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The Bible has three major compositions. The word canon is used to identify the collection of sacred books that comprise the Bible. The canon of the Protestant Bible totals 66 books—39 Old Testament (OT) and 27 New Testament (NT); the Catholic Bible numbers 73 books (46 OT, 27 NT), and Greek and Russian Orthodox, 79 […]
Filed under Bible, Introduction to the Bible
The Illustrated Catholic Bible (Catholic Bible Press, 2021) is a one-of-a-kind Bible from Catholic Bible Press, containing 513 woodcut illustrations scanned directly from an original print copy of an eminent Latin Bible published in Venice in 1574 featuring the St. Jerome’s Vulgate translation, edited by Johannes Hentenius, and printed “in the shop of the heirs […]
Bible Gateway offers free online access to the Bible in more than 60 English versions. One of them is the New Catholic Bible (NCB), which uses the literal or formal equivalence translation method of rendering English text word-for-word from the original Hebrew and Greek biblical languages as much as possible. Its extensive explanatory notes reflect […]
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In declaring Sunday of the Word of God, the Vatican said, “A day devoted to the Bible should not be seen as a yearly event but rather a year-long event, for we urgently need to grow in our knowledge and love of the Scriptures and of the risen Lord.” Bible Gateway’s free 7-day email Catholic […]
Filed under Bible Gateway, Devotionals, Newsletters
The Sunday of the Word of God in the Roman Catholic Church takes place on the third Sunday in Ordinary Time, during January. In 2022 it will fall on January 23. According to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter, it “is to be devoted to the celebration, study, and dissemination of the Word of God.” The United […]
Filed under Bible, Bible Readers
Advent is a beautiful season where we prepare our hearts to receive our Lord anew, celebrating the first coming of Christ and affirming our anticipation of his return. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Saint John’s Bible Christmas Illumination] The coming of God’s Son to earth is an event of such immensity that God […]
The human body is inexorably aging, but is the soul? How does the soul measure itself by a different standard than the body? If we focus on the state of our soul—which is resolutely vibrant, cheerful, and full of zest for life—we wouldn’t resist aging but, instead, speak of growing fulfillment and joy. Bible Gateway […]
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This year, on October 31st, many churches will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The day marks a milestone in the history of Christianity when, in 1517, Martin Luther made public his dispute with aspects of the current church’s theology and authority. [See the special resource section 7 Ways to Capture the Reformation Spirit […]
Filed under Church History, News
What theological issues drove Martin Luther to post his 95 Theses? How can looking at the Reformation from a Catholic perspective be helpful? What is the biblical defense of Catholic doctrine? Bible Gateway interviewed Matthew Levering about his book, Was the Reformation a Mistake?: Why Catholic Doctrine is Not Unbiblical (Zondervan, 2017). [Read the Bible […]
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To help you become more familiar with the arrangement of the books of Scripture, here’s a virtual Table of Contents of the Bible in their canonical order. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Translation Reading Levels] [Browse the Bibles section in the Bible Gateway Store, where you’ll enjoy low prices every day] [Read the […]
Filed under Bible, Bible Reference, Introduction to the Bible, Literacy
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