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64-752: The New American Bible Revised Edition ( NABRE ) is an English-language Catholic translation of the Bible , the first major update in 20 years to the New American Bible (NAB) , which was translated by members of the Catholic Biblical Association and originally published in 1970. Released on March 9, 2011, the NABRE consists of the 1986 revision of the NAB New Testament with a fully revised Old Testament approved by

128-544: A Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Subsequent decades have seen the USCCB grappling with the fallout, which included dozens of court cases resulting in a financial settlements with the victims in excess of $ 3 billion. Numerous dioceses declared bankruptcy in an effort to manage the financial impact. The USCCB continues to publish an annual report on its progress in addressing concerns. During

192-661: A list of books of scripture presented as having been made canonical at the Council of Rome (382). Later, the Catholic Church formally affirmed its canon of scripture with the Synod of Hippo (393), followed by a Council of Carthage (397), another Council of Carthage (419), the Council of Florence (1431–1449), and the Council of Trent (1545–1563). The canon consists of 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in

256-818: A plan and budget for the revision project, work began in 2013 with the creation of an editorial board made up of five people from the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA). The revision is now underway and, after the necessary approvals from the bishops and the Vatican, is expected to be done around the year 2025. Bibles used by Catholics differ in the number and order of books from those typically found in bibles used by Protestants , as Catholic bibles retain in their canon seven books that are regarded as non-canonical in Protestantism (though regarding them as non-canonical, many Protestant Bibles traditionally include these books and others as an intertestamental section known as

320-573: A remnant, as the LORD has said, And in Jerusalem survivors whom the LORD shall call. It shall come to pass I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even upon your male and female servants, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. I will set signs in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and columns of smoke; The sun will darken,

384-527: Is expected to be done around 2025. Catholic Bible God Schools Relations with: The term Catholic Bible can be understood in two ways. More generally, it can refer to a Christian Bible that includes the whole 73-book canon recognized by the Catholic Church , including some of the deuterocanonical books (and parts of books) of the Old Testament which are in

448-573: Is prohibited by the USCCB. "When anyone wishes to bring a cereal offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour." "When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, the offering must consist of bran flour." "Thus says the LORD: Can booty be taken from a warrior?" "Can plunder be taken from a warrior [?]" Then afterward I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; Even upon

512-840: Is shorter than that of some churches of Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy , which recognize other books as sacred scripture. According to the Greek Orthodox Church, "The translation of the Seventy [the Septuagint] was for the Church the Apostolic Bible, to which both the Lord and His disciples refer. [...] It enjoys divine authority and prestige as the Bible of the indivisible Church of the first eight centuries. It constitutes

576-520: Is sometimes said to include with the Old Testament an 8-part history of the Jews based on the writings of Titus Flavius Josephus , and known as "Pseudo-Josephus" or "Joseph ben Gurion" ( Yosēf walda Koryon ). USCCB The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ( USCCB ) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States . Founded in 2001 after the merger of

640-559: Is tasked with protecting. The Second Amendment does not stand as a barrier to their safety." As of 2021, the USCCB has been in ecumenical discussion with the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA), as well as discussing the possibility of future theological dialogue between Pentecostalism and Catholicism. The USCCB is a member of Christian Churches Together , an Interdenominational fellowship of Christian denominations and organizations in

704-811: The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services . It was sued by the ACLU on the grounds that the directive in some cases caused doctors to refuse treatment of women in an emergency medical situation. In March 2012, regarding the contraception mandate issued as a regulation under the Affordable Care Act , which required that employers who do not support contraception but are not religious institutions per se must cover contraception via their employer-sponsored health insurance . USCCB decided to "continue its 'vigorous opposition to this unjust and illegal mandate'". In June and July 2012,

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768-587: The Apocrypha , totaling to an 80 book Bible , e.g. the King James Version with Apocrypha ). As such, its canon of Old Testament texts is somewhat larger than that in translations used by Protestants, which are typically based exclusively on the shorter Hebrew and Aramaic Masoretic Text . On the other hand, its canon, which does not accept all the books that are included in the Septuagint,

832-630: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, under which nearly 800,000 young people had applied for protection from deportation. At the 2018 biannual meeting that was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USCCB president Cardinal Daniel DiNardo issued a statement criticizing the Trump administration's policies of family separation and denial of asylum to women fleeing domestic violence. The USCCB filed an amicus brief in

