What is the REAL Douay-Rheims Bible?

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What is the REAL Douay-Rheims Bible?

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Let's start at the beginning.

St. Jerome at work on

the Vulgate

In AD 382 Pope St.

Damasus commissioned St.

Jerome (Hieronymous), the

leading biblical scholar of

his day, to produce a

translation of the Bible to

replace theOld Latin Bible,

which had become

corrupted through copyists'errors.

St. Jerome applying himself to

the task by papal warrant had

access to the best extant

manuscripts -- which were much

closer to the original manuscripts in

Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic than anything still existing today. In

many cases the New Testament scriptural texts were within a few

generations of the original manuscripts penned by the Apostles.

The Latin Vulgate

Finally completing his work in AD 405, St. Jerome gave the

Catholic Church the Latin Vulgate. The Vulgate was solemnly

proclaimed the Church's official Bible by theCouncil of

Trent; which also declared that St. Jerome's Vulgate was theonly authentic Latin text of the Scriptures.

The word Vulgate itself means the "vulgar" --- that is the

common Latin language in usage throughout the lands of the

Roman Empire by the common people.

The Vulgate was everywhere accepted, even by the Greeks, the

majority of whom became the Greek Orthodox. The Greek

bishops, because their texts had become so corrupted as to not be

reliable, translated the Vulgate back into the "original Greek" for

their use.

A man who is well grounded

in the testimonies of the Scripture

is the bulwark of the Church.

St. Jerome
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Cover of the LatinVulgate Bible

The Vulgate was in use

everywhere for 1,100 years as the

standard Bible of all

Christians; until various other

Bibles began to appear during theProtestant Reformation.

These either claimed to be

translations of the Vulgate, or to

be "diligently compared with the

original Hebrew and original

Greek manuscripts."

In point of fact, well before the

Protestant Reformation, there

were no "original Hebrew andoriginal Greek manuscripts" in

existence, except in their claims --

- neither have any original

manuscripts been discovered to

this day.

From 1534 when Luther completed his corrupted Bible, which

was followed by that of Wycliffe, Coverdale, etc., these partisan

translations multiplied.

English Church Scholars under the direction of William (later

Cardinal) Allen, in answer to these inaccurate translations of the

Bible so as to protect the Faith of the people, undertook to prepare

an accurate English version of the Vulgate. And so the English

College at Rheims undertook to translate the Vulgate in the

common man's English

" for the more speedy abolishing of a number of false and impious

translations put forth by sundry sectes, and for the better preservation

or reclaime of many good soules endangered thereby... no other

bookes in the world being so perni cious as heretical translations ofthe Scriptures, poisoning the people under colour of divine

authoritie..."

The Rheims New Testament

The result was the Rheims New Testament (1582) and, after the

move to Douai, the Douay Old Testament (1609). This Douay-

Rheims Bible became the gold standard --- the authentic

translation --- of the Bible for Catholics and all who valued

scriptural integrity.
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The title page of the

REAL Rheims New

Testament

" Now since Luther ' s revolt also,"

says the preface to the New

Testament, " diverse learned

Cathol ics, for the more speedy

aboli shing of a number of f alseand impious translations put for th

by sundry sects, and for the better

preservation or reclaim of many

good souls endangered thereby,

have published the Bible in the

several languages of almost al l

the principal provinces of the

Latin Church, no other books in

the world

being so perni cious as heretical translations of the Scriptures,

poisoning the people under color of divine authority, and not many

other remedies being more sovereign against the same (if it be used in

order, discretion, and humi li ty) than the true, fai thful , and sincere

interpretation opposed thereunto ... We, therefore, having compassion

to see our beloved countr ymen, wi th extr eme danger of their souls, to

use only such profane translations and erroneous men's mere

fantasies, for the pure and blessed word of truth , much also moved

thereunto by the desires of many devout persons, have set forth for

you, benign readers, the New Testament to begin withal , trusting that

i t may give occasion to you, after di l igent perusal thereof, to lay away

at least such their impure versions as hi therto you have been forced

to occupy."

The preface to the entire Douay-Rheims Bible speaks to the

same effect:

" Now since Luther and his fol lowers have pretended that the

Catholi c Roman faith and doctri ne should be contr ary to God's

wr it ten word, and that the Scriptures were not suffered in vulgar

languages, lest the people should see the tru th, and wi thal these new

masters corr uptl y turning the Scri ptures into diverse tongues, as

might best serve their own opinions, against this false suggestion and

practice, Catholi c pastors have, for one especial remedy, set forth true

and sincere translations in most languages of the Latin Chur ch."

Not a Typical Translation or "Version"

It must be noted that the Douay-Rheims is NOT a typical

translation where the translator rearranges the words and

meanings, but a "slavish", i.e., an exact translation without

liberties from the Latin into English. The reader thereby has an


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exact understanding of what the original Latin says, rather than

interpretations and interpolations.

History of the Douay Rheims Bible

The year 1558 A.D. marked the beginning of increasing

hardships and persecution in England for followers of the Vulgate.

Some were forced to flee to the European mainland for safety.

Some went to Douay, France, where a college had been founded for

the training of missionaries to return to England; of which many

were martyred. It was there, ten years later, that Gregory Martin

began to translate the Latin Vulgate into English.

