Bibliorum sacrorum nova vulgata editio. Editio maior

The Editio Typica first penned by Saint Jerome himself and promulgated by the Holy See. The Latin has been anglicized with capitalization and punctuation added for readability. This is probably the closest most people will ever come to understanding the original biblical manuscripts (unless of cours Leggi tutto

The literary and theological advantages to reading the "good book" in its original Ecclesiastical Latin are far too numerous to list here. But having devoted two years of my life to reading the Vulgate straight through, Genesis to Revelation, has given me far more insight and depth of study than rea Leggi tutto

Whoa, what is The Catholic Man doing, reviewing a Latin Bible at the start of The Catholic Man Reviews’ 12 Days of Christmas Gifts series? If you’ve followed The Catholic Man Reviews blog since the beginning, you would know that I love reviewing Bibles and up to now, I have reviewed a variety of them Leggi tutto

A well done and excellent translation of the greatest book ever written from the origianl Greek and Hebrew, but the inclusion of the apocrypha does raise a few eyebrows.

Iesu Christe, please don't rate this edition if you can't read Latin. Some Catholics are pissed at the fact that the church edited the Clementine Bible, and the only reason why we still read Biblia Vulgata in the 21st century is that we're preserving its history. And that is so not true because 1) peo Leggi tutto

YAWN. What a snooze-fest. Drags on at parts, and narrative progression at times is overly stilted. ONE STAR

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Reasons to own this book: 1.) The Latin Vulgate as written down by St. Jerome is a valuable asset for any Catholic. After all it is the primary source that all (emphasis added) good bibles come from. 2.) Tons of notes showing how the old and new testament are interconnected in the columns making stud Leggi tutto

A beautiful edition of the revised St. Jerome translation of the Bible, the official text of the Roman Church. Awesome.

I figured it probably shouldn't "go without saying" on Goodreads that I'm constantly reading the Bible—once every two years based on a cycle of readings that I based on the readings at Matins.