Definitely the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Baronius Press. It's beautiful, functional, and has Gregorian Chant in the back. Why no review of the Douay-Rheims? That's my preferred "reading and studying" Bible.
LOTR, LOL!! I also got a kick out of using the term "Everyday Carry". I usually only hear this when it's related to knives, flashlights, or firearms. This was the first time I've heard this term when talking about a Bible. But hey, it's appropriate, we should be carrying a Bible around for sure. I usually just use a Bible app on my phone, but there is something about having a physical Bible and marking it up with pens, highlighters, sticky notes, etc. That being said my everyday Bible is The RSVCE 2nd Edition. I have a leather edition from Ignatius Press. I have noticed the pages starting to break away from the binding near the back of the Bible so that's disappointing. How is your hardcover holding up? I'm going to subscribe to your channel and see whachya got. :)
yeah please don't throw your Bible...I was taught by the nuns many years ago in Catholic school that you must treat sacred objects with respect therefore if your drop it or throw it you must lightly give it a kiss it to show reverence. If you need to dispose of a sacred object or book it must be either burned or buried...you can't just chuck it into the trash. Nice video, will look in an EDC version of my Bible.
Yes he should respect it because it is the word of God, and in respect for those who have written it, those who risk their lifes and the history of the bible in our holy Catholic Church.
The "bendy-ness" of the one Bible you showed, indicates that it is printed and bound correctly so that the grain of the paper is running vertically in the page. It means there is no stress on the binding and the binding won't break. If it hadn't been bendy, it would mean the grain was running horizontally, the pages would not be flexible, that would put stress on the binding, and the back would break. So bendy is good.
Great video - I'm looking for a new, small, everyday bible and is really helpful to see all these bibles side by side for comparison. Really like your videoa, keep it up!
I have an number of bibles but the I travel with is the zipper one and it is amazing. I have been keeping it in my work bag for weeks and it has shown no signs of wear at all.
FYI- Little Ignatius RSV NT/Psalms with the blue cover, is bonded leather not imitation leather. Also, they are actually flat silk or nylon ribbons, not "tassles." Thanks for the interesting video. Peace.
loved this video! i’m going to be purchasing the last pocket bible! it’s beautiful! i’ve needed something that i can take to my catholic studies in college that’s not my large bible! definitely earned a sub!
You should have mentioned pocket (or very compact) Douay-Rheims-Challoner BIbles. They are hard to come by, but I have a couple, one of which still is available, from Baronious Press, in some kind of synthetic or cheaper leather covers (I'm not sure which), with two ribbon bookmarks. The old Catholic Truth Society Douay-Rheims-Challoner Bible is not too hard to find used. It is even smaller, but quite thick, thus bulky, and the Douay-Rheims-Challoner text is a British one, not the usual American Douay-Rheims-Challoner. It's hardbound, the paper is easy to handle and to turn. It's worth looking into if thickness is not a problem.
Edmund Nice Video Thanks , I know this is an older video , is it still your favorite or do you have another recommendation for a Personal size Catholic Bible (5x7) Thank you and God Bless
Little guy peeking in the back-cute!! As for Bibles, I’m a Bible collector-or would that be a Bible collectoress?? Anyway, I collect bibles so I have many favorites. I have the little Ignatius New Testament that you have, and yes, the only drawback is that it doesn’t have the OT as well. (No meditating on Leviticus, as you mentioned! 😉) I really want the little RSV with the zipper-that would be perfect for tossing in my purse. I have a very small KJV with a zipper, but I don’t like the King James because of it’s anti-Catholic slant. I guess my favorite Catholic carry Bible would be the pocket edition Douay-Rheims by Baronius Press. The language is a little archaic, but it’s a nice looking hardback with a leather-like covering and gold gilded pages, with two ribbons. Check it at at Baronius Press. Thanks for the video.
