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[muraven]

In case anybody here wasn't aware, my weakness is books (especially of the religious/historical and liturgical variety) and I tend to buy way more books than I have the time to read. About a week ago I added to my collection with a new Bible (fourth full Bible that I own, and third distinct translation). It's a Douay-Rheims Bible, adding to the diversity of my collection which includes a RSV-CE and two NABs. I also have the psalms from the RSV and a couple of books of the New Testament from a translation that was used in a Bible study I was involved in and includes a large amount of footnotes. My reason for buying it was that I've recently found myself more and more interested in the history of the Church and I'd like to have access to the Bible translation that was used in the past. I know that in some ways it is probably not as accurate as a more recent translation like the NAB, for instance it doesn't have the benefit of the scholarship and numerous discoveries that took place in that field in the 20th century, but it is ostensibly a faithful translation of the Vulgate which has been around for more than a thousand years so it has a powerful connection to the early days of the faith. As a more traditional Catholic, I would also like to have a resource that isn't flavored by the more liberal ideas that influenced most if not all of the translations with the letter "N" in them.

In the same vein, I've been trying with little success over the past several months to read some books on the very early Church, such as the writings of Eusebius. My mind hasn't been in the right place for concentration of late, it's been a very challenging Lent and I haven't had time for much aside from work and sleep. Hopefully that will change soon and I'll be able to check off some books from my very sizable list.