According to the Editor's Foreward to the Reader's Edition, the translation's purpose was to meet two needs of the Catholic Church: the need to keep abreast of the times and the need to deepen theological thought.<ref>The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition (© 1968, Doubleday)</ref> | According to the Editor's Foreward to the Reader's Edition, the translation's purpose was to meet two needs of the Catholic Church: the need to keep abreast of the times and the need to deepen theological thought.<ref>The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition (© 1968, Doubleday)</ref> |