Confraternity Bible
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The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confraternity Edition of the New Testament | 1 |
| Confraternity New Testament | 1 |
| Confraternity Version of the Bible | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Catholic Bible ⓘ English Bible translation ⓘ Roman Catholic Bible translation ⓘ |
| approval | received imprimatur from Catholic bishops ⓘ |
| basedOn | Douay–Rheims Bible ⓘ |
| canon |
Roman Catholic biblical canon
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic biblical canon
|
| contains |
Deuterocanonical books
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distribution | widely distributed in American Catholic parishes in mid-20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian scripture
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Confraternity Bible
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Confraternity New Testament
revised Old Testament books ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse | Catholic liturgy in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
includes Catholic explanatory notes
ⓘ
intended to replace Douay–Rheims in American Catholic use ⓘ modernized English compared to Douay–Rheims ⓘ produced under auspices of U.S. bishops ⓘ |
| publicationStartDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| publisher | Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ⓘ |
| purpose | modern revision of the Douay–Rheims Bible ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Septuagint
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Septuagint
Leningrad Codex ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Masoretic Text
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Vulgate
|
| scriptureType | Catholic study Bible ⓘ |
| sponsor |
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
ⓘ
surface form:
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ |
| successor | New American Bible ⓘ |
| targetAudience | English-speaking Catholics in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| translationCommittee | Catholic biblical scholars appointed by U.S. bishops ⓘ |
| translationType |
Catholic ecclesiastical translation
ⓘ
formal equivalence ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Catholic clergy in the United States
ⓘ
Catholic laity in the United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Confraternity New Testament
this entity surface form:
Confraternity Version of the Bible
this entity surface form:
Confraternity Edition of the New Testament