CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BIBLE: CATHOLIC PASTORAL EDITION REVISED 2023 

Hardcover 68th Edition

Color Maps, Thumb Index 

Small Size / Purse Size  

Complete text translated. from the original languages, with introductions and commentaries for the Christian Communities and for those who seek God.

Product Details

• Title: Christian Community Bible (Catholic Pastoral Edition)
• Publisher: Pastoral Bible Foundation, Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc.
• Revision: Revised Edition
• ISBN: 9789887668213 / 978-9887668213
  

Overview

The "Christian Community Bible: Catholic Pastoral Edition" is a comprehensive and revised edition of the beloved Bible translation, designed to serve the needs of Christian communities and those seeking a deeper understanding of God's word.

This revised edition, published in Hong Kong, has undergone a thorough review and update to bring the text closer to the original languages, improve biblical cross-references, and ensure consistent capitalization and pronunciation guides. The goal of this revision is to provide readers with a more accessible and accurate translation, while maintaining the pastoral approach that has made the Christian Community Bible a trusted resource.

In the letter from the editor, readers are reminded that the Bible is the Word of God, but that understanding its message requires certain conditions. The first is to search with perseverance, knocking on the door until it is opened. The second is to seek the truth together with one's brothers and sisters in a Christian community, sharing insights, offering questions, and seeking clarification.

The revised edition of the Christian Community Bible includes introductions and commentaries to aid the reader in understanding the text and relating it to their own life and faith. Additionally, a digital audio version of the New Testament is available for free, allowing readers to listen or download the text.

This updated and improved edition of the Christian Community Bible is a valuable resource for Catholic and Christian communities, as well as individuals seeking to deepen their understanding of the Scriptures.

Product Specifications

• Format: Hardcover with Index
• Revised Edition: 2023

Copyright © 2023 Bernardo Hurault
Editors and copy editors:
Patricia Grogan, FCJ, Roger Butland, Adolph Dias, Ma Susana C Basmayor, Miriam Cruz, John Ledesma, SDB, Alberto Rossa, CMF
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Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines
by Cirilo R. Almario, Jr.
Chairman, Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate
CLARETIAN PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

Dear Reader,
The Bible is the Word of God... but even if you had bought this book and read it with much attention, you cannot force God to hand over his message to you. God himself will introduce you to the Truth if you can meet certain requirements. The first one is to search with perseverance: the door will be opened to those who knock. Do not give up if you cannot understand at the beginning, but ask in prayer and you will receive light. Another condition to grasp the teaching of God is that you search for it together with your brothers and sisters as you participate in a Christian community.

REVISED EDITIONS
2013
Biblical scholars, linguists, editors and copy editors from different countries worked together for several years for a completely new revised edition of the Christian Community Bible (CCB), which is what you now have in your hands.
This new revised edition of the CCB has the following main features:
It has brought the text closer to the original languages in a number of passages. All biblical cross references have been verified, with some removed and new ones added.
Words beginning in either capital or lower case are now spelled consistently.
A biblical pronunciation guide is added in the glossary. The verse references are cited in the commentary when texts are quoted for easy reference.
New commentaries on the Psalms, thanks to the Grail Society for allowing us to use their commentaries. A very careful revision of the text of the four Gospels even as many of these small changes already appeared in recent editions.
A new layout of the complete Pastoral Bible though the "pastoral approach to the Bible remains unchanged:
fidelity to the original languages:
introductions to and commentaries on the text following the great tradition of biblical scholarship as a tool to help the reader to understand the text better and to relate it with one's life and faith: English rendition for readers who have English as a second language.

2023:
Ten years later we are adding the following updates:
Change the word Yahweh with "the Lord".
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued a letter on June 29. 2008, which included a number of directives on the translation and the pronunciation of the Divine Name as signified in the sacred tetragrammaton in the Liturgy. The directives indicate that the name of God in the form of the tetragrammaton is neither to be used nor pronounced in the Liturgy, and that the trans lation of the Divine Nane, in accord with Liturgiam authenticam no. 41, is to be rendered by the equivalent of Adonai/Kyrios, in English, "Lord."
Fonts are now of the same size. In previous editions, we placed in smaller fonts some texts from the Old Testament, which, in general, are not used in the liturgy.
Proper names: all proper names have been revised and their spelling standardized when necessary.