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Summary: Not An Approved Translation
Review: Catholic readers should be aware that the only available translations approved for liturgical use are the Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (ISBN 089870491X sometimes referred to as the Ignatius Bible) and the Jerusalem Bible (hard to find) although NOT the NEW Jerusalem Bible. These are the translations you SHOULD be hearing in Church. North American Catholics should be aware that many Bishops are ignoring directives NOT to use 'trendy' translations.Any translation with the word NEW in the title can almost invariably be inferred to have modified the language of the translation for "gender-neutrality" or to 'update' terminology which makes it at once deliberately incorrect and often discordant with the meaning of the text. It might also cause you to question whether other areas of the text have been modified. I would like to think we could assume that Bible readers are smart enough to know when words like 'man' are used in the generic sense and to use a dictionary to look up words they are not familiar with. The Catholic Church has stated that she (the Church IS referred to in the feminine, as in 'the Bride of Christ') does not approve of modifying these texts for reasons of 'political correctness' whose motivations are clearly human rather than divine.
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Summary: Re: Not An Approved Translation
Review: The NAB is indeed in use in the US, however, it is important to note that all presently available editions of the NAB have the "inclusivized" Psalms of the Revised NAB, that were rejected by the Holy See. The reader is correct in asserting that this is the version on the Vatican website but is perhaps mistaken in assuming that the website speaks for the Church. The Holy See has spoken regarding this matter (Liturgiam authenticam), the translation on the website would seem to be contrary to this instruction as is the case in North America. I note from the response to my earlier post the references to the US. This is part of the issue. The word Catholic means universal and not American (Do not take from this that I am in anyway anti-American rather see 'Sacrosanctum Concilium' concerning local authority and need for approval from the Holy See). The US Bishops approved texts for liturgical use prior to their rejection by the Holy See. A revision to the Lectionary has been approved (subject to review) but is not the NAB version in print. The situation is worse in Canada where a different translation is in use that is definitively not approved (NRSV) although interim usage has been allowed because the new lectionaries were printed before approval was sought from Rome. Updates to this situation can be found at http://www.adoremus.org/0204BiblesLectionaries.html
Please note in particular, "A most unfortunate anomaly in all this is that there is no edition of the Bible at present that corresponds to the Lectionary. All the current editions of the complete NAB contain the Revised 1986 New Testament (unamended) and Revised Psalms (1991) that the Holy See found defective."
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Summary: Re: Not An Approved Translation
Review: this is not a review, but a response to certain statements of the last reviewer--please disregard the above rating, as one was required to post this review... it is my understanding that while the Ignatius Bible (Revised Standard Version) and the Jerusalem Bible are both approved for liturgical use in the US, the New American Bible is the official text of the Roman Catholic Lectionary throughout the States and the version of text provided under 'Sacred Scripture' in the Vatican's own English-language website.
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