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What Bible version does the Vatican use?
Currently, there is only one lectionary reported to be in use corresponding exactly to an in-print Catholic Bible translation: the Ignatius Press lectionary based on the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic (or Ignatius) Edition (RSV-2CE) approved for liturgical use in the Antilles and by former Anglicans in the …
What translation does the Pope use?
The New American Bible Revised Edition is the one “approved” by the USCCB .
Which Bible Translation is used at Catholic Mass?
Originally Answered: what bible version does the catholic church use in mass and readings? In the English-speaking world, it is the Jerusalem Bible translation, except for the US, where they use the New American Bible translation.
Is the NIV Bible a Catholic Bible?
The difference between the Catholic Bible and NIV is that the Catholic Bible includes all the 73 books recognized by the Catholic church. In contrast, the NIV Bible is a version of the Bible translated in English and published in 1978. Catholic Bible is the Holy book of the Christians and the actual Christian Bible.
Is the Douay-Rheims approved by the Catholic Church?
The Douay–Rheims was translated under the approval and guidelines of the Catholic Church itself. It is based on the Latin Vulgate, which was considered to be as authentic as—if not superior to—the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts back then, which were considered to have been more corrupted over time by copyists.
Is Douay-Rheims older than KJV?
The Douay-Rheims New Testament predates the works of Shakespeare (Shakespeare started his works in around 1585) and the Douay-Rheims NT was published in 1582 is even older than the KJV which was published in 1611. It’s also a useful translation to study how the Latin Bible – the Vulgate – was translated into English.
Is the NRSV a Catholic Bible?
The New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE) is a Bible translation approved for use by the Catholic Church, receiving the imprimatur of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1991.