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Contents 1 Books included 1.1 Old Testament 1.2 New Testament 2 Canon law 3 Principles of translation 4 Catholic English versions 5 Differences from Catholic lectionaries 6 Differences from other Christian Bibles 7 See also 8 References Books included See also : Old Testament § Content, and New Testament § Content The Catholic Bible is composed of the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament. Old Testament Pentateuch : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Historical books : Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees Wisdom books : Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Sirach Prophetic books : Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Of these books, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, parts of Esther and parts of Daniel are deuterocanonical, and are found in the Bibles of Eastern Christianity. These books are usually not found in the Protestant Bible, but are sometimes included in a separate inter-testamental section called the `` Apocrypha ''. New Testament The Gospels : Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Historical book : Acts Pauline Epistles : Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews General Epistles : James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude Revelation Canon law In another sense, a `` Catholic Bible '' is a Bible published in accordance with the prescriptions of Catholic canon law, which states : Books of the sacred scriptures can not be published unless the Apostolic See or the conference of bishops has approved them. For 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. Principles of translation Without diminishing 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. Before the middle of the 20th century, Catholic translations were often made from that text rather than from the original languages. Thus Ronald Knox, the author of what has been called the Knox Bible, wrote : `` When I talk about translating 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 that among other changes makes it conform more closely to manuscripts in the original languages. This does not mean keeping to any particular edition in the original language. Thus, in translating the Hebrew Bible, evidence from Qumran manuscripts and ancient versions in Greek, Aramaic or Syriac is sometimes used to adjust the Masoretic Text. The aim is to get as close as possible to what `` was 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 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 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 ''. Catholic English versions The following are English versions of the Bible that correspond to this description : Abbreviation Name Date DRB Douay - Rheims Bible 1582, 1609, 1610 DRC Douay - Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 1749 - 1752 WVSS Westminster Version of the Sacred Scripture 1913 -- 1935 SPC Spencer New Testament 1941 CCD Confraternity Bible 1941 Knox Knox Bible 1950 KLNT Kleist -- Lilly New Testament 1956 RSV -- CE Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 1965 -- 66 JB Jerusalem Bible 1966 NAB New American Bible 1970 TLB -- CE The Living Bible -- Catholic Edition 1971 NJB New Jerusalem Bible 1985 CCB Christian Community Bible NRSV -- CE New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition GNT -- CE Good News Bible Catholic Edition RSV -- 2CE Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition 2006 CTS -- NCB CTS New Catholic Bible 2007 NABRE New American Bible Revised Edition 2011 / 1986 ( OT / NT ) NLT - CE New Living Translation Catholic Edition 2017 RNJB Revised New Jerusalem Bible 2017 The New Testament was published in 1582, the Old Testament in two volumes, one in 1609, the other in 1610. Released in parts between 1913 -- 1935 with copious study and textual notes. The New Testament with condensed notes was released in 1936 as one volume. NT released in 1941. The OT contained material from the Challoner Revision until the entire OT was completed in 1969. This Old Testament became the basis for the 1970 NAB New Testament only ; Gospels by James Kleist, rest by Joseph Lilly. Also known as the `` Today 's English Version '' The Jerusalem Bible except for the Book of Psalms, which is replaced by the Grail Psalms, and with the word `` Yahweh '' altered to `` the Lord '', as directed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for Bibles intended to be used in the liturgy. In addition to the above Catholic English Bibles, all of which have an imprimatur granted by a Catholic bishop, the authors of the Catholic Public Domain Version of 2009 and the 2013 translation from the Septuagint by Jesuit priest Nicholas King refer to them as Catholic Bibles. These versions have not been granted an imprimatur, but do include the Catholic biblical canon of 73 books. Differences from Catholic lectionaries 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. This sometimes necessitates grammatical alterations or the identification of a person or persons referred to in a remaining verse only by a pronoun, such as `` he '' or `` they ''. Another difference concerns the usage of the Tetragrammaton. Yahweh appears in some Bible translations such as 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 Divine Name in worship texts, stating : `` For the translation of the biblical text in modern