896-730: The Ignatius Press lectionary based on the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic (or Ignatius) Edition (RSV-2CE) approved for liturgical use in the Antilles and by former Anglicans in the personal ordinariates . In 2007 the Catholic Truth Society published the "CTS New Catholic Bible", consisting of the original 1966 Jerusalem Bible text revised to match its use in lectionaries throughout most English-speaking countries, in conformity with

960-683: The Jerusalem Bible (1966) throughout the Old Testament. Long-standing Jewish and Christian tradition holds that the name is not to be spoken in worship or printed in liturgical texts out of reverence. A 2008 letter from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments explicitly forbids the use of the name in worship texts, stating: "For the translation of the biblical text in modern languages, intended for

1024-663: The National Catholic Welfare Council in 1919. They also created the first Administrative Committee of seven members to manage daily affairs between plenary meetings, with archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna of San Francisco as the first chairman. Headquarters were established in Washington, D.C. After a threatened suppression of the National Catholic Welfare Council due to concerns that it over-centralized power away from

1088-563: The New American Bible was published in 1970. The New Testament had been updated in 1986, and the Psalms in 1991, but the rest of the Old Testament had not been revised. In August 1990, the Catholic Biblical Association passed a resolution urging revision of the remainder of the Old Testament. In a press statement, the USCCB cited three reasons for the necessity of revising the Old Testament . The new translation: The press statement said that

1152-574: The New Testament , for a total of 73 books in the Catholic Bible. The Catholic Bible is composed of 73 books: an Old Testament of 46 books (including 7 deuterocanonical books and additional deuterocanonical content in 2 books) and a New Testament of 27 books. The 7 deuterocanonical books are indicated by an asterisk (*) and the 2 books with additional deuterocanonical material by a plus sign (+) The Sixto-Clementine Vulgate and

1216-570: The USCCB announced that the fourth edition of the NAB would be published on March 9 of that year. To be known as the "New American Bible, Revised Edition" or NABRE, the fourth edition of the NAB includes the newly revised Old Testament and re-revised Psalms, and the revised New Testament from the 1986 second edition. While the NABRE represents a revision of the NAB towards conformity towards Liturgiam Authenticam , there have not been any announced plans to use

1280-744: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2010. The NABRE is approved for Catholic personal use. Although the revised Lectionary based on the original New American Bible is still the sole translation approved for use at Mass in the dioceses of the United States , the NABRE New Testament is currently being revised so that American Catholics can read the same Bible translation in personal study and devotion that they hear in Mass. The first edition of

1344-640: The genocide of the Jewish people during World War II . In order to capture the biblical meaning, the translators chose the phrase "burnt offering" to replace "holocaust" throughout the text in reference to sacrifices made to God. Vatican norms for translation of the Bible direct that "[t]he translation of scripture should faithfully reflect the Word of God in the original human languages, without 'correction' or 'improvement' in service of modern sensitivities". The NABRE tried to use inclusive language while still following

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1408-573: The 2020 George Floyd protests , USCCB president Archbishop José Horacio Gómez issued a statement citing Martin Luther King Jr. 's words that "riots are the language of the unheard". After some conservative bishops were concerned after Gómez congratulated Joe Biden for his election as US president, Gómez announced that he would form a working group to address the "confusion" that could be caused by Catholic politicians who support policies that are against church teaching. On January 20, 2021,

1472-670: The American Law Institute (ALI). New Jersey attorney Juan Ryan served as the organization's first president. NRLC held a nationwide meeting of anti-abortion leaders in Chicago in 1970 at Barat College . The following year, NRLC held its first convention at Macalestar College in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1990 the USCCB hired the public relation firm Hill & Knowlton to launch a campaign to persuade Catholics and non-Catholics to oppose abortion rights for women. The USCCB issued

1536-757: The Bible, I mean translating the Vulgate." Today, the version of the Bible that is used in official documents in Latin is the Nova Vulgata , a revision of the Vulgate. The original Bible text is, according to Catholics, "written by the inspired author himself and has more authority and greater weight than any, even the very best, translation whether ancient or modern". The principles expounded in Pope Pius XII 's encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu regarding exegesis or interpretation, as in commentaries on

