The NAB, from the USCCB website (I find the navigation better than the identical text at the Vatican.va website). For those who I regularly post to, I normally refer to the source every once in a while. Of course, those who I don't regularly post to would not know the source.
I suppose I ought to be using the Douay-Rheims, but the online availability and the good navigation of the NAB are very tempting.
I have been attempting to follow your posts and your experiences falling away from the Church, so thank you for that.
Check out e-sword.com
They have Douay-Rheims available for a free download, with Wescott-Hort and KJV both with Strong’s Concordance referenced per word in superscript.
Yes, and better than the Douay-Rheims, IMHO. In that version Mt. 16:25-26 creates confusion, translating the Greek term psuche as life in verse 25 and then as soul in verse 26. But I understand that the new version is going to correct that mistake. I keep track of little things like that :-)
I have been attempting to follow your posts and your experiences falling away from the Church, so thank you for that.
There is much more to it than what I posted, a lot more. I was tutored by Father Stark of St. Michaels church for two years to enter the priesthood, even to visiting the seminary for a week to see how it runs. Interesting, but not for me. Father Stark was a terrific man, and we had many excellent conversations about what the Bible says versus what the church told us to believe. I will miss him. He was very open and honest with me as to the beliefs we were supposed to hold - and said that I should just let the holy Spirit lead me in that. I did, and within a few years was investigating all the various denomination in Christianity and non-Christian religions. It was quite a deep investigation - long, 7 years! I continued my studies and became convinced that there were too many rules and regulation in the Catholic church that were not really part of Christianity. I found that the truth really sets one free to live a life following what is revealed in the Scriptures - it's, to me, a way of life, not a religion.
I know that's hard to understand, but truth is truth, no matter where one finds it. One just has to look without colored glasses, i.e., without a bias.
Thank you for your interest. God bless you and I hope you continue to examine what you believe and why.