I have that bible you mentioned at the end. Probably the best compact I've ever had. I like the version of Saint Ignatius' prayer it has printed in the back. I memorized it and used it as a morning offering for a while.
Hey Edmund...! I really 'dug' your 'free form exuberant sense of humor' in your review for 'conveniently sized' Catholic Bibles: pretty 'wild' man...! 😆...🤣...LOL...!!! Now 'Edmund'...let me be perfectly clear: Although I occasionally attend the PARRISH OF THE HOLY FAMILY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH located in Gates, New York...a suburb of Rochester, New York: "...I am NOT 'Catholic'..nor is it 'likely' that I will ever 'convert' to 'Roman Catholicism'." It is what it is...but 'I digress': to get 'back on topic'... 'Edmund'...if you would be so kind...allow me to draw 'your attention' to some 'Catholic Bibles' in my very extensive Bible collection...and some other 'bibles' while not 'technically Catholic' might have 'Catholic appeal' nonetheless! Kahpeesh...? Let's begin with the NEW AMERICAN BIBLE [NAB]...in 'my opinion' an absolutely wonderful translation in the English Language...a genuine 'classic'. Here are three [3] editions of the NAB which I like very much: (a): 'The Fireside' NEW AMERICAN BIBLE'...Revised Edition [ISBN 978-1-55665-333-9]: displayed in the 'front matter' of the edition is a portrait of
Hi Edmund. Well, if you're talking Catholic Bibles, the legitimate options are the "New American," the "Jerusalem," the Catholic edition of the RSV, the 2nd edition of the Catholic RSV, or if you're really old school the "Douay Rheims." I lean towards the Catholic RSV mainly because the RSV was accepted by Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox, and many Protestants. It's often been called the most ecumenical BIBLE.
Some other options include the Knox Bible published by Baronius Press which is the work of Ronald Knox a priest and convert from the Anglican Church. Knox completely translated the bible over a ten year period, and his work is highly regarded. The ESV is available in a Catholic edition. It was initially accepted by the Church in India, and will be adopted for Liturgical use in Britain by the December of 2024, as I understand. A number of handsome editions are available. For those who need to economize there are paper back editions with sewn bindings.
mtomas7 i 2nd this! ^ i absolutely love taking it everywhere. If I’m taking with me my phone, wallet keys, then I’m also taking this copy of NT. Great layout and welcoming readability. 👍👍🙌
I also have the same small blue RSV-CE. I customized mine by adding 3 more ribbons. Simply cut a small rectangular square from a piece of card stock, such as a file folder. Make it slightly smaller than the width of the spine and about 2 in long. Cut your ribbons and super glue them to the piece. Insert the piece in the top, trim to length, and singe with a lighter! Made a space for the ribbon already there, and the other 3 are each a different color: red, green, and blue. The whole Bible fits in my cargo pocket to take to Mass. I can mark all the readings and the Psalms!
I was shocked when he threw the Bible. Criticizing the physical features is one thing (though I admit that the way the Bible was handled - the reckless flipping of pages for instance - borders on discomforting to see because no matter the physical appearance, it’s still the Bible, and should thus be handled with care), but to throw it around is quite another. I’m sure our brother here meant well and he’s a great guy, but that part most especially should be deleted and should never be done again. Peace to our brother Edmund, hope you don’t get offended.
I know this is an older comment but when I did rcia we’re given versions of the same bible that is used in mass I’m in Canada so all Canadians Roman Catholic Churches use the new revised standard version Catholic edition
My set up is a New American Bible Fireside Study Edition (I just got it yesterday) It's definitely thinner than my other NAB which is a St. Joseph Medium Size Edition and much easier to carry around. I also have a standard hardback journal for my Bible Journaling and writing basic Prayers. I have a zipper compact size notebook for Prayer requests that I carry with me everywhere.
It would help if you would show one of the pages and tell us the size of the font. You only showed the covers of the Bible. I am interested in the readability and content. Is there a concordance and maps? Didn't appreciate the lack of respect for the Bible by throwing it.
