Shopping Around
I realized not too long ago that even though I have collected various bible translations over the past two years, none of them are truly useful acceptable Roman Catholic editions. And because of this, my own legalistic "Catholic" father hasn't taken my spiritual journey seriosuly.
So I'm doing some shopping around. I have only a few requirements:
The Canon must include the Deutero-canonical/Apocryphal texts
The translation must be accepted by the English Speaking communities of Catholics both in and outside the U.S.
The translation should also used by the Anglican church, this being a personal choice in light of recent journeying.
This is what I'm down to:
The New Jerusalem Bible: Saints Devotional Edition. I loved the insight to verses presented with quotes from various historical saints. I'm actually leaning toward this one, as it actually fits all my requirements. It just doesn't have Catholic doctrine as defined by the 2nd vatican council listed in it, like the other two.......
The New American Bible. Definatley a Catholic translation. One of the copies I saw was little and included Common prayers, a Lectionary, and a Concordance in the back. The other was the Oxford University Study Edition, which was a mess of extra input, and about as large as an Oxford Dictionary. I don't know if I'm comfortable with the huge section describing HOW exactly Catholics are supposed to intrepret the books. Shouldn't that be left to the person's own individual spiritual experience?
Yeah. I'm torn.
So I'm doing some shopping around. I have only a few requirements:
The Canon must include the Deutero-canonical/Apocryphal texts
The translation must be accepted by the English Speaking communities of Catholics both in and outside the U.S.
The translation should also used by the Anglican church, this being a personal choice in light of recent journeying.
This is what I'm down to:
The New Jerusalem Bible: Saints Devotional Edition. I loved the insight to verses presented with quotes from various historical saints. I'm actually leaning toward this one, as it actually fits all my requirements. It just doesn't have Catholic doctrine as defined by the 2nd vatican council listed in it, like the other two.......
The New American Bible. Definatley a Catholic translation. One of the copies I saw was little and included Common prayers, a Lectionary, and a Concordance in the back. The other was the Oxford University Study Edition, which was a mess of extra input, and about as large as an Oxford Dictionary. I don't know if I'm comfortable with the huge section describing HOW exactly Catholics are supposed to intrepret the books. Shouldn't that be left to the person's own individual spiritual experience?
Yeah. I'm torn.