Digital Catholic Bible for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 7, 2018

Digital Catholic Bible lets users easily find Bible passages by chapter and verse or by searching for specific keywords. It's nothing fancy, but it's easy to use and is a great electronic alternative to a traditional Bible.

The program's interface is basic and intuitive. There are eight versions of the Bible to choose from, although only one is in English. Users can select a book, chapter, and verse from a drop-down menu or search for a chapter with keywords. Each passage is displayed in a large customizable reading pane. The font color, size, and style can be changed, as well as the background color, letting users adjust the display to their liking. The font size can be set quite large--up to 48-point--making the text accessible to readers with poor eyesight. Multiple passages can be opened in tabs, making it is easy for users to switch back and forth. Digital Catholic Bible has a comparison feature and a query feature, but it's not clear how these are to be used, and there's no Help file. Fortunately, the program's other features are pretty obvious, so basic use of the Bible is easy. Users will especially appreciate the ability to select favorites and organize them by user-defined categories.

Digital Catholic Bible is free. It installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users, although we think it's shame that the program contains features that may not be usable because they're not explained.

What’s new in version 1.3

Version 1.3 introduces improvements to the help files (in english and spanish), to the interface translations and several bugfixes and tweaks.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: November 9, 2009

Latest update: November 7, 2018

Version: 1.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows Vista
Windows 95
Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows NT
Windows 2003
Windows Server
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 95,302

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

3.7/5

14 User Votes

Easy and simple to read or search.
cmomMay 16, 2015
Pros
Simple to use.
Cons
needs more Bibles
Summary
Aborted install due to too many unwanted programs
RonZ1950February 27, 2013
Pros
N/A never finished the install
Cons
N/A never finished the install
Summary
Any download that has so many unwanted programs load along with it does not meet with my approval. It took 15 minutes to find and delete the "crap" that came with it
Simple, but for some tasks, an excellent design
BarzillaiDecember 30, 2011
Pros
The 1.3 version I downloaded has two English translations, the Douay-Rheims and the Christian Community Bible. It also has a short Help file. I liked the simple (after I figured out how to set it up) side-by-side comparison of the Latin Vulgate to English. The Digital Catholic Bible's design for this side-by-side comparison is excellent. Very easy to read and fast as I moved around checking on passages. Tabs allow many different books, different comparisons, etc. to be just a click away. No tabs are saved on exit, however. Favorites are easy to set and can be organized in groups. Side-by-side comparisons are not saved on exit, but other references are -- like bookmarks. Search is rather powerful, allowing: { "stirred up" -king } just as in an Internet browser. DCB worked fast on a Windows 7 64 Dell computer with Intel solid state drive and 1.73 gigahertz Intel Core i7 Q 820 processor.
Cons
Other free Bible applications are more powerful. Look elsewhere for a more comprehensive full-featured Bible application. The Digital Catholic Bible is on the skimpy side of the robust scale.
Summary
Not as a summary but an aside, there may be an easier way to set up the comparisons, but the first one I found that worked the way I liked (Latin left English right) is: SELECT VERSION (then select one of the two English Bibles) > NEW COMPARISON > (then select the Latin Vulgate) > BOOK (then select the book and chapter, etc). I will use Digital Catholic Bible only for Latin-English word study, but I will be glad I have the application on my computer.
Good reference program
dynodeanmccabeSeptember 25, 2011
Pros
All sorts of ways to look up and just read the bible verse by verse. Great chapter layouts.
Cons
A little slow in some areas. Doesn't default right away where you want it. But as a good cafeteria catholic, I can let this shortcoming slide.
Summary
Good program
mariafransisca11April 30, 2011
Pros
Good program
Cons
none so far
Summary
You can download Latin Vulgate Catholic Bible free here: catholicholybible.blogspot.com
The Digital Catholic Bible is an excellent tool.
RNgangaJanuary 17, 2011
Pros
I like the ease of selection of books, chapters and verses.
Cons
Would it be possible to use the bible on software tools like openlp? Na dhow would one go about it?
Summary
I have tried to use the product on the openlp software but I'm unable. May be because I do not know how to go about it. Are there any instructions on this?
Okay, but could be better
joolsxavierJune 1, 2010
Pros
It was nice to have a catholic bible on my computer
Cons
To have a catholic bible on my computer was okay, but it was not good as it didn't have other bibles too.. Don't bother with this if have sence
Summary
Ban book
It's the first software supporting catholic canone.
erikarloDecember 7, 2009
Pros
Made on catholic canone; easy to use; the interface is quite good to view; it runs under linux with Wine without any problem.
Cons
It's not open source and it has no native linux version. The xml files with biblical text are strange, so it's very difficult to add other biblical texts. The search function sometimes has some difficult and it's not very careful.
Summary
I think that this software is the first that try to make available the catholic canone in different languages. But Xiphos, Bibletime, La Parola or The Word are more efficient and agreable. I don't understand the reason why this product is not open but only freeware: why there's not a linx/mac version? The xml files including the biblical text are formatted in a strange way: in my opinion, it was better to use the xml format made by OpenOffice; in this way, everyone could make a Bible version for his personal use...
Repeated corruption of files during attempted downloads
BishopCraigDavisMay 31, 2009
Pros
I have not been able to download it. Therefore, I cannot rate it.
Cons
The download process has been an unhappy one. I do not like my experience thus far.
Summary
See above. Do I really need to say more after at least five abortive attempts to download the product?
spectacular
oly_opMarch 9, 2009
Pros
this is fantastic, the lenguages, and chapters are very clear
Cons
evry thing is o.k.
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Digitalcatholicbible

Read, search and compare the Catholic Bible.

Digital Catholic Bible is a free easy-to-use Catholic Bible software for PC. Provides 9 free distributable Bible versions in 6 different languages, 4 Bible text operations, and 5 interface languages. It also features a tabbed interface, favorites management, and more.

Since version 1.3 there is also another version for java-enabled Mobile Devices, please check the publisher site for more information.