Can catholics use the NRSV of the bible?

Question

Id love to know :) New catholic you see :)

Answer 1

Among a few others I have the N.R.S.V Catholic edition which I use regularly,however I prefer my copy of the Douay-Rheims Bible.

God bless.

Answer 2

Most of the answers were good, but a few were misleading on one point: the Roman Catholic Church **does** officially approve some English Bibles (and not others), and the approval includes the advice that the Bible is authorized for use by Roman Catholics.



Here is a list of Bibles that include the Roman Catholic Scriptures. Also shown is the degree of formal approval that they have received from that church (if any). They are listed roughly in order - those with the highest degree of approval at the top, no approval at the bottom.

http://www.bibleselector.com/rc_versions.html



To answer your question directly: the NRSV-CE has been approved for use by individuals but rejected for use in liturgy. The NRSV without the "CE" (= Catholic Edition) has not been approved. If you get an NRSV with Apocrypha, it should have all of the Scriptures as the NRSV-CE but not in standard Roman Catholic order and also a couple of extra books not approved for Roman Catholic Bibles.



Final note: the NRSV is a pretty good Bible - but has some notable shortcomings. If you already have one (either CE or with Apocrypha), I recommend that you go ahead and use it. If you have an edition without the CE and without the Apocrypha you can certainly still use it - but from the Roman Catholic perspective it is missing some of the Bible books and you will want a "complete" Roman Catholic Bible.



Jim

http://www.bible-reviews.com/topics_rc_vs_pr.html#Intro

http://www.bibleselector.com/rc_approval.html

http://www.bibleselector.com/

Answer 3

Catholics can use any Bible they like, but the NRSV is one of the better ones that the Church likes. If I recall, it tends to be used when putting Bible quotes in the English translations of Vatican documents, like the Catechism. If you get a Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE or NRSV-2CE) it will also have the Deuterocanonical books that Protestants leave out.



Otherwise, there are loads of decent Catholic Bibles: I like the Jerusalem Bible (not the New Jerusalem Bible) which is used in the lectionary over here, and the Good News Translation (available in a Catholic edition, a Protestant edition, and an Orthodox edition), but there's plenty to choose from. I think the US lectionary uses the New American Bible. Oh, and US and UK lectionaries use the Grail psalms, which you can get separately. I'm planning to buy a Bible which matches the UK lectionary, with the Jerusalem Bible for all books except Psalms, which has the Grail psalms. You can use a Protestant Bible too, but you'll be missing some books. Also, factional views and ideologies sometimes affect the translations.

Answer 4

Since the catholic and protestant bibles do differ slightly (the catholics have some books that Martin Luther kicked out of the protestant version),, if you want a catholic bible, use the New Jerusalem or similar. Check inside the cover, somewhere in the first few pages it should have some sort of "imprimatur", which means it is approved by some catholic group.

But if you HAVE an NRSV, feel free to use it, the translations are the same, you just don't have the extra books and those are pretty rarely used anyhow.

Blessings on your Journey!

Answer 5

Your first selection for a Bible may be the Douay-Rheims. it is the English translation of the Latin Vulgate. i decide for to propose the Revised primary version - Catholic version. it is the English translation of the Greek Septuagint. The Catholic Church in usa makes use of the recent American Bible. purely ensure that the Bible you're examining from is a Catholic Bible. the least confusing thank you to understand for specific is with the aid of counting the kind of books interior the OT. A Catholic Bible would have 40 six Books interior the OT. Non-Catholic Bibles will basically have 39.

Answer 6

Catholics are not dominated by spiritual policemen nor are we controlled by power hungry old men. We have the freedom to read whatever Bible we want. Some versions are better than others, depending on what you are using it for. The NRSV is a fine version.



Bible Translations Guide

http://www.catholic.com/library/Bible_Translations_Guide.asp

Answer 7

I've seen RSV and NRSV Bibles for sale on Catholic book & gift sites, so why not?



If you have an android phone, I highly recommend downloading "Catholic One" and "LiveBible" apps. Especially LiveBible, as you can access over a dozen different translations and download them onto your SD card for use offline. Catholic One has daily readings that match what the lector reads.

Answer 8

As long as it's the RSV-CE. The Catholic edition.

The other main Catholic bibles are the New American Bible, the Douay-Rheims and the New Jerusalem.

I prefer the New Jerusalem myself.

Answer 9

Of course. Does it contain the deuterocanonical books?

Answer 10

Hardly any Christian reads the Bible...

Answer 11

Catholics dont use the bible.