1600-402: The Bible, apply also to the preparation of a translation. These include the need for familiarity with the original languages and other cognate languages, the study of ancient codices and even papyrus fragments of the text and the application to them of textual criticism, "to insure that the sacred text be restored as perfectly as possible, be purified from the corruptions due to the carelessness of

1664-551: The Faith (CDF), informing the congregation of the USCCB's plans to draft a document regarding Catholic politicians' worthiness to receive Communion. Cardinal Luis Ladaria , prefect of the CDF, replied on May 7, cautioning the USCCB to preserve unity in discussing anti-abortion issues and not to consider that abortion and euthanasia constitute the only grave issues of Catholic moral teaching. Ladaria further said that any new provision of

1728-628: The Greek Septuagint collection, but which are not present in the Hebrew Masoretic Text collection. More specifically, the term can refer to a version or translation of the Bible which is published with the Catholic Church's approval, in accordance with Catholic canon law . According to the Decretum Gelasianum (a work written by an anonymous scholar between AD 519 and 553), Catholic Church officials cited

1792-471: The NABRE for the lectionary in the United States. The USCCB announced the approval is for "private use and study" while Masses will continue to use a lectionary taken from "an earlier, modified version of the NAB translation." The release garnered widespread press coverage by national news sources such as NPR and USA Today . In 2012, the USCCB "announced a plan to revise the New Testament of

1856-782: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan , coadjutor , and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter ) in the United States and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands . In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

1920-510: The New American Bible Revised Edition is the substitution of various words and phrases for language which carries a modern connotation which is quite different from the original suggested meanings. Examples include changing "cereal" to "grain" and "booty" to "plunder." Similarly, "holocaust" has been changed to "burnt offering". The word "holocaust" in modern English has become used almost exclusively to refer to

1984-522: The New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy." After they developed a plan and budget for the revision project, work began in 2013 with the creation of an editorial board made up of five people from the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA). The revision is now underway and, after the necessary approvals from the Bishops and the Vatican ,

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2048-646: The New American Bible Revised Edition would in many ways be a more literal translation than the original New American Bible . This revision was begun in 1994 by scholars of the Catholic Biblical Association, and was completed in 2002. The translators used the Masoretic text as their primary textual basis, with occasional corrections from the Septuagint or Dead Sea Scrolls . The bishops reviewed these translations, and sent them back to

2112-604: The Old Testament books found in the Septuagint and that are accepted by the Eastern Orthodox (more numerous than the Catholic deuterocanonical books); and in addition Enoch , Jubilees , 1 Esdras , 2 Esdras , Rest of the Words of Baruch and 3 books of Meqabyan . A "broader" Ethiopian New Testament canon includes 4 books of "Sinodos" (church practices), 2 "Books of Covenant", "Ethiopic Clement", and "Ethiopic Didascalia" ( Apostolic Church-Ordinances ). This "broader" canon

2176-517: The Old Testament, the official text of our Orthodox Church and remains the authentic text by which the official translations of the Old Testament of the other sister Orthodox Churches were made; it was the divine instrument of pre-Christ evangelism and was the basis of Orthodox Theology." The Greek Orthodox Church generally considers Psalm 151 to be part of the Book of Psalms , the Prayer of Manasseh as

2240-462: The Supreme Court case of United States v. Rahimi , arguing that protecting the innocent "is a proper consideration" when regulating firearms: As the Church teaches, and this Nation's historical traditions demonstrate, the right to bear arms is not an unqualified license that must leave vulnerable family members to live in fear. Abused victims are precisely the people whom a just government

2304-689: The USCCB is required to respect the rights of individual Ordinaries in their diocese and the prerogatives of the Holy See. The dioceses of the United States are grouped into fifteen regions. Fourteen of the regions (numbered I through XIV) are geographically based, for the Latin Catholic dioceses and the non-territorial Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (part of Region X). The Eastern Catholic eparchies (dioceses) constitute Region XV. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops had appointed Bishop James T. McHugh during April 1967 to lead

2368-577: The USCCB must receive the recognitio , or approval, of the Roman dicasteries , which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope. As of November 2022 , the president is Timothy Broglio , Archbishop for the Military Services, USA . The vice president is William E. Lori , Archbishop of Baltimore . The first national organization of Catholic bishops in the United States

