My father attended and graduated with a degree in theology from Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. But he didn’t accept Holy Orders and married my mother. So yes my 4 brothers and sisters and I were raised Catholic and attended Catholic grade school. We never read the bible at home. We rarely discussed it. I don’t think any of my siblings ever cracked the bible unless a nun was looking. I didn’t actually read much more than the occasional passage until I was 36. For some reason that year I began a long look into my religious roots and my faith. It started with the bible.
31-year old who believes in church doctrine but is pretty lazy about going to mass.
I only read the full Bible in college (Gonzaga, a Jesuit college) and knew very few relatives who had read it. The Bible in my extended family was a fancy book that you kept wrapped up except for special occasions. That’s very common in the Mexican-American culture. You have lots of people who will pray for 15 minutes going out the door and have dozens of images of Jesus and Mary, but they’ll be hard pressed to even name the books of the Bible.
This is interesting. I was raised in the Presbyterian church, and by the time I’d finished Sunday school, I’d read the entire Bible at least once. We had to bring our Bibles to Sunday school each week, and we had readings for homework. But maybe that was just our church’s Sunday school program. At any rate, questions were encouraged, as was reading ahead.
Anyway, this thread is about Catholic readings of the Bible. I must say, I’m surprised at the number of Catholic Dopers who read the Bible. My ex, a Catholic who rediscovered her religion during our relationship, never read the Bible because “the priest will tell me all about it at Mass.” Readings for each Mass were listed in her Missal, of course, but she was reluctant to read it on her own lest she misinterpret it. Given my experience at Sunday school, where (as you can tell) critical reading and questions were encouraged, I could not understand why she wouldn’t read the Bible and ask any questions she had. She just relied on the priest’s interpretation, given at Mass.
Parts of it. Sometimes. More of the Old Testament than the New, usually.
I tried to read Revelation once, and my brain exploded.
Being raised non-denom and attending a classical Christian school, I have read the Bible thoroughly and done many many studies on various books and passages. I still read the Bible, but not like I did in school where it was assigned. I have a good knowledge of it and use it often as a reference. If I’m doing a particular study, I read it more often.
We’re Dopers. My parish back home is about 2K people officially; it attracts many people outside its official limits. My brothers’ Bible group is about 20 people. Three live out of town; only two live within the parish’s geographical limits.
The amount of Dopers who read anything you wish to name is always higher than the amount of general population who do (and I don’t mean in the prison sense), wasn’t that a given by now?
I guess this thread confirms a Protestant view of Catholics. Part of the reason is that the Catholic church believes that the authority of the church is equal to the authority of scripture, and is a source of continuing revelation.
Please open a thread in GD if you wish to discuss this.
This thread is a poll.
My parents were converted as young adults and are very well-read and devout. My mom got as far as ABD in theological studies, specializing in patristics. But we still didn’t read the Bible or have organized prayer time in our home.
I have read the latest Catechism and certainly have heard so many passages repeatedly over the years but wouldn’t say I read the Bible.
dupe
I really should but I dont. I have extensively studied the Bible however as a result of Jesuit schooling.