So I have personally carried a pocket Bible with me almost as long as I've been serious with my faith, which is 7 or 8 years now. I wear cargoes for this reason; my wife thinks I'm insane lol. I almost have to get a new one every winter due to snow and such messing up the pages and wearing down the binding. that is at least until I've found the zippered Bible by Ignatius press. Highly durable, which definitely makes up for lack of aesthetics.
Hey Edmund- just found your channel (YAY!)- since this video is a year-ish old, can you update and tell us if this is still your fave? I have been looking for a pocket Bible since my little one was nabbed by someone who obviously needed it more than I (I left it in church!! GAH!). SO I'd love to get a new pocket edition one and am hoping to let my kiddos do that for Mother's Day this week! Thx for all you do for the Church! Blessings
OmG why you just throw the bible (2:39), do that in front of a theologians or bible scholars and surely they will scold you... just like our priest who is also a bible scholar, one time I change the position of the bible on the shelves, I just put it up standing, the original position was laid reverently or lying down and he scolded me when he saw it, he told me that I must respect the bible because it is the word of God, that we should respect it with due reverence.
I had a question. In your opinion who makes the nicest Catholic Bible in - Revised Standard Version to get a Leather Rebind? It’s a lot tougher to find a RSVCE with high quality pages. Not like Protestant Bibles made by Cambridge. When is a manufacture gonna realize that Catholics want high quality top grade bibles as well 😞
Alejandro Sanchez Thanks so much. I just ordered Ignatius Bible RSV 2nd Edition in the Large Print version. ( I prefer large print because my Wife and I read together and it’s easier to see from a distance). I’ll probably end up getting a rebind soon after I receive it 👍🏻
One maybe helpful suggestion for those out there who have paperbacks and need them to last a while. For paperback books of any kind that I've had in the past, I went out and bought a roll of clear Sc0tch packing tape (the wide stuff) and ran a strip of it along the spine. Then I trimmed the excess at the top and bottom. I also did the same thing with the edges on the front and back covers where your thumbs would go, only I used the regular clear Sc0tch tape for that. Finally, I would wrap the whole thing in a brown paper cover. For me, it didn't need to be pretty; it just needed to work. Just a thought.
NAB & RSV are corrupt protestant bibles. Omitted words and verses such as, Job 5:9 Job 20:10 Job 24: 9,19-21 Job 28:4 Job 36:16-20 Matt 17:20 Acts 8:37. Mark 3:29 "Prayer & Fasting". 1 John 5:7 "there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one". Luke 1:28 "Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women". The Douay Rheims is the only correct Bible in English.
A little more respect for the Word of God would be nice. Please never through a Bible around as if it were garbage. Many people, recorded in its pages, gave their lives to live God's Word and preserve it for us.
Have you used the Oxford University press RSV compact Bible? In India, where I live, it's pretty hard to come across a Catholic compact edition Bible. It becomes extremely expensive with the shipping charges
My gosh what a terrible review of Bibles! I never once saw an explanation of the inside of them including the last best one, the hardbound Bible… > Explanatory notes? > Single columns? Double columns? /Take this video down. Start over… 😮
Yeah, Tyrone already mentioned it, but a ribbon is not a tassel. Tassels are usually string or cord-like with a fringy thing on the end. A ribbon is a ribbon. But seriously, I enjoyed your video a lot. Like the kid stars too. 😃 I really like my new CTS NEW CATHOLIC BIBLE Presentation edition. It's a hard cover but very compact and it feels good in the hand... three ribbons: maroon, gold, and red. It's a new Anglicized version of the Jerusalem Bible, the one Mother Angelica liked. The psalms are the Grail translation and it was published in London.
Rebinding is also an option if you want a beautiful and quality cover on an ugly/worn out bible.. lots of christians do that as a side hustle and can find them easily on the youtubes.
