English Standard Version, Catholic Edition (ESV-CE) , 2018 Catholic Edition
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Crossway, Christian ministry · ESV adapted by Catholic scholars in India for the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India · published in the United States by the Augustine Institute
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Crossway, the ESV's publisher, with a team of Catholic scholars in India who revised the text for the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India; first released in India in 2018 by the Asian Trading Corporation and in the United States in 2019 by the Augustine Institute, Crossway's exclusive Catholic publisher in North America
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English Standard Version, Catholic Edition
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ESV-CE
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English
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Word-for-word: the publisher says it seeks to reproduce the precise wording of the original text and the style of each writer, taking account of differences in grammar, syntax and idiom, rather than thought-for-thought
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Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as printed in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th edition, 1997), as the ESV preface states for the ESV text
Verification pending- New Testament textual basis
Greek text in the UBS Greek New Testament (5th corrected edition, 2014) and the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (28th edition, 2012), as the ESV preface states for the ESV text
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Catholic, 73 books; includes all the deuterocanonical books and additions held canonical by the Catholic Church
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Keeps "brothers" as a familial term, "man" where the original conveys male meaning and the generic "he"; uses "anyone" rather than "any man" where the source lacks the word (ESV preface)
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Copyright Crossway. Crossway's ESV permissions page allows up to 500 verses without a licence if they are under 25 percent of the work and not more than half of a book; it states no separate policy for the Catholic Edition
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ESV 2001; Catholic Edition 2018 in India, 2019 in the United States
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| Fact | Value | Source · fetched |
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| Made by | Crossway, the ESV's publisher, with a team of Catholic scholars in India who revised the text for the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India; first released in India in 2018 by the Asian Trading Corporation and in the United States in 2019 by the Augustine Institute, Crossway's exclusive Catholic publisher in North America | Augustine Institute, Catholic Bibles · Verification pending |
| Translation philosophy | Word-for-word: the publisher says it seeks to reproduce the precise wording of the original text and the style of each writer, taking account of differences in grammar, syntax and idiom, rather than thought-for-thought | Augustine Institute, Catholic Bibles · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, Old Testament | Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as printed in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th edition, 1997), as the ESV preface states for the ESV text | ESV preface · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, New Testament | Greek text in the UBS Greek New Testament (5th corrected edition, 2014) and the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (28th edition, 2012), as the ESV preface states for the ESV text | ESV preface · Verification pending |
| Canon | Catholic, 73 books; includes all the deuterocanonical books and additions held canonical by the Catholic Church | Augustine Institute, Catholic Bibles · Verification pending |
| Reading grade level | No published figure | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Gender language | Keeps "brothers" as a familial term, "man" where the original conveys male meaning and the generic "he"; uses "anyone" rather than "any man" where the source lacks the word (ESV preface) | ESV preface · Verification pending |
| Committee | The 2001 ESV was produced by Crossway's Translation Oversight Committee, originally twelve Evangelical scholars; the Catholic Edition was revised by eight Catholic scholars in India led by Lucien Legrand, M.E.P. | Augustine Institute, Catholic Bibles · Verification pending |
| Licence and quotation | Copyright Crossway. Crossway's ESV permissions page allows up to 500 verses without a licence if they are under 25 percent of the work and not more than half of a book; it states no separate policy for the Catholic Edition | Crossway permissions · Verification pending |
| First published | ESV 2001; Catholic Edition 2018 in India, 2019 in the United States | Augustine Institute, Catholic Bibles · Verification pending |
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Conference of Catholic Bishops of India February 4, 2018
Approved, with imprimatur
The publisher states that the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India approved the ESV Catholic Edition on February 4, 2018, and that Cardinal Oswald Gracias granted the imprimatur.
Holy See December 9, 2019
Lectionary approved
The publisher states that the Vatican approved the ESV Catholic Edition Lectionary on December 9, 2019, and that it is mandated for liturgical use throughout India from Palm Sunday 2020.
Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales November 2018
Adopted for the Lectionary
The bishops of England and Wales agreed in November 2018 that the ESV Catholic Edition, produced by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India with Crossway, should be the basis of their new Lectionary.
Bishops' Conference of Scotland July 2020
Adopted for the Lectionary
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland announced in July 2020 that it had also chosen the ESV Catholic Edition for its Lectionary, as the bishops of England and Wales report.
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Is it word for word?
Yes by the publisher’s description: it seeks to reproduce the precise wording of the original rather than a thought-for-thought rendering. The literal-to-idiomatic meter shows where readers place its feel.
What text is it based on?
The ESV text, which the ESV preface says follows the Masoretic text in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and the UBS 5th and Nestle-Aland 28th Greek editions, with the deuterocanonical books added and changes by Catholic scholars in India.
Is it approved for Catholic use?
Yes. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India approved it in 2018 with an imprimatur, and the bishops of India, England and Wales, and Scotland use it for the Lectionary. It is not on the USCCB’s list of approved translations.
Who translated it?
Crossway’s Translation Oversight Committee produced the ESV; eight Catholic scholars in India, led by Lucien Legrand, revised it for the Catholic Edition.
How does it differ from the ESV?
It adds the deuterocanonical books and additions and carries changes made by the Catholic scholars who reviewed the text; the publisher says the review followed the Vatican’s translation norms. It is sold separately by the Augustine Institute.