The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-02-16
THE DoUAY BIBLE.
BY Rev. James Donahoe.

THE DoUAY BIBLE.
BY Rev. James Donahoe.
ARTICLE Ill.
Every history knows that the Catholic religion
was prescribed England during the of Queen Eliza
beth The weinformed Catholic need not be told of the
religious prosecutions of that time The church In England
during zabeth and subsequent reigns suffered In very
many ways old religion received very severe blow
when that the priests should not be educated
in England Elizabeth and her councillors calculated that
when the priests died off there would be none to take
Places consequently the entire country would be
won Professionalism In this they were doomed to
disappointment.
Orqin of the Seminary at Douai
At this time appeared who is rightly described as
the Father under Cod Catholic church in England
the destruction of the ancient hierarchy This man
was Allen, afterwards Cardinal He conceived the
idea aposoate having for his object the perpetual
ton Faith England In 1868 he founded the Semi
nary at Doua belonging Spanish Flanders where
subsequently priests educated for the English mis-
sions Dr. Allen had been principal of St. Marys Hail.
Oxford during the reign of Mary He realized that besides
providing take the places of those who were I'M
psoned executed very necessary TO PROVIDE the
faithful England with version of the Bible in their own
language Shortly after the establishment of college at
began great work which required intellectually
training through to successful
pletOn
Many TransIators Of the Bible
here noted that the Protestant Reformation
had given great impetus the printing of the Bible in
the language of the people Before that time many
incapable had taken themselves to translate the
Bible English One does not hesitate to state that the
incompetent transators found among
Reformers. 1t only natural that the people of
England irrespective of creed would wish for English
Bible The demand for Protestant Bible not supplied
until time of King James although men like Wycfe
Tyndae Coverdae Rogers Taverner and other incompe
had undertaken the translation of the Sacred Text
Early Anoo-saxon TRANSACTIONS
Much earlier than this, better had attempted to
translate Sacred Scriptures The first to try to render
the AngloSaxon Caedman monk of Whitly
who died in the of $780, The next Gutlac her
after him Aldhem, Bishop of Sherbourn
No of those translated the entire Bible Venerable
Bede accomplished much than his predecessors Some
claimed that he translated the entire Bible This claim
be substantiated because of Bedes Bible
exists today. After him King Alfred, to whom is
ascribed translation of the Bible into AngoSaxon
The Bible translation in English received check
by the Norman conquest subsequently the English Ian
suage began take definite shape From this to the
time Of the Reformation worthy translated parts
Of Bible, there to do the monumental
work accomplished by DR.. Allen.
WyckIires Mlschevous Work.
Great harm had been done by John Wyckliffe, who
printed entire copy of the Bible Wycke priest
and in the early of his priesthood in good favor
with the Church Through pride and subornness he
tied first rebuke and later by his religious
superiors This embttered him towards his former friends
made him antagonist or the Churcn He was the
first in England teach the sufcency of the Bible
Although he lived before the Reformation, preached
doctrine that claims the Bible to be the sole rule of faith
The existence Of Bible compiled by such we'll
other incompetent transatorsdid much harm to the
Catholic faith Allen determined supply need of
Bible in the vulgar and secured the cooperation
Of Dr. Gregory Martin fellow of st. Johns College, Oxford
who repued learned Hebrew and Greek scholar
DR. Richard Brstow fellow of Exeter College, John Reyn
ods, Of New College; and finally DR.. Thomas Worthngton
also Oxford who afterwards president of semi
Rheims These learned earnestly to work
to produce reliable and authoritative English
the Bible Later scholars have testified the splendid
work they accomplished
Printed at Rheims.
consequence of political troubles in Flanders col
lege removed in 1873 to Rheims, where time
translating the Bible continued and where
New Testament printed in the year 1882. On this
account sometimes called the Rheims Testament
Old Testament published in Douay 1870 although
the translation prepared years previously
delay printing occasioned by lack of the
English language continued to change and
expressive and definite found advisable
time change certain words and phrases found in the
Douay Bible The who deserve most credit
work intended improve the Bible Challoner the