Ok,So I went to the Bookstore and...

[the_rev]

Sophia Institute Press is a good publishing company as well.

[Neal4Christ]

Yeah, the do Dave Armstrong's books, which I love!

[jezic]

i would only like to point out, that i love the catholic Bible. It contains the whole truth.

You say we are behind because ours aren't as nice as the Pros. (my nickname for them.) I would only remind you Jesus didn't come wearing gold, he came with slippers and a simple cloak. He did not parade into Jerusalem in power he entered as a servant.

People in america need to detach from the material nicer is better to the spiritual i would glady let pros have nicer Bibles. They need them as much as anyone and i am happy with the world of God.

[Neal4Christ]

I think everyone here was just stating their personal preferences. I love my Catholic Bibles too.

[Honour]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='Jan 14 2005, 08:44 PM'] I prefer buying old used books. [/quote]
Usually I do too, Amazon being the best on the internet for used books, if you already know the title you want.
But there is nothing like a used book store. Its everything I love about books. Who held this book before? Was it a beloved favorite? Never read? There is something mysterious about the passing of knowlege through books, like the author, though he may be long dead, is holding on to his earthly existance throuh the words recorded between those pages. I like really old books not well known because you wonder of the unknown fellowship you share with the few other people who have copies and have partaken in this authors life, and in a sense are keeping him alive.
Like I said, I get really weird about books.

[Honour]

[quote name='jezic' date='Jan 14 2005, 10:18 PM'] i would only like to point out, that i love the catholic Bible. It contains the whole truth.

You say we are behind because ours aren't as nice as the Pros. (my nickname for them.) I would only remind you Jesus didn't come wearing gold, he came with slippers and a simple cloak. He did not parade into Jerusalem in power he entered as a servant.

People in america need to detach from the material nicer is better to the spiritual i would glady let pros have nicer Bibles. They need them as much as anyone and i am happy with the world of God. [/quote]
Its not about nicer, material things.

A leather bound bible will last a lifetime if treated properly. You have a sentimental and usefull record of everything you have come to understand about God through reading your Bible. That is powerfull, besides it protcts the word of God, so you don't have misssing pages, ect.

[Birgitta Noel]

There's this poem about the eternalness of books, hang on let me go find it.....

[Birgitta Noel]

Ah ha! Here it is, it's by Czeslaw Milosz, the Polish Poet Laureate. It's one of my favorites....

And Yet the Books

And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings,
That appeared once, still wet
As shining chestnuts under a tree in autumn,
And, touched, coddled, began to live
In spite of fires on the horizon, castles blown up,
Tribes on the march, planets in motion.
"We are," they said, even as their pages
Were being torn out, or a buzzing flame
Licked away their letters. So much more durable
Than we are, whose frail warmth
Cools down with memory, disperses, perishes.
I imagine the earth when I am no more:
Nothing happens, no loss, it's still a strange pageant,
Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley.
Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born,
Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.

[Honour]

Thats absolutly beautiful.
Coddled, books should be coddled.

[FutureSoror]

I love old books too. It's fun to look for clues as to where it came from. I have an old book about the 1400s that is signed by the author with a note to a woman that he's giving the book to her in remembrance of 'good times spent' in my hometown.

[homeschoolmom]

I love the smell of an old bookstore... dusty... like Grandma's attic... Oh, how I would love to spend the [b]d[/b]ay perousing through one again...

[Neal4Christ]

Spend the say?

[Lil Red]

i :wub: used bookstores!

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Neal4Christ' date='Jan 15 2005, 12:33 AM'] Spend the say? [/quote]
What are you talking about? is that some kind of expression?

[Lil Red]

nice one, hsmom!

[Neal4Christ]

Bahhh...

[jezic]

that is true, about being attached to your Bible.

Again though, i consider it an attachment to a material thing. The Bible should not be your attachment. God's word alone should. His word can be found in any Bible not just yours. If it means so much to you, give it away.To other people it means just as much or more because of your treasures with it already. We were called to drop everything and follow him.

That is just my take on it. Material attachment of any and every kind is dangerous.

[Dreamweaver]

If one invests in a nice, well bound leather bible, it could be a family heirloom. Some families pass on jewelry, some pass on china, but it'd be cool if they passed down the bible. Hopefully it would be read and cherished, and not just a curio to collect dust on the bookshelf. Family members could also put little notes in the bible about favorite verses and what not.

[cathqat]

[quote name='Honour' date='Jan 14 2005, 07:28 PM'] I am just really emotionally attached to my NASB study Bible [/quote]
And you should definitely keep it, too! Even though it's missing some books, the NASB Old Testament is one of the best translations available. (The NT isn't quite as good.)

[cathqat]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='Jan 14 2005, 08:44 PM'] I prefer buying old used books. [/quote]
Anyone and everyone who lives near Pittsburgh should spend some time shopping at Sacred Heart of Jesus Bookstore on Butler. Used Catholic books! Great deals! Phone number: 412-683-4001.