No need for Jeeves
Matthew 7:8: For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Last weekend I ran into a friend after Mass. She joked and referred to me as "Ask Jeeves" , since she had recently sent me a few emails containing questions about the Catholic faith. I answered her questions via email using materials I could easily locate on the web, namely Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and some Vatican documents. I've had to write so many papers and take so many exams toward my graduate degree, that I take for granted ready access to these sources.
And I thought that perhaps you might also like to know about a few helpful sites, if you don't have them bookmarked already.
For Catholic bible search and study:
Click here for the RSV (Revised Standard Version) of the Bible. This site has a great search engine that I use constantly. I am grateful to Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for the link. (Scott's site has many excellent bible study helps too.) One note about the RSV, it is the one translation that both Catholic and Protestant biblical scholars can agree, and its one of the better translations for critical bible study.
There is also the NAB translation (the New American Bible) courtesy of the USCCB, but there's no search engine on it. It's just a listing by the books of the Bible. It is useful, however, since this is the translation that the Catholic Church in the USA uses for liturgy.
Additional source for bible search and study:
Now our Protestant brethren have many translations of the Bible to offer as well. Mostly, I like to read the New International Version (NIV) and the Amplified Bible when I'm doing personal bible study, especially for word and verse comparisons. To see them all, and to see numerous language translations of the Bible, click here.
For the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC):
Many thanks for St. Charles Borromeo Parish of Mississippi for this link of a great search engine for the CCC, click here.
For Vatican documents (including the CCC): go straight to the Vatican website.
Last weekend I ran into a friend after Mass. She joked and referred to me as "Ask Jeeves" , since she had recently sent me a few emails containing questions about the Catholic faith. I answered her questions via email using materials I could easily locate on the web, namely Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and some Vatican documents. I've had to write so many papers and take so many exams toward my graduate degree, that I take for granted ready access to these sources.
And I thought that perhaps you might also like to know about a few helpful sites, if you don't have them bookmarked already.
For Catholic bible search and study:
Click here for the RSV (Revised Standard Version) of the Bible. This site has a great search engine that I use constantly. I am grateful to Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for the link. (Scott's site has many excellent bible study helps too.) One note about the RSV, it is the one translation that both Catholic and Protestant biblical scholars can agree, and its one of the better translations for critical bible study.
There is also the NAB translation (the New American Bible) courtesy of the USCCB, but there's no search engine on it. It's just a listing by the books of the Bible. It is useful, however, since this is the translation that the Catholic Church in the USA uses for liturgy.
Additional source for bible search and study:
Now our Protestant brethren have many translations of the Bible to offer as well. Mostly, I like to read the New International Version (NIV) and the Amplified Bible when I'm doing personal bible study, especially for word and verse comparisons. To see them all, and to see numerous language translations of the Bible, click here.
For the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC):
Many thanks for St. Charles Borromeo Parish of Mississippi for this link of a great search engine for the CCC, click here.
For Vatican documents (including the CCC): go straight to the Vatican website.
You can also visit EWTN's library, complete with search engine, here. EWTN's site is one of the most popular sites (based on hits) in the world. No surprise, it's great... sometimes easier to use than the Vatican website.
Happy seeking!
Copyright 2006 Patricia W. Gohn
posted by Pat Gohn at
1/17/2006
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