Disposal of bibles

[cmotherofpirl]

How do you dispose of a Holy Bible? We were helping clean out a house and came across an old bible. They were going to pitch it in the dumpster and I recued it. I don't need it ,its all wet and sorry looking but I just couldn't toss it out.

Any clues?

[sweetpea316]

You know, I was wondering the same thing about a month ago...

I'd like to know also...thanks for bringing it up!

Anyone..?

[Era Might]

If it's blessed, it needs to be burned or buried.

If not, then you can just throw it out.

Since you probably dont' know if it's been blessed or not, you should probably just bury or burn it, just in case...

Edited August 16, 2005 by Era Might

[jgirl]

When I was a student at Steubenville, my Bible was in awful condition, so somebody on the chapel staff offered to burn it for me, since that's kind of hard to do when you are a college student.

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
8/16 - St. Stephen of Hungary

Yeah, burn it. Holy books need to be burned or buried, even liturgical books. The Greek Orthodox are best at this - they burn or bury everything.

[Ellenita]

I couldn't imagine burning it.....!

[Paladin D]

Just becareful [b]where[/b] you burn it, don't want to make your neigbhors think you're an anti-religious Nazi.

[Theoketos]

Yeah

I vote burn the Bible in a small ceramony. Maybe say night prayer around the fire with your family.

[Noel's angel]

i thought the title said 'disposal of babies'

[annabelle87]

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me too!

[Fidei Defensor]

This makes me sad, because I found an old Bible from when I was a lot younger, and I cut a huge hole in it and made it into a "secret box"

Maybe i should have been reading it instead.

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

[quote name='fidei defensor' date='Aug 16 2005, 01:19 PM']This makes me sad, because I found an old Bible from when I was a lot younger, and I cut a huge hole in it and made it into a "secret box"

Maybe i should have been reading it instead.
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A secret box, eh...?

[cmotherofpirl]

I might keep the bigger bible, its drying out nicely over the pilot light in the oven. Its the large Catholic CCD edition from 1961, the one with all pictures and prayers in it. The other is a Jerusalem Bible from 1966.

[prose]

Just a note on the blessed Bible thing...

Our parish priest won't bless Bibles because he says that they are already sacred because it is the Word of God and it doesn't get more sacred than that.

So, if you think this way, I would never ever throw out a Bible. I would treat every Bible as sacred and burn or bury it if you have to get rid of it.

Just my 2 cents.

Edited August 16, 2005 by prose

[IcePrincessKRS]

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Me, three!

I'd burn it and say some prayers like Theoketos suggested.

[White Knight]

I vote burn it or bury it.

[the_rev]

burn it, I believe if you google it, there is a Catholic cermony (ritual) for the burning of a bible, like prayers that should be said, etc.

[zabbazooey]

burn it burn it!!!!

[Fidei Defensor]

[quote name='thedude' date='Aug 16 2005, 01:35 PM']A secret box, eh...?
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Haha, yes. I was into spies and stuff then.

I burned that Bible early today now. I put it in a box stuffed with newspaper, as to make sure it was completely burned up. I piled wood beneath it and around it and made a huge blaze, but when the fire died down, the center of the Bible was still intact. So i added more wood, and now all of the ashes are all burned.

[cmotherofpirl]

I just can't bring myself to burn or bury the Word of God.