Bibles

This is just a quick note to give some idea of what Bible translations are used here.

Most of the posts will switch back-and-fourth between the Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB) and the Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition (RSV-CE). If I use any other version, I’ll note it in the text.

Quotations in Greek will come from the Greek New Testament, 4th Revised Edition, edited by Aland, Metzger, Martini and Karavidopoulos.

From the Vulgate, the text will come from the Biblia Sacra Vulgata, 4th Edition, by Weber/Gibson.

The RSV-CE is very good, but does have some imperfections. It has a couple of very handy elements that I’d like to point out. First off, it was written by a group of scholars from both Protestant and Catholic churches (there is a Protestant version too). Because of this, it has a certain ecumenical element that other versions don’t have. Another benefit is that it’s the version quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and all the English translations of Benedict XVI / Josef Cardinal Ratzinger.