# Bible (Douay-Rheims, Challoner)

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The Douay-Rheims Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douai Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582. The Old Testament followed in 1609–10 in two volumes, also extensively annotated. The notes took up the bulk of the volumes and had a strong polemical and patristic character. They also offered insights on issues of translation, and on the Hebrew and Greek source texts of the Vulgate. The purpose of the version, both the text and notes, was to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation which was heavily influencing England. As such it was an impressive effort by English Catholics to support the Counter-Reformation.
The Douay–Rheims Bible, however, achieved little currency, even among English-speaking Catholics, until it was substantially revised between 1749 and 1752 by Richard Challoner, an English bishop, formally appointed to the deserted see of Debra. Challoner's revisions borrowed heavily from the King James Version whose translators had themselves borrowed from the original Rheims NT of 1582. Challoner not only addressed the odd prose and many of the Latinisms, but produced a version which, while still called the Douay–Rheims, was little like it. At the same time he aimed for improved readability and comprehensibility, rephrasing obscure and obsolete terms and construction; and in the process, consistently removing ambiguities of meaning that the original Rheims–Douay version had striven to retain.Warning: template has been deprecated.
Douay Version
THE HOLY BIBLE
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
The New Testament
First Published by the English College at Rheims, A. D. 1582
With Annotations, References , and an Historical and Chronological Table
PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROBATION OF
HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS
Archbishop of Baltimore
New York
P. J. KENEDY & SONS
Printers to the Holy See

## Old Testament

* The Book of Genesis
* The Book of Exodus
* The Book of Leviticus
* The Book of Numbers
* The Book of Deuteronomy
* The Book of Josue
* The Book of Judges
* The Book of Ruth
* The First Book of Kings
* The Second Book of Kings
* The Third Book of Kings
* The Fourth Book of Kings
* The First Book of Paralipomenon
* The Second Book of Paralipomenon
* The First Book of Esdras
* The Second Book of Esdras
* The Book of Tobias
* The Book of Judith
* The Book of Esther
* The Book of Job
* The Book of Psalms
* The Book of Proverbs
* Ecclesiastes
* Solomon's Canticle of Canticles
* The Book of Wisdom
* Ecclesiasticus
* The Prophecy of Isaias
* The Prophecy of Jeremias
* Lamentations of Jeremias
* The Prophecy of Baruch
* The Prophecy of Ezechiel
* The Prophecy of Daniel
* The Prophecy of Osee
* The Prophecy of Joel
* The Prophecy of Amos
* The Prophecy of Abdias
* The Prophecy of Jonas
* The Prophecy of Micheas
* The Prophecy of Nahum
* The Prophecy of Habacuc
* The Prophecy of Sophonias
* The Prophecy of Aggeus
* The Prophecy of Zacharias
* The Prophecy of Malachias
* The First Book of Machabees
* The Second Book of Machabees

## New Testament

* The Gospel According to Saint Matthew
* The Gospel According to Saint Mark
* The Gospel According to Saint Luke
* The Gospel According to Saint John
* The Acts of the Apostles
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans
* The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
* The Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Philippians
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Colossians
* The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians
* The Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians
* The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Timothy
* The Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Timothy
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Titus
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Philemon
* The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Hebrews
* The Catholic Epistle of Saint James the Apostle
* The First Epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle
* The Second Epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle
* The First Epistle of Saint John the Apostle
* The Second Epistle of Saint John the Apostle
* The Third Epistle of Saint John the Apostle
* The Catholic Epistle of Saint Jude the Apostle
* The Apocalypse of Saint John the Apostle
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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Old Testament
* Genesis
* Exodus
* Leviticus
* Numbers
* Deuteronomy
* Joshua
* Judges
* Ruth
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Kings
* 2 Kings
* 1 Chronicles
* 2 Chronicles
* Ezra
* Nehemiah
* Esther
* Job
* Psalms
* Proverbs
* Ecclesiastes
* Song of Solomon
* Isaiah
* Jeremiah
* Lamentations
* Ezekiel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi
Deuterocanon/Apocrypha
* 1 Esdras
* 2 Esdras
* Tobit
* Judith
* Additions to Esther
* Wisdom of Solomon
* Susanna
* Baruch
* Additions to Daniel
* Prayer of Manasses
* 1 Maccabees
* 2 Maccabees
New Testament
* Matthew
* Mark
* Luke
* John
* Acts
* Romans
* 1 Corinthians
* 2 Corinthians
* Galatians
* Ephesians
* Philippians
* Colossians
* 1 Thessalonians
* 2 Thessalonians
* 1 Timothy
* 2 Timothy
* Titus
* Philemon
* Hebrews
* James
* 1 Peter
* 2 Peter
* 1 John
* 2 John
* 3 John
* Jude
* Revelation