What bible does the Greek catholic church use?

Answer 1

The Greek Catholic Church uses the same Bible editions that the other Catholic churches use (i.e. the churches in communion with the see of Rome - -Roman Catholic, Syrian Catholic, Ruthenian Catholic, Maronite, etc.). In the Greek Language this is the Septuagint for the Old Testament, and the original koineGreek text, sometimes called the Textus Receptus or Received Text by Biblical scholars. In English, in the United States, the main text used is the New American Bible. Also used in different times, places and contexts, are the Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version, the Jerusalem Bible, the Douay-Reims-Challoner version, the Ronald Knox Translation (now sadly out of print), and perhaps for teaching purposes, the Catholic Edition of the Good News Bible, which is more paraphrase than translation. The Catholic (both Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic) canon of the Old Testament includes not only the books found in most Protestant editions of the Old Testament, but also the Deuterocanonical Books. The Deuterocanonical Books are found in the Septuagint in Greek, but are not found in the Hebrew Masoretic text.