You want beauty and real Bible? Heres a few suggestions: Cambridge, RL Allan, Schuyler, Thomas Nelson. REAL Lambskin, goatskin, cow hide leathers not faux leather(fake). Bindings are smyth sewn, and papers are 28 to 38 gsm with gild gold edges, red over gold, lifetime warranty, and etc.etc. Now thats a real Bible.
For me, print size is important. I have a NAB smaller edition which has very small print and I’m not a fan of this translation. I prefer the RSV which I use daily at home given its size. Finding a Bible cover for this RSV has been a great plus, makes it flexible for travel. Thank you for your reviews!
Nice review, but maybe not inclusive enough of people whose eyesight is no longer what it may have once been. Very difficult to find hardy portable bibles for that category. Maybe New Testaments for them whilst they are out and about?
I don't know why all these millennials reviewing Bibles are calling the bookmark ribbons in them "tassels". A ribbon and a tassel don't look anything alike. Those Bibles have ribbons.
I think its from Oxford your new favorite, and imo the Catholic Bibles out of the UK are far superior in design and quality than American Catholic Bibles. American Catholicism in general (speaking as part of it myself) suffers from a ‘famine of beauty’ and design in general, again imo. Even many US Catholic websites or event marketing, especially targeted at millennial Catholics, miss the mark and start venturing into cringe territory for trying too hard to nail a modern aesthetic but it almost always comes across as contrived or inorganic and that bleeds over into American Catholic publishing, even in the design, layout, and binding of the Holy Bible which is the Word of God and should be lifted up onto a higher level because of its content. Apologies for my rant on this, but you seem design conscious so wanted to share my thoughts. I carried that small blue New Testament when living in Seoul because I could easily carry it anywhere. These days I don’t carry a Bible but only a rosary and a copy of the prayer book Blessed Be God by Preserving Christian Publications.
Warblerab 295 do you believe that the word of God is contained in the physical paper? Also you clearly missed the part where I said “I don’t think I can do that.”
@@EdmundMitchell I did not miss your inappropriate joke. I wouldn't say that I believe Word of is contained in the physical paper, but I do believe the Bible is the Word of God and that copies of the Bible should be treated with respect.
I carry 3 different bibles. Kjb, Rsv Catholic bible, and a new world translation. I read multiple different apps as well. Geneva, Septuagint, Duoay Rheims, and Book of Enoch.
@@EdmundMitchell Im down to 1 now (Kjv) I gave my mom 1 (Rsv) and donated the New world translation (Jw) . I now have apps for every bible. So much more convenient. I really wanna get a Duoay Rheims and A 1611 kjb with Apocrypha. Septuagint too. Ah heck, I wanna collect them all. Tyndale. Etc Once I get a place to keep them of course. I've been homeless for a while now. But God always provides. I somehow always get what I need when I really need it. No such thing as a coincidence. Only SYNCHRONITIES !
I got the Little cloth over board one and I was wondering if there were other translations with similiar volumes and covers. Recommend at least one(anyone).
I made a spread comparing the differences between modern catholic bibles to the douay-rheims bibles. It's interesting. You can see the comparison chart here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xKhO_Xlfg1gDadvvty4KKXPpvp3eUyOX/view?usp=drivesdk
So, just remember the approved translations by USCCB are basically the NABRE and NRSV-CE. Plenty of people use the RSV-CE, but it's not technically approved by USCCB.
If only I had better eyesight. I've just accepted that I need large print, and use my iPhone as my EDC. The YouVersion Bible app let's me change the text size, compare versions, etc. I love using a paper bible and would prefer having one on me at all times, but as it stands my behemoth Oxford NABRE large print bible will have to stay home and guard my desk.
Durability? No matter a plastic, paper, of leather cover; If you want durability get a Bible cover. They sell them everywhere have pen and pencil loop, zippers, to store tabs or whatever, and a handle to carry.