2432-727: The USCCB promoted a campaign of events called the Fortnight for Freedom to protest government activities that in their view impinged on their religious liberty. On June 12, 2020, a committee praised President Donald Trump 's administration for changing a Department of Health and Human Services ruling regarding discrimination based on gender identity , saying it "will help restore the rights of health care providers—as well as insurers and employers—who decline to perform or cover abortions or 'gender transition' procedures due to ethical or professional objections." The USCCB platform on immigration reform includes: In 2017, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez ,

2496-494: The USCCB to revelations in the 1980s of the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy was widely criticized both within and outside the church. The reassignment of clergy accused of abuse, in particular, was considered to have allowed the abuse to proliferate. By the early 2000s, following an explosion of public scandals and investigations by journalists, the USCCB commissioned the John Jay Report and adopted

2560-428: The United States. The budget for 2018 was US$ 200 million. Most money is raised through national collections, government grants, and diocesan assessments. The list of presidents of the USCCB, who are elected by their brother bishops, the diocese or archdiocese they led during their tenure, and their dates of service as president: The list of vice-presidents of the USCCB, who are elected by their brother bishops,

2624-452: The Vatican in 1992, but this approval was revoked in 1994, after changes to the policy regarding inclusive language. In April 2002, Father Joseph Jensen, one of the leading translators of that Psalter, announced a plan to revise it. This revision was completed in June 2003. Following further revisions, this new Psalter was approved by the USCCB in 2010. One of the more important changes found in

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2688-588: The Vatican's guidelines for translation. However, accuracy was a greater concern than inclusivity. Robert Miller II, who helped translate the Psalms, said that while there was not as much inclusive language in the new translation, this did not come from an attempt to "backtrack on the use of inclusive language" but rather "to use language as close as possible to the Hebrew." While the NABRE does use some horizontal inclusive language (referring to people), it does not contain vertical inclusive language (referring to God), which

2752-414: The authority of the texts of the books of Scripture in the original languages, the Council of Trent declared the Vulgate the official translation of the Bible for the Latin Church , but did not forbid the making of translations directly from the original languages. Ronald Knox , the author of what has been called the Knox Bible , a formal equivalence mode bible, wrote: "When I talk about translating

2816-509: The bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference . The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean – the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the territory of American Samoa, and the territory of Guam – are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific . The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences , certain decisions and acts of

2880-443: The chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, issued a statement disagreeing with the first Trump travel ban , Executive Order 13769 , which restricted people from several predominantly Muslim nations from entering the US and also imposed a temporary ban on Syrian refugee admissions. Later that year, the USCCB president, vice president, and committee chairmen issued a statement condemning the Trump administration's cancellation of

2944-419: The copyists and be freed, as far as may be done, from glosses and omissions, from the interchange and repetition of words and from all other kinds of mistakes, which are wont to make their way gradually into writings handed down through many centuries". The following are English versions of the Bible that correspond to the description above and canon law: In 2013, The Message - Catholic / Ecumenical Edition

3008-412: The date of President Joe Biden's inauguration, when he became the second Roman Catholic U.S. president, the USCCB sent him a letter authored by President Gómez, which was described as "stinging" by America . While congratulating Biden on his election and stating the Bishop was "praying that God grant him wisdom and courage to lead this great nation and that God help him to meet the tests of these times,"

3072-406: The directives of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Biblical Commission . In 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops "announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy" in the United States. After developing

3136-600: The early formation of what was later to become the National Right to Life Committee. The NRLC was itself formed in 1968 under the auspices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to coordinate information and strategy between developing local and state Catholic anti-abortion groups and is the oldest and the largest national organization against legal abortion in the United States with NRLC affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide. These NRLC affiliate groups were forming in response to efforts to change abortion laws based on model legislation proposed by

3200-411: The fact that there is seemingly no precedent for doing so, the statement, critical of President Biden, came as a surprise to many bishops, who received it just hours before it was released." By April 2021, the working group that was announced by Gómez proposed the drafting of a new document addressing the issue of Communion. On March 30, 2021, Bishop Gómez wrote to the Congregation for the Doctrine of

3264-413: The final chapter of 2 Chronicles , and accepts the "books of the Maccabees" as four in number, but generally places 4 Maccabees in an appendix. The Bible of the Tewahedo Churches differs from the Western and Greek Orthodox Bibles in the order, naming, and chapter/verse division of some of the books. The Ethiopian "narrow" biblical canon includes 81 books altogether: The 27 books of the New Testament;

