The Bible

Some online resources for reading / studying the Bible

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Information about reading lessons in Church can be found here.

Sundays readings

You may like to prepare for Church on Sunday by reading / thinking about the lessons and Gospel in advance - or think about them afterwards. "The Text This Week" website gives links to lots of material which can help with this (when you enter the site you will just see a date, occasion e.g. "Easter 2" and a "link of the week". Click on the occasion - "Easter 2" in this example to go to the main page for the occasion. This site also covers the main festivals and Holy Days. If you are looking well in advance or there is a festival just before the home page may show a different occasion - you can then select from the side menu.

Reading the Bible

These days you can read the Bible online - and what's more have a choice of lots of different translations - or read the New Testament in Greek!

The Oremus Bible Browser gives a choice of the Bibles used most by Anglicans - the New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition) - the one that our lectionary uses, and also the Authorized Version (aka the King James Bible) and several additional psalters.

You can look up a given passage or search for words - can help you find that passage you have half in mind and can't remember where it comes from, or provide you find passages on a given topic.

The Bible Society gives the similar opportunity with a couple of different English translations (including the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version) and also the Vulgate (Latin).

If you put "Greek New Testament" into a search engine you will find sites with a Greek version (e.g. this site), and also sites to help you learn / study the NT Greek such as this one.

This site offers the ability to search for given words not necessarily as a phrase, including several Greek versions of the NT, though not the opportunity to look up passages.

Listening to the Bible

If you would rather listen to the Bible than read it you can do so here.

Help in studying the Bible

From time-to-time there are study groups at St. Mary's where you can learn more about the Bible and share your thoughts and insights with others.
A link to a page with more details will be found in the side menu on this page when there is a course coming or taking place.

Salisbury Diocese also arranges courses you can find details here.

If you wish to study at home by yourself there are many resouces:

Many find notes with daily readings helpful, such as those produced by the Bible Reading Fellowship - paper and daily e-mail versions are available
You may find some books in our Church lending library of help to you
Sarum College bookshop has many books you can browse to find something to suit you
(Sarum College is in the Close in Salisbury - near the north east corner)
The College also has a library you can join if you want to do some serious study!