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In the Christian religion it is believed that God first spoke to our first parents, Adam and Eve. When our first parents sinned, God promised them a Redeemer. Out of their descendants God selected certain individuals through whom He revealed Himself and His plan of salvation. He then selected Abraham to be the Father of His chosen people. It was from his lineage that a Redeemer was to come and save the world from its sins. Through the ages God continued to reveal Himself through the patriarchs and the prophets in preparation for the coming of the promised Redeemer: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The revelations delivered to the patriarchs and the prophets were therefore only partial revelations given to pave the way for Christ our Savior. It was through Christ that God’s full and final revelation was to come. In his letter to the Hebrews St. Paul said: “God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, in these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world” (Heb. 1:1-2). Christ is, therefore, the Light of the World and the bearer of God’s full revelation.
A personal website of Mr. Romeo Maria del Santo Niño, O.P.
August 24, 2024 Edition
BIBLES
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Greek - English - Latin Vulgate
(The English is the Ronald Knox Version)
With Bishop Challoner's Notes
With Commentary
Revised Standard Version
Revised Edition
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"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah, Prologue
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Q & A
1. Why didn't you include links to other approved Bibles, such as The Good News Translation?
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I did not plan to include links to all approved Bibles because it is unnecessary to include so many. Here's why I included the six Bibles mentioned above:
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The Ronald Knox Version—because it comes with the Greek (Septuagint) and Latin texts, which could be useful for those who know Greek and/or Latin.
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The Douay-Rheims (DRB) Bible—because it is a faithful translation of the Latin Vulgate, which was declared "authentic" by the Council of Trent.
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The Confraternity New Testament—because it is close to the DRB version and has a parallel commentary alongside the biblical text itself, which is cool.
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The Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition—because this version is close to that of the Douay-Rheims Bible but uses more modern English.
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The New American Bible Revised Edition—because this version contains a wealth of helpful footnotes based on recent research and is free to use from the USCCB website.
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Nova Vulgata—This is the official Latin Bible of the Catholic Church. It is an updated version of the original Latin Vulgate of St. Jerome, which the Catholic Church now uses in all its official Latin documents. It was completed in 1979.
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If you prefer to use a Bible different from those mentioned above, look for it online and bookmark it. It will then be available to you whenever you want it. BibleGateway.com offers a variety of free Bible versions online. To find them, first go to BibleGateway.com. Then in the header, at the right search box, click the downward arrow to display all the Bibles they have that are available online. The list also includes Bibles in other language translations, such as Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and so on.