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information about this edition.  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.— Excerpted from Douay-Rheims Bible on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

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 Barruch
• 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 Mathew
• 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