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Offline queenofheaven

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Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
« on: September 14, 2023, 03:08:19 PM »
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    • Hey everyone, which versions of the Bible are good translations? All responses welcome. Also,  I'm always looking for new resources so...can you recommend some great old school Catholic general & women's apps & sites? I would appreciate it. Thanks!
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #1 on: September 14, 2023, 03:19:47 PM »
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    • The Douay-Rheims all the way. It's slavishly accurate to the Latin Vulgate, which is the best version EVER, translated by St. Jerome.

    What more can you ask for?

    You can't have "pretty" AND "faithful" when it comes to translations. You have to take your pick.

    The Douay-Rheims is old-fashioned, but who wants a translation of Scripture that talks like the cashier or waitress down the street, or a random young person? It's Scripture for crying out loud. It should sound different.
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #2 on: September 15, 2023, 04:09:02 AM »
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    "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #3 on: September 15, 2023, 11:48:59 AM »
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    • Quote from: Matthew on September 14, 2023, 03:19:47 PM
    The Douay-Rheims all the way. It's slavishly accurate to the Latin Vulgate, which is the best version EVER, translated by St. Jerome.

    What more can you ask for?

    You can't have "pretty" AND "faithful" when it comes to translations. You have to take your pick.

    The Douay-Rheims is old-fashioned, but who wants a translation of Scripture that talks like the cashier or waitress down the street, or a random young person? It's Scripture for crying out loud. It should sound different.
    Thank you I do have this version. 
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #4 on: September 15, 2023, 11:49:35 AM »
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    • Quote from: Stubborn on September 15, 2023, 04:09:02 AM
    The Haydock Bible
    Haven't heard of this one. I will check it out. Thanks!
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #5 on: September 15, 2023, 11:57:38 AM »
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    • Quote from: queenofheaven on September 15, 2023, 11:49:35 AM
    Haven't heard of this one. I will check it out. Thanks!
    Tons of commentary by the saints and Fathers, it's what the Haydock is know for. You will come to love it I am sure!
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    "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #6 on: September 15, 2023, 03:21:57 PM »
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    • You might like an original DR translation with the extensive annotations of the original translators. Haydock uses some of them, and adds some. Haydock of course is good too, but different. They are both worth having.

    I might be violating some rule or other by posting links here, but just google "original Douay Rheims" and you'll see links to sites where you can purchase it in various formats and styles. There's a fascimile version in the original type, a version in modern Roman type . . . they're out there. 
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #7 on: September 15, 2023, 03:22:40 PM »
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    • If it says highly favored instead of full of grace in St Luke's Gospel, avoid it. And if it doesn't have the Deuterocanicals, since those were taken out during the Reformation, avoid that too.
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #8 on: September 15, 2023, 03:24:56 PM »
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    Rom. 3:25 Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins" 

    Apoc 17:17 For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.

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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #9 on: September 15, 2023, 06:16:49 PM »
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    • Quote from: Minnesota on September 15, 2023, 03:22:40 PM
    If it says highly favored instead of full of grace in St Luke's Gospel, avoid it. And if it doesn't have the Deuterocanicals, since those were taken out during the Reformation, avoid that too.

    Yep.  That's the FIRST passage I look at in any translation.  Second I sniff "highly favored one", it's going into the fire.
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #10 on: September 16, 2023, 12:01:10 PM »
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    • Quote from: queenofheaven on September 14, 2023, 03:08:19 PM
    Hey everyone, which versions of the Bible are good translations? All responses welcome. Also,  I'm always looking for new resources so...can you recommend some great old school Catholic general & women's apps & sites? I would appreciate it. Thanks!

    You can download the Douay-Rheims here: https://judaism.is/assets/douay-rheims-1610-bible.pdf




    and the Vulgate is here: http://www.drbo.org/index.htm
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #11 on: September 19, 2023, 05:24:56 PM »
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    • Quote from: Stubborn on September 15, 2023, 11:57:38 AM
    Tons of commentary by the saints and Fathers, it's what the Haydock is know for. You will come to love it I am sure!
    Just got it. Ty
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #12 on: September 19, 2023, 05:26:33 PM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on September 16, 2023, 12:01:10 PM
    You can download the Douay-Rheims here: https://judaism.is/assets/douay-rheims-1610-bible.pdf




    and the Vulgate is here: http://www.drbo.org/index.htm
    Ty to those who mentioned this version
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #13 on: September 20, 2023, 01:20:03 AM »
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    • Quote from: queenofheaven on September 19, 2023, 05:26:33 PM
    Ty to those who mentioned this version
    There is also
    https://originaldouayrheims.com/home

    But it's not finished, easier to read though.
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    Re: Bible Version & Catholic Resources Please
    « Reply #14 on: September 20, 2023, 07:11:27 AM »
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    • Quote from: AnthonyPadua on September 20, 2023, 01:20:03 AM
    There is also
    https://originaldouayrheims.com/home

    But it's not finished, easier to read though.
    Great TY!
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