Editing Revised Standard Version (section)

== Legacy and use today ==
When the [[New Revised Standard Version]] (NRSV) was published in 1989, some traditional Christians &mdash; both Catholic and Protestant &mdash; criticized its wide use of [[gender-inclusive language]].<ref>Whitehead, Kenneth D. (March, 1997). [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=2623 "Inclusive Language: Is It Necessary?"] New Oxford Review. pp. 6-14.</ref> Because of its significance in the development of the English Bible tradition, many publishers and Biblical scholars continue to rely on the RSV tradition in their work, especially when writing for mixed [[Catholic]] and [[Protestant]] audiences:

{{quote|[T]he Revised Standard Version of 1946&ndash;1957 was becoming established and, in 1966, was accepted by Catholics and Protestants as a 'Common Bible'. It was the first truly [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] Bible and brought together the two traditions &mdash; the Catholic [[Douay–Rheims Bible]] and the Protestant [[King James Version|Authorised Version]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mgr Andrew Burnham: The Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham|url=https://www.ordinariate.org.uk/news/OrdinariateNews.php?Mgr-Andrew-Burnham-The-Customary-of-Our-Lady-of-Walsingham-121|date=1 June 2012|access-date=2023-01-01|website=www.ordinariate.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>}}

Moreover, because of its importance to [[Anglican]] heritage and the English Bible tradition, the ''[[Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition#RSV Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE)|Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition]]'' (RSV-2CE) has been approved for liturgical use in [[Anglican Use]] Catholic parishes of the U.S. [[Pastoral Provision]] and [[Personal Ordinariates]] for former [[Anglicans]] around the world. The [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]] in the [[United Kingdom]] has adopted the RSV-2CE as "the sole lectionary authorized for use" in its liturgies. The RSV is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the [[Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]] and the [[Anglican Communion]].<ref>[http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_II_Worship.pdf The Canons of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church: Canon 2: Of Translations of the Bible] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724114610/https://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_II_Worship.pdf |date=2015-07-24 }}</ref>

On January 20, 2017, incoming [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] took his inaugural oath of office using a copy of the RSV Bible given to him by his mother in 1955 when he graduated from a [[Presbyterian]] [[Sunday School]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2017/01/17/donald-trump-sworn-lincoln-family-bibles/96387086/|title=What Bible did Donald Trump use on Inauguration Day?|first=Holly|last=Meyer|publisher=The Tennessean|date=17 January 2017}}</ref>