Getting rid of family bible?

[Anonymous]

OP here. There is no family info and it is written entirely in a different language that DD does not speak.

[Anonymous]

You are acting just like your mother.

[Anonymous]

I wish I had a family bible ! That would be so cool. I have nothing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else got rid of theirs?

I’m supposed to pass this on to teen daughter (who could not care less) from n-mom, and I’m not even Catholic anymore (Protestant now) so even more of a reason to redistribute it elsewhere.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

If it was blessed, you aren’t supposed to throw them away. I think they can be burned. A nursing home might be happy to have it.

[Anonymous]

If I were your daughter, I'd be SO MAD if I knew you threw out a family heirloom because of your relationship with your mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were your daughter, I'd be SO MAD if I knew you threw out a family heirloom because of your relationship with your mom.

+1

Keep it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else got rid of theirs?

I’m supposed to pass this on to teen daughter (who could not care less) from n-mom, and I’m not even Catholic anymore (Protestant now) so even more of a reason to redistribute it elsewhere.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

If it was blessed, you aren’t supposed to throw them away. I think they can be burned.

NonCatholics don’t care about that sorcery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else got rid of theirs?

I’m supposed to pass this on to teen daughter (who could not care less) from n-mom, and I’m not even Catholic anymore (Protestant now) so even more of a reason to redistribute it elsewhere.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

If it was blessed, you aren’t supposed to throw them away. I think they can be burned.

NonCatholics don’t care about that sorcery.

Orthodox Jews have special rules for dealing with paper written with the name of God.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. There is no family info and it is written entirely in a different language that DD does not speak.

I would give it to a local Catholic parish. Someone else who reads the language might be thrilled to have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. There is no family info and it is written entirely in a different language that DD does not speak.

I would give it to a local Catholic parish. Someone else who reads the language might be thrilled to have it.

This. If there is no family info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. There is no family info and it is written entirely in a different language that DD does not speak.

Written in your mother's family native tongue? More the reason to give it to your daughter. It's a family heirloom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else got rid of theirs?

I’m supposed to pass this on to teen daughter (who could not care less) from n-mom, and I’m not even Catholic anymore (Protestant now) so even more of a reason to redistribute it elsewhere.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

If it was blessed, you aren’t supposed to throw them away. I think they can be burned.

NonCatholics don’t care about that sorcery.

Orthodox Jews have special rules for dealing with paper written with the name of God.

But a nonOrthodox Jew wouldn’t have an issue with it. Therefore if OP is not Catholic she has no obligation or guilt about going about things as you would with any unwanted book.

[Anonymous]

OP, please hang onto it since there is information written in another language. You might consider having it translated right now and put that translation in an archive-worthy box with the family Bible, saving it for your DD in the coming years.

If your DD grows up and still does not want it after she has had her own children, then she can dispose of it - hopefully donating it to a cultural society or museum. But give her a chance to grow into it. Not from religious perspective at all, simply because it has family history written in the family’s native language.

My maternal grandmother had her family Bible and I would love to have it today. Some other relative swooped in after my grandfather died and took it. I wonder if it even exists now. Somebody probably tossed it eventually. I don’t care about the religious content, but I would love to look at the notations and handwriting of my ancestors. How cool would that be?! Please don’t give this away - because once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, please hang onto it since there is information written in another language.

There is no information written in that language. The *actual Bible text* is in that language. There are no birth/death dates or anything else written as far as family info.

[Anonymous]

Also, there is no “handwriting of ancestors” except my mother, who is horrible and who DD has no relationship with.