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Catholic Bible in English
Posted April 19th, 2010 - 2:27 pm by from Poznan, Poland (Permalink)
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I am wiriting to you to ask if you know where is availabe (if any) English version of Catholic Bible (if exists). In Poland we have special version, very popular and widespread - it is called 'millenium Bible', but of course in Polish.

If you can give me any tip on that, I will be very grateful.

Bless you all, with prayers
Lucyna

Posted April 19th, 2010 - 3:44 pm by from Shreveport, United States (Permalink)
Dear Lucyna,

There are several Catholic Bibles in English. Here's a summary:

Douay-Rheims Bible - from the 17th century; like a Catholic equivalent of the King James Version

New American Bible - very popular in the US; done entirely by Catholic translators

Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition - excellent translation by Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox scholars

New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition - revision of the RSV; uses egalitarian language, e.g. Psalm 1 reads "Happy are those" instead of "Blessed is the man"

Jerusalem Bible - based on a French translation made by the Dominicans; I'm told it's very popular in Ireland

New Jerusalem Bible - revision of the Jerusalem Bible; uses egalitarian language

Knox Bible - scholarly translation intended to clarify passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible

Confraternity Bible - predecessor of the New American Bible

I hope this helps. Here are links to online Bibles:
http://drbo.org/
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rsv/ (unfortunately, not the Catholic edition)
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

I recommend http://www.saintbenedictpress.com/ if you are looking for a Bible to purchase.

Patrick