NRSV.

Not to mention the Knox bible...or the first edition of the NAB (now out of print)...but I'll stop there.