You really can't beat the English of the old Prayer Book. Or for that matter the Douay-Rheims, although it's more Latinate than the KJV.
Read it aloud to yourself, and listen to how the language rolls. It is a glorious declaration of Truth.
I BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the Life of the world to come.
Amen.
***The NAB bears every sign of having been assembled by a committee.***
Sigh. It was.
***Read it aloud to yourself, and listen to how the language rolls. It is a glorious declaration of Truth.***
Our battle Pope is rectifying the NAB even now.
**Read it aloud to yourself, and listen to how the language rolls. It is a glorious declaration of Truth.**
This is one of the reasons I like the Douay-Rheims. The language is beautiful.
Jerusalem comes in first for a study Bible — that is if you have the “study” edition and not the “readers” edition.