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The best bible app Ive seen yet
A lot of bible apps have a lot of crap and useless features. This app gives you what you want - the verses, and commentary from the church fathers and your choice of eastern or western theologians. 4 stars because theres only one translation available, and because of a number of spelling and grammar errors, but these should be fixed in timeShow lessAce4929
Only a few tweaks needed
This app is excellent both for personal devotional study and as a teaching aid. One thing I would be looking for in future updates, and the reason I have only given four stars, would be references as to where a comment comes - what work by the Father quoted and a reference within that work.
Once again, a very good resource that I highly recommend!Show lessKyle C R
Amazing application
Amazing application! I love it and it is very valuable. Thank you for the effort. I would love a horizontal mode for the iPadKAN_MUFC
Has great potential
The primary issue with the app is filtering/finding the commentary that you care about.
Let’s say you want to read what Theophylact wrote on the entire book of Matthew. Every time you tap on a verse, you have to spend 20 seconds swiping to find him (alphabetical and oldest-to-newest sorting always puts him last).
Would love an option to filter commentaries based upon specific people. That would allow for an ability to compare as well which would be useful. Augustine vs Palamas for example.Show lesscothalesr
Awesome but...
This is a truly awesome and helpful app and I love it so far but there’s no commentary on any of the apocryphal portions? Also its missing the rest of Esther and maybe other apocryphal books? And What Bible version is it I can’t find what it is? Is there a way to change versions?Ajstarpack
Sharing on social media not working
Love the app and really appreciate the effort. As an Orthodox Christian reading the fathers is so beneficial alongside the scriptural text. Unfortunately, the sharing on social media aspect isn’t working properly. It would also be great to have the Orthodox lectionary as an option in addition to scriptures and writings of the fathers in Greek.
Please consider these adjustments for future releases. Thank you!Show lessAndrea_Sal
Amazing app recommended to seminarian classmates
This was an app that I’d previously checked out and liked, but stopped using as I didn’t see a way to filter to only Orthodox fathers. With the tradition filter now in place, I was happy to redownload it. The inclusion of the “Apocrypha” makes it even better.
The one improvement I’d like to see, which would bump my rating to five stars, would be an option to see daily readings from the Orthodox lectionary.
God bless the developers.Show lessJGriffing
Developer Response
We're so glad the new version is more useful for you! We've released the latest update of Catena with the daily readings! God Bless 🙏🏼Love it. Room for improvement.
I love this app. It’s very valuable! However my only criticism thus far is that it needs a landscape viewing feature for iPads. I’m using an iPad Pro with an attached keyboard to take notes, so it’s a huge shame I can’t view the app this way.Pinksimone1986
Developer Response
Hi Pinksimone1986, we're happy to share that the latest update allows for landscape view on iPad. God Bless 🙏🏼Best collection of commentary
Excellent app for those who love the tradition and love to keep it. Well done and God bless you.Dcn Amgad Gerges
One of the best bible apps ever.
This is an app that would be called a miracle not so long ago.
We can view in seconds what took the early fathers years to accumulate.
Just take my money! Oh. Its free too!SleepyMouse >.<
