Catholic Bibles: Study Bible Series

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Study Bible Poll

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Catholic Study Bible Nominations

I am planning to do a series on Catholic Study Bibles in the coming months. So, I'd like to solicit from you, my faithful readers, your nominations for the best Catholic Study Bibles available today. Please limit your entry to one Study Bible.

Here are some things that I will be looking at as I begin this series on Study Bibles:

1) Quality of the Study Notes and Commentary

2) Inclusion of Other Study Helps, Articles, Maps, Concordance, Essays, etc....

3) Overall Appearance of the Volume (This Includes Page Layout, Binding, Cover Material, Etc....)

4) Usefulness in the New Evangelization

5) Fully Catholic Study Bibles Only. (While I certainly like, and utilize, the various editions of the NOAB, let's keep this focused on Catholic Study Bibles.)

6) Translation

7) Any Unique Contribution Not Found In Other Study Bibles

Prayer of Thomas Merton

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.