{"id":3992,"date":"2024-05-25T13:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/king-james-vs-catholic-bible-comparison\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:09:28","slug":"king-james-vs-catholic-bible-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/king-james-vs-catholic-bible-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Is de King James Bijbel katholiek? Nee. Hier zijn de Bijbels die katholieken gebruiken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. The King James Bible is a Protestant translation, made for the Church of England in 1611. Catholics use translations the Church has approved: in the United States the New American Bible (NABRE) at Mass, and also the RSV and NRSV Catholic Editions, the Douay-Rheims and the Jerusalem Bible. Catholic Bibles have 73 books; most King James printings have 66. The Douay-Rheims, the older Catholic Bible in English, was translated from a different text, Jerome&#039;s Latin Vulgate, and a handful\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Catholics read approved translations; US Mass readings come from the New American Bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[],"series":[217,219],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates","series-catholicism-demystified","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3249,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-protestant-bible-comparison\/","url_meta":{"origin":3992,"position":0},"title":"Catholic vs Protestant Bible: Why Catholics Have 73 Books and Protestants 66","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mei 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Catholic Bibles have 73 books and Protestant Bibles 66: the difference is seven Old Testament books, plus parts of Esther and Daniel.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Noah's Ark and the rainbow, in the style of Raphael","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00185.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00185.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00185.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00185.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1556,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-protestant-lords-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":3992,"position":1},"title":"Why Is the Catholic Lord&#8217;s Prayer Different? 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