When I die, they’ll probably still be on the shelf, and Samuel or some poor librarian will have to decide what to do with them.īack to the original question: is there a proper way to dispose of a Bible? I’m not aware of any official church doctrine among either Catholics or Protestants, but there are customs. I don’t use any of those any more, but they have sentimental value, and are still on the shelf, along with my first Good News Bible, RSV, Williams translation, NASB, NIV, Living Bible, NRSV, TNIV, along with a bunch more in various translations or languages. I still have the first Bible I remember getting (a hardback official “Sword Drill” KJV), and the second (with a fake leather burgundy cover, also KJV), and the third (a black leather Schofield KJV), and my ordination Bible (a Thompson Chain Reference KJV). It occurred to me that I’ve never had the heart to dispose of a Bible, other than the ones I’ve given away. So, any proper method of disposal might do … but it’s hard to envision throwing a Bible in the trash and knowing it’s headed to a landfill along with food scraps and dirty diapers and junk mail. We call it the “Holy Bible,” but it’s the message conveyed in the biblical story that is sacred, not the paper and ink. My first thought was that, while we should treat Bibles with respect, we should also guard against treating the Bible as an idol. So is there a proper way to dispose of a Bible that’s too far gone to donate?
#Proper way to dispose of a bible full
As I noted in an earlier blog, many of us have shelves full of them, including many that we no longer use.
The Bible is the most published book of all time, a perennial best-seller, so there are bound to be plenty of old ones around.
A friend who owns a couple of worn-out-beyond-repair Bibles posed the question: “How do you dispose of an old Bible?”
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