Does a Catholic Study Bible Exist?

Chuck Kelley · 2025-07-05T01:51:28+00:00

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I have a few study bibles I use and love. MacArthur, ESV, Reformation, etc…. I love seeing notes for each verse that explain the verse from their perspective. Is there a similar resource that shows the same things but from the Catholic perspective? I've searched and found bibles with footnotes and Bibles with articles but nothing that has verse by verse linked notes. Does anyone know of a Catholic perspective study bible with linked verse-by-verse notes?

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MJ. Smith

Mainly available in Logos:

In some ways the grandfather of Catholic study Bibles: Senior, Donald, John J. Collins, and Mary Ann Getty, eds. The Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Ed.: Notes. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Companion to a Bible study program: Upchurch, Catherine, Irene Nowell, and Ronald D. Witherup, eds. Little Rock Catholic Study Bible. Revised Edition. Little Rock, AR: Little Rock Scripture Study, 2011.
For those interested in the connections between worship and scripture: Turner, Paul, and John W. Martens, eds. Liturgy and Life Study Bible. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. A personal favorite but not what the OP is actually looking for.
Incomplete within Logos: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010.
Not in Logos - Didache study Bible
The Navarre Bible does not carry the English or Latin text as it does in the print version so what remains is a very extensive Study Bible although Logos calls it a commentary.

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NichtnurBibelleser

Quick search:

https://www.logos.com/search?query=catholic%20study%20bible&sortBy=Relevance&limit=30&page=1&ownership=all&geographicAvailability=availableToMe&useFuzzySearch=false&viewMode=list

NichtnurBibelleser

If you read German:

https://www.logos.com/product/136164/die-bibel-herder-ubersetzung-mit-kommentar-und-erlauterungen?queryId=ea04f81e36b5aa59d81e506518063591

If you read Italian:

https://www.logos.com/product/242174/la-sacra-bibbia?queryId=47b5c76dbfd28c0ba60908bebd91fc1b

MJ. Smith

Mainly available in Logos:

In some ways the grandfather of Catholic study Bibles: Senior, Donald, John J. Collins, and Mary Ann Getty, eds. The Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Ed.: Notes. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Companion to a Bible study program: Upchurch, Catherine, Irene Nowell, and Ronald D. Witherup, eds. Little Rock Catholic Study Bible. Revised Edition. Little Rock, AR: Little Rock Scripture Study, 2011.
For those interested in the connections between worship and scripture: Turner, Paul, and John W. Martens, eds. Liturgy and Life Study Bible. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. A personal favorite but not what the OP is actually looking for.
Incomplete within Logos: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010.
Not in Logos - Didache study Bible
The Navarre Bible does not carry the English or Latin text as it does in the print version so what remains is a very extensive Study Bible although Logos calls it a commentary.

Mattillo

I’m really interested in the Liturgy and Life Study Bible.
It needs to come down in price though. $100 seems a tad much.

Chuck Kelley

@MJ. Smith , Thank you! This is very helpful! My responses to your recommendations are below and in bold:

In some ways the grandfather of Catholic study Bibles: Senior, Donald, John J. Collins, and Mary Ann Getty, eds. The Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Ed.: Notes. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- I saw this one but when I read about it, it seemed to be a bunch of articles and stuff, not verse-by-verse notes.
Companion to a Bible study program: Upchurch, Catherine, Irene Nowell, and Ronald D. Witherup, eds. Little Rock Catholic Study Bible. Revised Edition. Little Rock, AR: Little Rock Scripture Study, 2011.
- Thank you for this one. This looks like the best one I've found so far and pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.
For those interested in the connections between worship and scripture: Turner, Paul, and John W. Martens, eds. Liturgy and Life Study Bible. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. A personal favorite but not what the OP is actually looking for.
Incomplete within Logos: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010.
- I bought this one without realizing that it didn't have the notes. A Catholic friend of mine actually recommended it so I thought it was going to be good and didn't research it before purchasing it. That's actually why I made this post, I didn't want to get caught out again.
Not in Logos - Didache study Bible
- I searched for this one becuase I heard it was good but I didn't find it. Thank you for confirming it's not in Logos.
The Navarre Bible does not carry the English or Latin text as it does in the print version so what remains is a very extensive Study Bible although Logos calls it a commentary.
- This is a fantastic recommendation, thank you. It's very expensive and does look like a commentary so I'll pass for now but I may get it in the future if I need to go deeper.

NB.Mick

In some ways the grandfather of Catholic study Bibles: Senior, Donald, John J. Collins, and Mary Ann Getty, eds. The Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Ed.: Notes. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
I saw this one but when I read about it, it seemed to be a bunch of articles and stuff, not verse-by-verse notes.

Actually it does have verse-by-verse notes (in the part page-numbered "Volume 2") and flows nicely with a bible just like other study bibles do. It seems those notes are verbatim the same as those in the Little Rock study bible:

MJ. Smith

Incomplete within Logos: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010.I bought this one without realizing that it didn't have the notes. A Catholic friend of mine actually recommended it so I thought it was going to be good and didn't research it before purchasing it. That's actually why I made this post, I didn't want to get caught out again.

I'm confused because it does have notes. But you must remember that to many Catholics, a verse is an unnatural division; they think in lections/pericopes.

Chuck Kelley

@MJ. Smith Ok, thank you for the screenshot, that is nothing like what I have. I realized that the one you have and what I have are different. Mine is this one: https://www.logos.com/product/29627/the-ignatius-bible-revised-standard-version-second-catholic-edition

I searched Logos for The "Ignatius Catholic Study Bible" and nothing close to what you have comes up. I wonder if Logos doesn't have the rights to sell it anymore.

@NB.Mick , Thank you. That was super helpful!

Martin Dunn

I think I know what he problem is. Logos has withdrawn the Ignatius Study Bible from sale. Hopefully this is because the plan to rerelease it with the complete Old Testament. The Ignatius Study Bile has been available for the New Testament for some years, and progressively Ignatius Press has been releasing additional thin volumes on Old Testament books. Only late last year they rereleased it with the complete New and Old Testament (including the Deuterocanonical books).

https://www.logos.com/product/166698/the-ignatius-catholic-study-bible-collection

Martin Dunn

In Logos, there is not a lot of difference between how a Study Bible or a Commentary works - apart from the fact that they are categorised differently. My top-prioritised commentary is A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture because it is more like a study bible - single volume, covers the whole canon and is versified - so it follows your place when set up to follow you bible while you are jumping around he text. Also it is included in most of the Verbum Starter Editions.