Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB) , 1582 Rheims New Testament
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English College at Douai, Catholic seminary · Challoner revision of 1749 to 1752 · public domain
Edition 1749 to 1752 Challoner revision , current1582 Rheims New Testament , historical1609 Douay Old Testament , historical
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Published by the English College at Rheims (New Testament, 1582) and at Douay (Old Testament, 1609); revised and compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749 to 1752
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Word-for-word from the Latin: Baronius Press says it was translated quite literally and with great reverence for each individual word from the Vulgate
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The Latin Vulgate (Clementine edition), not the Hebrew; Challoner's revision was compared with the Vulgate
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The Latin Vulgate (Clementine edition), not the Greek
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Catholic, 73 books, including the seven deuterocanonical books
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Public domain; the 1899 John Murphy Company edition may be quoted or reprinted freely
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New Testament 1582 at Rheims; Old Testament 1609 at Douay; Challoner revision 1749 to 1752; the 1899 Baltimore edition carries the imprimatur of Cardinal Gibbons
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| Made by | Published by the English College at Rheims (New Testament, 1582) and at Douay (Old Testament, 1609); revised and compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749 to 1752 | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
| Translation philosophy | Word-for-word from the Latin: Baronius Press says it was translated quite literally and with great reverence for each individual word from the Vulgate | Baronius Press, Douay-Rheims Bible · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, Old Testament | The Latin Vulgate (Clementine edition), not the Hebrew; Challoner's revision was compared with the Vulgate | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, New Testament | The Latin Vulgate (Clementine edition), not the Greek | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
| Canon | Catholic, 73 books, including the seven deuterocanonical books | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
| Reading grade level | No published figure | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Gender language | Not published | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Committee | Members of the English College at Douai, principally Gregory Martin; revised by Bishop Richard Challoner; names and numbers beyond that are not published on the pages checked | Bible Gateway, Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · Verification pending |
| Notes in the text | Bishop Challoner's notes are printed in the text in italics; the online edition keeps the wording of the 1899 edition unchanged | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
| Licence | Public domain; the 1899 John Murphy Company edition may be quoted or reprinted freely | Bible Gateway, Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · Verification pending |
| First published | New Testament 1582 at Rheims; Old Testament 1609 at Douay; Challoner revision 1749 to 1752; the 1899 Baltimore edition carries the imprimatur of Cardinal Gibbons | Douay-Rheims Bible Online, about · Verification pending |
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The Vulgate as the basis
The Douay-Rheims was translated from the Latin Vulgate rather than from the Hebrew and Greek. Baronius Press and the Douay-Rheims Bible Online say the Council of Trent declared the Vulgate the Church’s authentic text in 1546, and that Jerome’s Latin reflects the structure of the original languages closely. Newer Catholic translations take the other view in practice: the bishops’ preface to the New American Bible says that after Pius XII’s 1943 encyclical the translators abandoned work based on the Vulgate and translated from the Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, and the Augustine Institute says the ESV Catholic Edition is translated directly from more reliable manuscripts than older English translations. Readers who prefer the Douay-Rheims value its fidelity to the Vulgate; readers of the newer translations value the original-language texts.
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What text is it based on?
The Latin Vulgate, in the Clementine edition, for both Testaments. The disputes panel describes the disagreement over translating from the Vulgate rather than the Hebrew and Greek.
Is it word for word?
Yes by Baronius Press’s description, which calls it a quite literal translation of the Vulgate. The literal-to-idiomatic meter shows where readers place its feel.
Is it approved for Catholic use?
Yes. It has the 73-book Catholic canon, and the 1899 edition that current printings reproduce carries the imprimatur of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Which text do most printings carry?
The Challoner revision of 1749 to 1752, usually as printed in the 1899 Baltimore edition. The 1582 and 1609 originals are reprinted for study and differ in spelling and wording.
Who translated it?
Members of the English College at Douai, principally Gregory Martin, in the sixteenth century; Bishop Richard Challoner revised the text in the eighteenth.