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A Catholic Bible is the canon recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanon—a term used by some scholars and by Catholics to denote the books as well as parts of books of the Old Testament which are in the Greek Septuagint collection but non in the Hebrew Masoretic Text collection.

According to the Decretum Gelasianum a take written by an anonymous scholar between 519 and 553, the Council of Rome advertising 382 cited a list of books of scripture delivered as having been present canonical. Later, the Catholic Church formally affirmed their canon of Scripture with the Synod of Hippo in offer 393, followed by the Council of Carthage AD 397, the Council of Carthage AD 419, the Council of Florence AD 1431-1449 and the Council of Trent AD 1545-1563 establishing the canon consisting of 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament for a written of 73 books in the Catholic Bible.

Differences from Catholic lectionaries

Lectionaries for ownership in the liturgy differ somewhat in text from the Bible list of paraphrases on which they are based. numerous liturgies, including the Roman, omit some verses in the biblical readings that they use.

Another difference concerns the use of the Adonai/Kyrios; Lord, Signore, Seigneur, Herr, Señor, etc."

Currently, there is only one lectionary reported to be in use corresponding exactly to an in-print Catholic Bible translation: the Revised specifics Version,Catholic or Ignatius Edition RSV-2CE approved for liturgical use in the Antilles and by former Anglicans in the personal ordinariates.

In 2007 the Catholic Truth Society published the "CTS New Catholic Bible," consisting of the original 1966 Jerusalem Bible text revised to match its use in lectionaries throughout nearly English-speaking countries, in conformity with the directives of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

In 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops "announced a plan to undergo a change the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy" in the United States. After development a schedule and budget for the revision project, hold began in 2013 with the establishment of an editorial board made up of five people from the Catholic Biblical Association CBA. The revision is now underway and, after the essential approvals from the bishops and the Vatican, is expected to be done around the year 2025.