The Bishops of England and Wales agreed in November 2018 that this text should be the basis for the new edition of the Lectionary to be used in their territory. Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Poetic Books (7): Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon (*), Sirach (*)

The Gospel according to Luke is the first part of a two-volume work that continues the biblical history of God’s dealings with humanity found in the Old Testament, showing how God’s promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus and how the salvation promised to Israel and accomplished by Jesus has been extended to the Gentiles. The stated purpose of the two volumes is to provide Theophilus and others like him with certainty—assurance—about earlier instruction they have received ( Lk 1:4). To accomplish his purpose, Luke shows that the preaching and teaching of the representatives of the early church are grounded in the preaching and teaching of Jesus, who during his historical ministry ( Acts 1:21– 22) prepared his specially chosen followers and commissioned them to be witnesses to his resurrection and to all else that he did ( Acts 10:37– 42). This continuity between the historical ministry of Jesus and the ministry of the apostles is Luke’s way of guaranteeing the fidelity of the Church’s teaching to the teaching of Jesus.Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 The Wisdom of Solomon is a book of additional proverbs attributed to Solomon and was likely written in Greek around the time of Jesus. It contains elements of Platonism and Judaism.

It was of him that I said, "Behind me comes one who has passed ahead of me because he existed before me." With a deep desire to be faithful to God’s inspired Word, the translators used the best available Hebrew and Greek texts to achieve a dignified and accurate version of the sacred text in language that is clear and meaningful to today’s readers. With extensive explanatory notes that reflect the most current consensus of Catholic scholarship, the New Catholic Bible is a translation that can be trusted to provide the reader with a prayerful and fulfilling Bible experience suitable for private devotion and study.The Greek Orthodox Church generally considers Psalm 151 to be part of the Book of Psalms, the Prayer of Manasseh as the final chapter of 2 Chronicles, and accepts the "books of the Maccabees" as four in number, but generally places 4 Maccabees in an appendix. [31] [h] Meade, John (7 November 2021). "Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?". Text & Canon Institute.

The Holy Catholic Bible audio App adheres to the teachings, doctrines, and translations approved by the Catholic Church. Here you have the list of books of the Catholic Bible: Access the Complete Catholic Public Domain Bible, including the Old and New Testaments. Read the timeless wisdom and teachings of Catholicism, enhanced with the best, accurate and trusted translation.Throughout the gospel, Luke calls upon the Christian disciple to identify with the master Jesus, who is caring and tender toward the poor and lowly, the outcast, the sinner, and the afflicted, toward all those who recognize their dependence on God ( Lk 4:18; 6:20– 23; 7:36– 50; 14:12– 14; 15:1– 32; 16:19– 31; 18:9– 14; 19:1– 10; 21:1– 4), but who is severe toward the proud and self-righteous, and particularly toward those who place their material wealth before the service of God and his people ( Lk 6:24– 26; 12:13– 21; 16:13– 15, 19– 31; 18:9– 14, 15– 25; cf. Lk 1:50– 53). No gospel writer is more concerned than Luke with the mercy and compassion of Jesus ( Lk 7:41– 43; 10:29– 37; 13:6– 9; 15:11– 32). No gospel writer is more concerned with the role of the Spirit in the life of Jesus and the Christian disciple ( Lk 1:35, 41; 2:25– 27; 4:1, 14, 18; 10:21; 11:13; 24:49), with the importance of prayer ( Lk 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:28; 11:1– 13; 18:1– 8), or with Jesus’ concern for women ( Lk 7:11– 17, 36– 50; 8:2– 3; 10:38– 42). While Jesus calls all humanity to repent ( Lk 5:32; 10:13; 11:32; 13:1– 5; 15:7– 10; 16:30; 17:3– 4; 24:47), he is particularly demanding of those who would be his disciples. Of them he demands absolute and total detachment from family and material possessions ( Lk 9:57– 62; 12:32– 34; 14:25– 35). To all who respond in faith and repentance to the word Jesus preaches, he brings salvation ( Lk 2:30– 32; 3:6; 7:50; 8:48, 50; 17:19; 19:9) and peace ( Lk 2:14; 7:50; 8:48; 19:38, 42) and life ( Lk 10:25– 28; 18:26– 30). Another difference concerns the usage of the Tetragrammaton. Yahweh appears in some Bible translations such as the Jerusalem Bible (1966) throughout the Old Testament. Long-standing Jewish and Christian tradition holds that the name is not to be spoken in worship or printed in liturgical texts out of reverence. [12] [21] A 2008 letter from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments explicitly forbids the use of the name in worship texts, stating: "For the translation of the biblical text in modern languages, intended for the liturgical usage of the Church, what is already prescribed by n. 41 of the Instruction Liturgiam authenticam is to be followed; that is, the divine tetragrammaton is to be rendered by the equivalent of Adonai/ Kyrios; Lord, Signore, Seigneur, Herr, Señor, etc." [12] I did not know him myself, and yet my purpose in coming to baptise with water was so that he might be revealed to Israel.' Luke’s consistent substitution of Greek names for the Aramaic or Hebrew names occurring in his sources (e.g., Lk 23:33; Mk 15:22; Lk 18:41; Mk 10:51), his omission from the gospel of specifically Jewish Christian concerns found in his sources (e.g., Mk 7:1– 23), his interest in Gentile Christians ( Lk 2:30– 32; 3:6, 38; 4:16– 30; 13:28– 30; 14:15– 24; 17:11– 19; 24:47– 48), and his incomplete knowledge of Palestinian geography, customs, and practices are among the characteristics of this gospel that suggest that Luke was a non-Palestinian writing to a non-Palestinian audience that was largely made up of Gentile Christians. Prophetic books (18): Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch (*), Ezekiel, Daniel (+), Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi