EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 14 MIN
Can a Catholic Use a Protestant Bible?
from Not So Secular Podcast with Mon Reyes · host Mon Reyes
This is a question I get asked a lot, and the answer is more nuanced than you might think.I talk about the difference between Catholic and Protestant translations (Martin Luther and the 7 missing books), what the Church says about picking translations, and what Bibles I personally use.Translations mentioned in this video:New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE)New Catholic Bible (NCB)New Living Translation Catholic Edition (NLT CE)Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE)English Standard Version Catholic Edition (ESV-CE)New International Version (NIV)(video available on YT)
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This is a question I get asked a lot, and the answer is more nuanced than you might think.I talk about the difference between Catholic and Protestant translations (Martin Luther and the 7 missing books), what the Church says about picking translations, and what Bibles I personally use.Translations mentioned in this video:New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE)New Catholic Bible (NCB)New Living Translation Catholic Edition (NLT CE)Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE)English Standard Version Catholic Edition (ESV-CE)New International Version (NIV)(video available on YT)
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