languages, intended for 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. '' As a result, Bibles used by English - speaking Catholics for study and devotion typically do not match the liturgical texts read during mass, even when based on the same translation. Today, publishers and translators alike are making new efforts to more precisely align the texts of the Lectionary with the various approved translations of the Catholic Bible. Currently, there is only one lectionary reported to be in use corresponding exactly to an in - print Catholic Bible translation : 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 the directives of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Biblical Commission. In it, `` Yahweh '' has been replaced by `` the LORD '' throughout the Old Testament, and the Psalms have been completely replaced by the 1963 Grail Psalter. 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 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. Differences from other Christian Bibles Bibles used by Catholics differ in the number and order of books from those typically found in bibles used by Protestants, as Catholic bibles remained unchanged following the Reformation and so retain seven books that were rejected principally by Martin Luther. 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, is shorter than that of some churches of Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, which recognize other books as sacred scripture. The Greek Orthodox Church generally considers Psalm 151 to be part of the Book of Psalms and accepts the `` books of the Maccabees '' as four in number, but generally places 4 Maccabees in an appendix, along with the Prayer of Manasseh. There are differences from Western usage in the naming of some books ( see, for instance, Esdras # Differences in names ). Greek Orthodox generally consider the Septuagint to be divinely inspired no less than the Hebrew text of the Old Testament books. 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 ; 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 ( Ethiopian books of Maccabees entirely different in content from the 4 Books of Maccabees of the Eastern Orthodox ). 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 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 ). See also Biblical canon Christian biblical canons Council of Trent Divino afflante Spiritu Second Vatican Council Dei verbum Liturgiam authenticam Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Pontifical Biblical Commission International Commission on English in the Liturgy References Jump up ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 825 Archived February 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Pope Pius XII. `` Divino afflante Spiritu, 20 -- 22 ''. Holy See. Retrieved 13 January 2015. Jump up ^ Akin, James. `` Uncomfortable Facts About The Douay - Rheims ''. CatholicCulture.org. Retrieved 13 January 2015. Jump up ^ Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott ( 1949 ). On Englishing the Bible. Burns, Oates. p. 1. Jump up ^ Divino afflante Spiritu, 16 Jump up ^ Divino afflante Spiritu, 17 Jump up ^ http://bibles.wikidot.com/westminster Jump up ^ http://bibles.wikidot.com/spencer Jump up ^ http://c-b-f.org/component/k2/item/76-launch-of-the-new-living-translation-catholic-edition : Jump up ^ http://dltbooks.com/titles/2220-9780232533613-rnjb-new-testament-and-psalms ^ Jump up to : Arinze, Francis ; Ranjith, Malcolm. `` Letter to the Bishops Conferences on The Name of God ''. Bible Research : Internet Resources for Students of Scripture. Retrieved 13 January 2015. Jump up ^ Catholic Public Domain Version Jump up ^ http://www.nicholas-king.co.uk/ Jump up ^ Booneau, Normand ( 1998 ). The Sunday Lectionary. Liturgical Press. pp. 50 -- ± 51. ISBN 9780814624579. Retrieved 13 January 2015. ^ Jump up to : Gilligan, Michael. `` Use of Yahweh in Church Songs ''. American Catholic Press. Retrieved 13 January 2015. Jump up ^ McNamara, Edward. `` Which English Translation to Use Abroad ''. Eternal Word Television Network. Retrieved 13 January 2015. Jump up ^ Burnham, Andrew. `` The Liturgy of the Ordinariates : Ordinary, Extraordinary, or Tertium Quid ? ( PDF ) '' ( PDF ). Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Retrieved 16 January 2015. Jump up ^ Roxanne King ( 15 October 2008 ). `` No ' Yahweh ' in liturgies is no problem for the archdiocese, officials say ''. Denver Catholic Register. Archdiocese of Denver. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017. Jump up ^ Bauman, MIchelle. `` New American Bible to be revised into single translation ''. Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` NAB New Testament Revision Project ''. Catholic Biblical Association of America. Retrieved 21 January 2015. Jump up ^ Pietersma, Albert ; Wright, Benjamin G. ( 2007 ). A New English Translation of the Septuagint. Oxford University Press. pp. v -- vi. ISBN 9780199743971. Retrieved 22 January 2015. Jump up ^ McDonald and Sanders ' The Canon Debate, Appendix C : Lists and Catalogs of Old Testament Collections, Table C - 4 : Current Canons of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, page 589 = 590. Jump up ^ See Deuterocanonical books # Eastern Orthodoxy Jump up ^ Ethiopian Canon, Islamic Awareness. Jump up ^ `` Fathers ''. Christian Classics Ethereal Library ( CCEL ). 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