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The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism (Official Baltimore Catechism Series No. 2) Revised Edition 

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This Catechism retains the text of the Revised Baltimore Catechism, Number 2, but adds abundant explanations to help children understand the difficult parts of each lesson along with pictures to aid in understanding.

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Early Bibles

Popular translations of the Gospels and of the Bible have been found in Spanish, Italian, Danish, French, Norwegian, Polish, Bohemian, and Hungarian that predate the reformation.

John Wycliff has been credited with the first English bible it 1382 but this is not true. Caedmon, a monk of Whitby in the seventh century translated great portions of the Bible to the "common language." Venerable Bebe, a monk of Jarrow died translating the Gospel of John in the 8th century. Eadhelm the Bishop of Sherborne, Guthlec the hermit of Peterborough, and Egbert the Bishop of Holy Island all translated the Good Book into the Saxon language in the eight century. Other early translators included King Alfred the Great and Aelfric, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Early translations included translated the Book of Durham; Rushworth Gloss, Paraphrase of Orm (1150); Salus Animae (1250).

Thomas Moore, the Lord Chancellor of England during King Henry VIII's reign says, "the whole Bible long before Wycliff's day was by virtuous and well learned men translated into the English tongue, and by good and godly people with devotion and soberness well and reverently read" (Dialogues III) and "the Clergy keep no Bibles from the laity but such translations as be either not yet approved for good, or such as be already reproved for naught as Wycliff's was. For, as for old ones that were before Wycliff's days, they remain lawful and be in some folk's hand. I myself have seen, and can show you, Bibles, fair and old, which have been known and seen by the bishop of the diocese, and left in layman's hands and women's too, such as he knew for good and Catholic folk, that used them with soberness and devotion."

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The Navarre Bible & Commentaries

The Navarre Bible, an edition of Sacred Scripture prepared by members of the Faculty of Theology of Navarre University, consists of the New Vulgate, the Revised Standard Version, and commentaries. The commentaries provide explanations of the doctrinal and practical meaning of the scriptural text, drawing on a rich variety of sources--Church documents, the exegesis of Fathers and Doctors, and the works of prominent spiritual writers, particularly the Venerable J. Escriva, who initiated the Navarre Bible project.

  1. Acts of the Apostles: Navarre Bible $14.95
  2. Captivity Epistles: Navarre Bible $14.95
  3. Catholic Epistles: Navarre Bible $14.95
  4. Corinthians: Navarre Bible
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  5. Hebrews: Navarre Bible
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  6. Pentateuch: Navarre Bible
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  7. Revelation: Navarre Bible
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  8. Romans and Galatians: Navarre Bible
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  9. St. John: Navarre Bible
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  10. St. Luke: Navarre Bible
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  11. St. Mark: Navarre Bible
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  12. St. Matthew: Navarre Bible
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  13. Thessalonians and Pastoral Epistles: Navarre Bible
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Outline of Historical Bibles

Martin Luther's first bible appeared, 1520

  • 104 Catholic translations existed in Latin

  • 9 Catholic editions in German existed before his birth

  • 27 Catholic editions in German existed before he published his (these were exhibited at the Caxtor Exhibition in London in 1877)

  • First Italian Catholic version was 1471; 40 editions by 1520, 25 of which were approved by Rome

  • First French Catholic version 1478; 18 editions by 1520

  • Spain began publishing Catholic Bibles in Spanish in 1478

  • Catholic Bibles Hungary in 1456

  • Catholic Bibles Bohemia in 1478

  • Catholic Bibles Flanders in 1500

  • In total 626 editions of the Catholic Bibles in 198 languages, at the sanction of the Church, existed before the first protestant Bible appeared.

  • The first book ever printed on the printing press was 1456 and it was a Catholic Bible under the authority of Cardinal Mazarin (Catholic) called the Mazarin Bible (the press was invented in 1450)

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