Every Mass has a Liturgy of the Word that includes 3 readings from the Old and New Testaments as well as a psalm.
YesRoman Catholic Answerfrom The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994141 "The church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord" (Dei Verbum) 21): both nourish the govern the whole Christian life. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Ps 119:105; cf. Isa 50:4).
Passion plays put on by the Catholic church to teach bible stories. Since people couldn't read they had to use various ways to teach the bible.
the bible
Roman Catholic AnswerYou are operating with a mistaken assumption. The Catholic Church wrote the Bible, the Catholic Church decided which books were canonical (included in the Bible), and the Catholic Church has conserved the Bible through the centuries. The only ones who changed any Scriptures in the Bible are the protestants, who, after fifteen centuries of a Bible preserved by the Catholic Church came along and threw books out of the Bible, and changed the meanings of books they would not throw out.
Passion plays that were put on by the Catholic church to teach the stories of the bible were the drama of the time.
The official Bible version used by the Catholic Church is the New American Bible (NAB).
The term 'catholic' in this sense means 'universal.' In that the Bible is worldwide, it Is catholic. This has nothing to do with the Catholic Church.
The version of the Catholic Bible that is considered the most widely used and accepted by the Catholic Church is the New American Bible (NAB).
I'm sorry, I have been a Catholic for many decades, I spend years in the seminary, and I teach in a local parish and I have NEVER hear of "criteria" for the Catholic Church. Further, I cannot find it in any of my reference materials including The Catechism, several Catholic Dictionaries, and the Bible.
The Catholic Church primarily uses the New American Bible (NAB) for liturgical readings and study.
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The New American Bible is the Bible which was translated for and is the official Bible of the Catholic Church in the United State, yes, it carries a the Bishops Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat.