Welcome to the official New Revised Standard Version Anglicized Catholic Edition (NRSVACE) licensed user website.

The National Council of Churches (NCC), through its affiliate Friendship Press, is the copyright owner of the NRSVACE and adaptations and translations thereof.

Licensing the NRSVACE

Will Bergkamp at Friendship Press manages the rights and permissions process for the NRSVACE. If you have not yet acquired the rights to use the NRSVACE, are in need of additional permissions, or have any other questions, please contact:

Will Bergkamp
Copyright Manager
National Council of Churches
110 Maryland Ave NE, Ste. #108
Washington, DC 20002

You may also send an email to CEO@friendshippress.org.

Additional information about licensing and permissions is available here.

NOTE: Riggins Rights Management continues to maintain royalty reports on behalf of the National Council of Churches. Current licensees should continue to submit reports and statements to Riggins as per the terms of the licensing agreement.

File Requests

Scribe Inc. manages and maintains the NRSVACE database and is able to provide the full NRSVACE text to licensees in the following file formats:

ScML (Scribe’s XML)
HTML
Microsoft Word DOCX
InDesign Tagged Text (IDTT)

Use the Downloads page to obtain your selected file format(s). Scribe will issue login credentials only after you have acquired the rights to use the NRSVACE. For additional information about login credentials, please contact bibles@scribenet.com.

Licensees must refer to the errata and specifications for the NRSVACE while preparing print and digital versions of the text.