Bible for Catholics App Reviews

This version was published without the approval of the Catholic Church. Be very wary of using this translation with it lacking ecclesiastical approval.

No approval from the catholic church=not really a Catholic Bible. I really appreciate this app, but just please get the approval. Also, please understand that the approval is important due to many things that can go wrong. it could be unintentionally misleading. you could get in trouble for saying its Catholic both by law and/or with the catholic church/ people. other people could claim Catholicism of their products "which is not good" and it would be so much nice to go without all the trouble previously mentioned. But otherwise, thank you. Good intention/great app. : )

Finally a free Bible translation that includes the Deuterocanonical books. Very well done. This is a great app.

Minus four stars... Why? 1. This is not an officially accepted bible of the Roman Catholic church until it receives its Nihil Obstat from your diocese. That will eliminate the many errors in your e-tome. 2. This bible is not officially approved by the Roman Catholic church for publication in any format until it receives an Imprimatur from your diocese recognizing that this bible is free from errors. Once you receive the two aforementioned approvals, post reference of both near the beginning of the Bible Info section of your app. Then, Catholics can use this bible without consternation. 3. Spiritual threats have no place in the Bible Info section, or any other section of this app. That applies to any bible. 4. An app with ads is NOT a true free app. IMO, ads in The Bible are disturbing and annoying. I will delete this app and find an app that contains an officially sanctioned version of the Catholic Bible.

Quick and easy to use especially wen Im always with my phone. I love it

I agree that u should get it approved bc its a fabulous app, very easy to use. Following along in mass was easy using this app

A Bible translation should not be called "Catholic" without an Impramatur or Nihil Obstat. If not required by Canon Law, at least getting the local Bishop (or his designee) to review it is just the right thing to do. It shows that such hard work its being revised for errors that could unintentionally mislead the faithful and also shows that the person is in good standing with the Church.

Keeping in mind it is not officially approved by the Church, this is a still a great app for a quick reference and written in plain text. Ive used it for my Walking With Purpose group. It would be better if there were a search function for key words and phrases. Extremely easy to scroll through and switch back from NT to OT.

Folks hit on this for not being "offically" Catholic and I would counter that its the only decent FREE bible on the app store. IMO Jesus would place more importance for a bible that was distributed freely to his flock then a seal of approval.... Editing issues are pretty small, heck I have seen printed bibles with as many or more typos and misprints. My kids love that I can pop this out and read to them at night. And the older two probably relate more to reading in on the ipod then busting out my ancient family Bible.

I like how easy this version is to read and to navigate through. Its makes my daily reading easy and convenient.

Great and easy to use. Can read off line

This is the only bible that I trust to deliver the word of God and I recommend it to all in search of the good news. The best part is its free!

This FREE app is only an advertisement for a paid app by the same developer... this is an unknown version... and poor quality... full of unrelated ads... Please dont waste your time!

I use it everyday.

Its the only good catholic bible on i tunes

Its missing 23. Its not right

Good app, just wish the ads were taken out. If Jesus didnt want Pharisees selling things in the temple, I doubt he wants people selling apps in his holy book.

Not all of the verses are labeled correctly. For example, what is labeled as Psalm 21is really Psalm 22, whats labeled Psalm 22 is 23.... Im not sure where the mis-numbering starts or ends, but it made me wonder what else is labelled incorrectly

First, here are the drawbacks: 1: Not Vatican approved (head-scratcher) 2: Numbering in Psalms is off 3: Advertisements? (can be disabled if you cough up a buck, but still...) Now heres the payoff: 1: Its FREE! 2: Its accurate (you wont be missing out) 3: User interface is PHENOMENAL. Best Ive ever seen. Thats why, after jumping from app to app, Im sticking with this one.

Ive started to use other Bible apps that actually are more accurate. Face it, I use a Bible to learn the Word. Yet the verses do not match, and if you are going to use ads, why not make them spiritual related. I am awe struck at seeing sites for "Girls, etc" on a Bible app. Yes, I can pay to have them removed, but when does your responsibility come in to play to review these ads on YOUR app? Can you hear the Jesus turning the change tables over in His fathers temple?