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3328-443: The individual bishops, the administrative board decided to rename the organization to be the National Catholic Welfare Conference, with the purpose of advocating reforms in education, immigration, and social action. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops took its present form in July 2001 with the consolidation of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference. The initial response of

3392-430: The letter also expressed concern that his policies "would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender. Of deep concern is the liberty of the Church and the freedom of believers to live according to their consciences." The letter was contested by several bishops, including Cardinal Blase J. Cupich , the archbishop of Chicago, who said

3456-403: The liturgical usage of the Church, what is already prescribed by n. 41 of the Instruction Liturgiam authenticam is to be followed; that is, the divine tetragrammaton is to be rendered by the equivalent of Adonai / Kyrios ; Lord, Signore, Seigneur, Herr, Señor, etc." Currently, there is only one lectionary reported to be in use corresponding exactly to an in-print Catholic Bible translation:

3520-444: The message was drafted without consultation of the USCCB's administrative committee; and described it as an "institutional failure" that the bishops did not harmonize their message prior to its release. In what America called a "rare rebuke," Cupich released two statements, one of which said "Today, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an ill-considered statement on the day of President Biden's inauguration. Aside from

3584-522: The moon turn blood-red. Before the day of the LORD arrives, that great and terrible day. Then everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will escape harm. For on Mount Zion there will be a remnant, as the LORD has said, And in Jerusalem survivors whom the LORD will summon. I give you thanks, O God of my father; I praise you, O God my savior! I will make known your name, refuge of my life; you have been my helper against my adversaries. You have saved me from death, and kept back my body from

3648-429: The original Douay–Rheims Bible also included in an appendix three books whose canonicity was questioned: Prayer of Manasseh , 3 Esdras , and 4 Esdras . The term "Catholic Bible" also refers to a Bible published in accordance with the prescriptions of Catholic canon law , which states: Books of the sacred scriptures cannot be published unless the Apostolic See or the conference of bishops has approved them. For

3712-591: The pit, From the clutches of the nether world you have snatched my feet; you have delivered me, in your great mercy From the scourge of a slanderous tongue, and from lips that went over to falsehood; From the snare of those who watched for my downfall, and from the power of those who sought my life; From many a danger you have saved me, from flames that hemmed me in on every side. I give you thanks, Lord and King, I praise you, God my savior! I declare your name, refuge of my life, because you have ransomed my life from death; You held back my body from

3776-494: The pit, and delivered my foot from the power of Sheol. You have preserved me from the scourge of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips of those who went over to falsehood. You were with me against those who rise up against me; You have rescued me according to your abundant mercy From the snare of those who look for my downfall, and from the power of those who seek my life. From many dangers you have saved me, from flames that beset me on every side. In January 2011,

3840-447: The publication of their translations into the vernacular, it is also required that they be approved by the same authority and provided with necessary and sufficient annotations. With the permission of the Conference of Bishops, Catholic members of the Christian faithful in collaboration with separated brothers and sisters can prepare and publish translations of the sacred scriptures provided with appropriate annotations. Without diminishing

3904-421: The scholars for revisions. The revisions were completed in 2008, and were approved by the USCCB at their November 2008 meeting. However, they would not allow it to be published with the 1991 translation of the Psalms . They decided to delay publication of the Old Testament until a revision of the Psalms, already in progress, could be completed. The 1991 NAB Psalter had initially been approved for liturgical use by

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3968-403: The servants and the handmaids, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. And I will work wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and columns of smoke; The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, At the coming of the Day of the LORD, the great and terrible day. Then everyone shall be rescued who calls on the name of the LORD; For on Mount Zion there shall be

4032-435: Was also published, with the deuterocanonical books translated by a Catholic scholar, William Griffin. Lectionaries for use in the liturgy differ somewhat in text from the Bible versions on which they are based. Many liturgies, including the Roman , omit some verses in the biblical readings that they use. Another difference concerns the usage of the Tetragrammaton . Yahweh appears in some Bible translations such as

4096-421: Was founded in 1917 as the National Catholic War Council (NCWC), formed to enable U.S. Catholics to contribute funds for the spiritual care of Catholic servicemen during World War I . In 1919 Pope Benedict XV urged the college of bishops around the world to assist him in promoting the labor reforms first articulated by Pope Leo XIII in Rerum novarum . In response, the U.S. Catholic episcopate organized

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