"The Bible" is typically used to refer to the collection of holy books of the Christian faith. It's a proper noun and it gets capitalised.
However, "bible" can also be used as a common noun, in sentences like "TAOCP is a programmer's bible", meaning some kind of an extensive and comprehensive manual. In that case it is not capitalised.
What about when it is used in phrases that refer to the holy texts of various religions (or cults, or whatever), like "the Christian Bible", "the Hebrew Bible", "the Discordian Bible"? Should those be capitalised?
Best Answer
The Christian Bible is two separate capitalization issues. The adjective Christian and the name of the holy document, the Bible. By convention, this text is not put in italics, nor are any of its books. The Book of Job, for instance.
The Hebrew Bible would be up for interpretation because Jews do not refer to their document as such. The Torah is clearly capitalized, as is The Five Books of Moses. I wrote a religious drama a while back and was not corrected for using lower case b in this particular example.
The Vatican Press does not capitalize he or him when referring to God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. Writers at this point should be cognizant of convention in their audience. Holy Communion, stations of the cross, Mass, Confession, the Sh'ma, and the Last Supper are some more examples.