The Holy Bible: Confraternity Version

by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Anonymous, Pope Pius XII (Forward)

Contains Confraternity Version of the New Testament, with Douay Rheims Translation of the Old Testament. Commentary by Confraternity. Confraternity New Testament, unique version preceding Vatican II, predecessor of the NAB. Modern language, without theological compromise.

Genres: Catholic, Reference, Religion

1347 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint 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, the bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Spanish, Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña). 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 (Latin, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici).

The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences, certain decisions and acts of the USCCB must receive the recognitio, or approval of the Roman dicasteries, which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.

Reviews

[Elevetha]

I'm not even going to attempt to "review" the Bible. I mean, really.

I did a read of this back in high school for Religion class. I'm starting my full re-read and I'm hoping to get more spiritual enrichment out of this time because frankly, the school read was really more of a chore than anything else.

[Tom Willis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perhaps my favorite Bible translation. It maintains the archaic feel of the older Douay-Rheims translation, but modified to be a bit more accessible. Sadly it was never completed, with many of the OT books never being revised. It was replaced by the New American Bible translation project in the late 1960s. Thankfully it is easy to find gently used copies, and Sophia Press has republished the NT in two "readers edition" volumes.

[Eric Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

There isn't an isbn in the edition I have but I believe that this is the Bible I own. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine started to revise the Douay-Rheims back in the 1940s, beginning with the New Testament and then moving onto the Old Testament in the 1950s. Unfortunately, they got only partway through the O.T. before abandoning the effort (maybe due to Vatican II?). This is the partial effort, with the un-revised books of the O.T. coming from the Douay-Rheims Bible.

I really wish that they would have completed the revision; it would have been good to see how the two books of Maccabees and the historical books would have turned out. The rest of the Bible I like; much of the grammar and syntax has been updated to the 20th century. The punctuation has also been updated, they actually use quotation marks for quotes!

[Camille Cusumano · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Bible has sentimental value (along with the missal I acquired upon making my Confirmation in 6th grade). It dates back to Mother Seton High School days. In 1969, mine was the third graduating class of the then new school, Clark, NJ. Of course, I haven't read the whole thing, it's a read in progress. And it deserves a spot on the shelf with all the world's great mythology, fairytales, and important archetypal literature.

[Paul Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite English Bible.

[Amber Wigginton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has be taken with a grain of salt. With 3,000 pages missing from the Codex and the New Testament written by men and has been revised 39 times because they misinterpreted many of the gospels on purpose or lack of knowledge and add or remove as they please. They left out 362 Gosspels.... I must say Martin Luther's version is honest and more true to what I believe they are trying to teach. We all know the history of the Catholic Church and it's fear based and keeping people ignorant so that they may not think for themselves, to give the Catholic Church Power. The good 'ol Old Testament is filled with stories with lessons.