The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete / The Challoner Revision
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Translated from the Latin Vulgate
Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages
THE OLD TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Douay A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752
This e-text comes from multiple editions of Challoner's revised Douay- Rheims Version of the Holy Bible. In 1568 English exiles, many from Oxford, established the English College of Douay (Douai/Doway), Flanders, under William (later Cardinal) Allen. In October, 1578, Gregory Martin began the work of preparing an English translation of the Bible for Catholic readers, the first such translation into Modern English. Assisting were William Allen, Richard Bristow, Thomas Worthington, and William Reynolds who revised, criticized, and corrected Dr. Martin's work. The college published the New Testament at Rheims (Reims/Rhemes), France, in 1582 through John Fogny with a preface and explanatory notes, authored chiefly by Bristol, Allen, and Worthington. Later the Old Testament was published at Douay in two parts (1609 and 1610) by Laurence Kellam through the efforts of Dr. Worthington, then superior of the seminary. The translation had been prepared before the appearance of the New Testament, but the publication was delayed due to financial difficulties. The religious and scholarly adherence to the Latin Vulgate text led to the less elegant and idiomatic words and phrases often found in the translation. In some instances where no English word conveyed the full meaning of the Latin, a Latin word was Anglicized and its meaning defined in a glossary. Although ridiculed by critics, many of these words later found common usage in the English language. Spellings of proper names and the numbering of the Psalms are adopted from the Latin Vulgate.
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INDEX
THE HOLY BIBLE
HISTORY
CONTENTS
Book 01 Genesis
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
Book 02 Exodus
THE BOOK OF EXODUS
Book 03 Leviticus
THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS
Book 04 Numbers
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
Book 05 Deuteronomy
THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY
Book 06 Josue
THE BOOK OF JOSUE
Book 07 Judges
THE BOOK OF JUDGES
Book 08 Ruth
THE BOOK OF RUTH
Book 09 1 Kings
THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS
Book 10 2 Kings
THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS
Book 11 3 Kings
THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS
Book 12 4 Kings
THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS
Book 13 1 Paralipomenon
THE FIRST BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON
Book 14 2 Paralipomenon
THE SECOND BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON
Book 15 1 Esdras
THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS
Book 16 2 Esdras
THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAS, WHICH IS CALLED THE SECOND OF ESDRAS
Book 17 Tobias
Book 18 Judith
THE BOOK OF JUDITH
Book 19 Esther
THE BOOK OF ESTHER
Book 20 Job
THE BOOK OF JOB
Book 21 Psalms
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
Book 22 Proverbs
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
Book 23 Ecclesiastes
ECCLESIASTES
SOLOMON'S CANTICLE OF CANTICLES
Book 25 The Book of Wisdom
THE BOOK OF WISDOM
Book 26 Ecclesiasticus
ECCLESIASTICUS
Book 27 Isaias
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS
Book 28 Jeremias
THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS
THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAS
Book 30 Baruch
THE PROPHECY OF BARUCH
Book 31 Ezechiel
THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL
Book 32 Daniel
THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL
Book 33 Osee
THE PROPHECY OF OSEE
Book 34 Joel
THE PROPHECY OF JOEL
Book 35 Amos
THE PROPHECY OF AMOS
Book 36 Abdias
THE PROPHECY OF ABDIAS
Book 37 Jonas
THE PROPHECY OF JONAS
Book 38 Micheas
THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS
Book 39 Nahum
THE PROPHECY OF NAHUM
Book 40 Habacuc
THE PROPHECY OF HABACUC
Book 41 Sophonias
THE PROPHECY OF SOPHONIAS
Book 42 Aggeus
THE PROPHECY OF AGGEUS
Book 43 Zacharias
THE PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS
Book 44 Malachias
THE PROPHECY OF MALACHIAS
Book 45 1 Machabees
THE FIRST BOOK OF MACHABEES
Book 46 2 Machabees
THE SECOND BOOK OF MACHABEES
THE HOLY BIBLE
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW
Book 48 Mark
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. MARK
Book 49 Luke
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE
Book 50 John
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN
Book 51 Acts
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Book 52 Romans
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS
Book 53 1 Corinthians
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS
Book 54 2 Corinthians
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS
Book 55 Galatians
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIANS
Book 56 Ephesians
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS
Book 57 Philippians
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS
Book 58 Colossians
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS
Book 59 1 Thessalonians
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS
Book 60 2 Thessalonians
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS
Book 61 1 Timothy
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TIMOTHY
Book 62 2 Timothy
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TIMOTHY
Book 63 Titus
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TITUS
Book 64 Philemon
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO PHILEMON
Book 65 Hebrews
THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE HEBREWS
Book 66 James
THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE
Book 67 1 Peter
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
Book 68 2 Peter
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
Book 69 1 John
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE
Book 70 2 John
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE
Book 71 3 John
THE THIRD EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE
Book 72 Jude
THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JUDE
Book 73 Apocalypse
THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE