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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.
March 6, 2023 Edition
BIBLES
COMMENTARIES
Greek - English - Latin Vulgate
(The English is the Ronald Knox Version)
w / Bishop Challoner's Notes
With Commentary
Revised Edition
Read the Bible!
"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah, Prologue
1953 Edition
By Frederick Justus Knecht
MAPS
BIBLE STUDIES
Q & A
1. Why didn't you include links to other approved Bibles, such as The Good News Translation?
I did not plan to include links to all approved Bibles because it is not necessary to include so many. But here is why the five Bibles above were included:
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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-Challoner-Rheims (DCR) Bible – because it is a faithful translation of the Latin Vulgate, which was declared as "authentic" by the Council of Trent.
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The Confraternity New Testament – because it is close to the DCR version and has a parallel commentary alongside the biblical text itself, which is really cool.
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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 basically an updated version of the original Latin Vulgate of St. Jerome, and it is what the Catholic Church now uses in all its official Latin documents. It was completed in 1979.
If there is a Bible that you prefer to use, see if you can find it online, and then just bookmark it. It will then be available to you whenever you want it. BibleGateway.com has many free Bible versions available 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 includes Bibles in other language translations as well, such as Spanish, Italian, Japanese, etc.
2. When you have any page of the DCR Bible open, how do you go back to the main table of contents?
For the DCR Bible, scroll to the top of the page, then click the link on the top left that says "DRBO.ORG." This will take you back to the main table of contents.