New American Bible
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The New American Bible is a modern English Catholic translation of the Scriptures widely used in liturgy and personal study in the United States.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New American Bible Context triple: [Bible, hasTranslation, New American Bible]
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A.
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational liturgical and prayer book of Anglican tradition, containing services, prayers, and rites used in worship.
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Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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C.
Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
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Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
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E.
Apostles’ Creed
The Apostles’ Creed is an early and widely used statement of Christian faith that succinctly summarizes core doctrines about God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New American Bible Target entity description: The New American Bible is a modern English Catholic translation of the Scriptures widely used in liturgy and personal study in the United States.
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A.
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational liturgical and prayer book of Anglican tradition, containing services, prayers, and rites used in worship.
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B.
Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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C.
Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
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E.
Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Catholic Bible ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NAB ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ |
| contains |
Deuterocanonical books
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Psalms ⓘ |
| countryOfPrimaryUse |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublished | 1970 ⓘ |
| format |
digital editions
ⓘ
print editions ⓘ |
| genre |
Bible
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
New American Bible
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
New American Bible 1970 edition
New American Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New American Bible, Revised Edition
|
| hasImprimatur | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ Epistles ⓘ Gospels ⓘ Historical books ⓘ Torah ⓘ
surface form:
Pentateuch
Prophetic books ⓘ Wisdom books ⓘ |
| includes |
book introductions
ⓘ
cross-references ⓘ footnotes ⓘ imprimatur and ecclesiastical approvals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalUseApprovedBy | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ |
| notableFor |
official English-language Catholic Bible in the United States for many years
ⓘ
wide use in U.S. Catholic parishes ⓘ |
| predecessor | Confraternity Bible ⓘ |
| publisher | Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Catholicism ⓘ |
| scriptureCanon | Catholic biblical canon ⓘ |
| targetAudience | English-speaking Catholics ⓘ |
| textBasisNewTestament |
New Testament manuscripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek New Testament
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ |
| textBasisOldTestament | Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia ⓘ |
| translationOf |
Deuterocanonical books
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
New Testament ⓘ |
| translationPhilosophy | moderate dynamic equivalence ⓘ |
| usedFor | personal Bible study ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Catholic liturgy in the United States
ⓘ
New American Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form)
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Subject: New American Bible Description of subject: The New American Bible is a modern English Catholic translation of the Scriptures widely used in liturgy and personal study in the United States.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New American Bible, Revised Edition
this entity surface form:
New American Bible 1970 edition
this entity surface form:
Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form)
subject surface form:
New American Bible
this entity surface form:
New American Bible Revised Edition