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  • One Of Best Bible Apps You Can Get

    Not only does the app contain different translations of the bible to choose from, it also contains commentary from the earliest interpreters of the bible dating back all the way from 1st-2nd century of the Early Church. Rooted in Coptic Christian spirituality, this app possesses helpful videos that clear the confusion of the misconceptions of daily spirituality that get in the way of holiness. I recommend this app to anyone who wants to better understand the bible.
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  • One of the best Bible apps

    The feature of sorting the Bible commentaries in chronological order verse by verse is very powerful. It’s only missing source link to their statements and not just sending us to a Wiki bio of the commentator. The related verse feature is also pretty helpful. Thank you for the hard work on this app, a bit glitchy but not terrible
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  • Amazing Must Download

    This app is phenomenal, I can’t believe it’s free; I’d love to donate to keep this amazing resource going forever. If you are Catholic (or Christian!) I highly advise downloading this app, it keeps you close to the word of God in an easy to read format. The writings and videos of Christian scholars is a wonderful addition as well!
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  • Christ is risen!

    This app is awesome! Love all the commentaries from the Saints. One thing I would like to see them add is a section for the daily epistles & maybe even a detailed yearly church calender for each diocese. Overall, 9.5/10, best Bible app I have found for Orthos. If they added the couple small things I listed it would be a one-stop-shop for Orthodox research & daily details. Great job guys! Glory to the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit now and forever & unto the ages of ages! May our merciful God protect you all!
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  • Incredible, beautiful app. So impressed.

    I wish I knew about this app long ago… Using it has been so wonderful. Relevant commentaries to specific verses written by both the Church Fathers and more modern theologians can be found all in one place with a single click. There are also beautiful daily quotations from saints as well the daily readings. The layout is perfectly clean and easily navigable. No messiness, ads, or unnecessarily complicated features. As a Catholic and student of the Church and of history, I am so impressed. And it’s free! Thank you and God bless to the creators of Catena.
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  • Great app, but in need of more translations

    This is an awesome app and while I’m still new and trying to navigate it, I love the idea behind it and the commentaries. I only wish it had more translations and that the Daily Reminders actually worked. I use my physical copy of the OSB for daily use and will use Catena for looking verses up or reading commentaries from the Fathers. The OSB is translated using NKJV and I ask that this translation be added to the next update. I would love to see it as it’s easier to use than KJV 2000 or the other translations. Thank you.
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  • GEM of a Resource

    Before ordination and after this app has been a gem of a resource. It’s a helpful way of getting interpretations from a wide range of learned and holy commentators quickly. Not exhaustive by any stretch, but a very good way to shake things up when dealing with an especially difficult passage. MANY THANKS to the creators/providers of this!
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  • Learning

    I am extremely impressed that you have the option of both old and new Testaments and the Bible studies interviews. The interviews themselves give you lots of food for thought. You will start to appreciate them from a perspective you wouldn’t have believed. All in all a wonderful source to draw endless amounts of Biblical information from.
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  • Truly phenomenal.

    This app is positively superb. I was recommended it today and have gone on to recommend it to dozens of people.
    I have already used it considerably and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
  • Doesn’t always show commentaries though

    Not sure if it’s just my phone or if others are having this trouble as well.
    Only can load commentaries part of the time. When it works, I’m so grateful to read the scriptures and immediately click commentaries when I would like some.

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