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Selinary Study App

Selinary Study App

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One Page Before You Read. That Is the Whole Method.

No year-long program. No study group you have to keep up with. Open to the book you are reading, spend four minutes, and walk in already knowing what it is about.

The Seven They Left Out

Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees are in your Bible and missing from almost every study guide sold. Each one gets a full page here.

Context Before Confusion

Most people quit Scripture because they open it cold. Knowing who wrote a book, when, and why turns a wall of text into a story you can follow.

The Catholic Bible Companion — 73 books, leather cover

Built for Eyes That Read a Lot

Large type, high contrast, generous margins. We would rather use more paper than have you reach for a magnifying glass.

A Book That Outlives You

Real leather cover, gold foil, sewn to last. This is the kind of thing that ends up on a grandchild's shelf with your name still in the front.

Hear It From Them

★★★★★

"I Was Never Taught Any of This"

"I went to Catholic school for twelve years and I could not have told you what the Book of Sirach was. That is not a complaint about the sisters, it is just how it was. We learned the Mass and the Rosary and the sacraments, and nobody handed us the Bible. I sat down with this on a Tuesday and read four pages and I understood more than I had in decades. I am sixty-eight and I felt like I finally caught up."

Maureen K., 68

★★★★★

"My Daughter Stopped Going. This Helped Me Talk to Her."

"My daughter left the Church after college and every conversation we had about it ended badly, because she knew more than I did and I could not answer her. I am not trying to win an argument anymore. I just wanted to be able to speak about my own faith without stumbling. We had coffee last month and talked about Maccabees of all things, and it was the best conversation we have had in years."

Teresa D., 63

★★★★★

"Bought Three More After the First Week"

"I ordered one for myself and by the following weekend I had ordered three more, one for my sister and two for my sons. My sister called me and said she did not know the Catholic Bible had more books than her neighbor's. Neither of us did. We are in our seventies. Somebody should have told us a long time ago."

Carmen L., 74

Got Questions?

Is this actually Catholic, or is it a Protestant book with a crucifix on it?
It is Catholic all the way through. It covers all 73 books of the Catholic canon, including the seven deuterocanonical books that Protestant Bibles do not contain, and every page was reviewed for doctrinal accuracy by a practicing Catholic before it went to print. If you have ever bought a faith resource and felt something was slightly off in it, you already know why we take this seriously.
Do I need to know anything about the Bible already?
No. This book exists precisely because most Catholics were never taught to read Scripture, and that was never your fault. Every page starts from zero. There is no assumed knowledge, no theological vocabulary you have to look up, and nothing that expects you to have done this before.
Is the print large enough for me to read comfortably?
Yes. This was the first decision we made. The type is large and high contrast with generous margins, because the most common complaint about guides like this is that the publisher crammed the text down to save paper. We would rather the book be thicker.
Does this replace my Bible?
No. It sits next to it. Read the one page on Isaiah, then read Isaiah, and it will make sense in a way it did not before. It works with any Catholic translation you already own, whether that is the NABRE, the RSV-CE, the Douay-Rheims, or the Bible you were given at Confirmation.
What actually makes this different from the Bible guides I see everywhere else?
Almost all of them cover 66 books, because almost all of them are written for Protestants. Your Bible has 73. That means Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees are simply missing from the guide you would otherwise buy. This is the one that covers your whole Bible.
Is this a good gift for my children or grandchildren?
It is one of the most common reasons people buy it. It is a leather-bound book with gold foil and a ribbon marker, not a workbook, so it holds up on a shelf for decades and does not look like homework. Many people order one for themselves and two or three more once they have seen it.

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Not happy with your purchase? No problem! Return it within 30 days in its original condition for a full refund.