As noted, the Rheims New Testament was published in 1582

A.D. in a single volume. For want of finances, the Old Testament

was not published until the first volume appeared in 1609 A. D.,and the second volume completing the Old Testament in 1610 A.D.

The Douay- Rheims Bible was created for distribution in

England. However the stringent Protestant Penal Laws in England

forbade the entrance and ownership of this, God's Holy Word,

which was considered inimical to the English government and

highly treasonable. An interesting contretemps from those who

claimed to be setting God's Word free.

The King James VersionOne year later, in 1611 A.D., the Protestant King James Version,

also known as the Authorized Version, was issued; but the Catholic

Douay-Rheims was not allowed legal entry until the 18th century.

The King James Version was virtually a translation from Luther's

German to English, and NOT "diligently compared with original

Hebrew and Greek" as it claimed --- there being no original

Hebrew or Greek manuscripts in existence.

Since the King James Version of 1611 A.D., it was as though

Luther's "Bible" was the Bible of 1,100 years, and not the LatinVulgate. The King James Version was permitted to stand without

the competition and comparison with the Vulgate or the Douay-

Rheims translation.

Discerning the Word of God

If one's salvation depends upon the proper acceptance and

application of Christ's teachings in one's life; then it is evident that

the right understanding of the Word of God must be attained.

But what if the Bible were to be cut and pasted, edited, re-


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interpreted, and otherwise changed --- all the while keeping the

same name, but not the same substance. What effect would this

have upon a godly man attempting to live a Christ-like life?

Today some may try to claim that many Catholic versions of the

Bible are needed in order to find the real and true meaning ofGod's Word.

Thus we have The Challoner version, the Confraternity version,

the Revised Standard Edition (Catholic), the New American Bible,

the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible, the New Revised

Standard (Catholic), Today's English Version (Catholic), the

Navarre Bible, etc.

Then there are the myriad of Protestant Bible versions.

Each of these supposedly Catholic bible versions claims to take

the Catholic closer to the true meaning and essence of the Word of

God.

However, suppose that you have not considered, or have been

denied, the best text of Scripture, and even the best helps that you

need to understand God's Word arightly.

What if the text of Holy Scripture had been changed to purge

Jesus from Scripture, not just in the current anti-Christian era, but

from the 1500's continuing until today under various forms of"textual criticism", updating, and other terms hiding what has

been done?

The Challoner "Revision"

Similar forces attempting to bowdlerize and to water down

Sacred Scripture were also at work within the Catholic Church

after the penal laws were lifted in England. The authentic real

"Douay-Rheims Bible" was never accepted in England, as all

Catholic Bibles had been confiscated and burned.

In the 18th century, Bibles appeared in England Bibles - the

work of a Bishop Challoner - which were erroneously titled The

Douay- Rheims Bible. These counterfeit versions were allowed

circulation in England and its colonies. The real Douay- Rheims ---

the original and true version --- vanished --- to be found only in

museums and literary collections.

The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1909 A.D. states:

"Although the Bibles in use at the present day by the Catholicsof England and Ireland are popularly styled the Douay Version,


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they are most improperly so called; they are founded, with more or

less alteration, on a series of revisions undertaken by Bishop

Challoner in 1749-52 . . .

The changes introduced by him were so considerable that,

according to Cardinal Newman, they almost amounted to a newtranslation. So, also, Cardinal Wiseman wrote, 'To call it any

longer the Douay or Rheimish Version is an abuse of terms. It has

been altered and modified until scarcely any verse remains as it

was originally published.' In nearly every case Challoner's changes

took the form of approximating to the Authorized Version [King

James]. . ."

This is what is commonly sold as the Douay-Rheims Bible. If one

buys a "Douay-Rheims Bible" today it is typically a copy of the

1899 Challoner version, which is but a pale reflection of the REAL

Douay-Rheims. The text does not follow the original Douay-

Rheims, and it is usually found with hardly any of the voluminous

notes and annotations of the original REAL Douay-Rheims.

The "Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible"

The othersupposed "Douay-Rheims" Bible being widely sold today

is the Haydock Bible. Unfortunately it is another Challoner

variation.

The 1909 Catholic Encyclopedia under the subject"Haydock, George Leo" has this to say concerning the"Haydock Bible" now being erroneously sold as the Douay-

Rheims:

Father Haydock's chief publication was a new edition of the

English translation of the Latin Vulgate first published at Reims in

1582, and at Douai in 1609; Bishop Challoner's text of 1750 was the

basis of the work, but in the New Testament Dr. Troy's edition of

1794 is largely followed. The notes are partly original, partly

selected from other writers, those on the New Testament not having

been compiled by Father Haydock. The edition appeared in

Manchester, 1812- 14; Dublin, 1812-13; Edinburgh and Dublin,

1845-8; New York, 1852-6.

So, to recapitulate, we see that Father Haydock's version

1. is NOTthe Douay-Rheims2. is not only the Challoner version, but the New

Testament is largely the Troy version of 1794, and,

3. the notes for the New Testament are NOThis notes."Further, John Henry [later Cardinal] Newman in his July,
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1859 "Rambler" article (see below for more) states:

"We must not conclude this enumeration of revisions and

reprints of the Rheims and Douay, ... which were published ...

without direct episcopal sanction... This is Haydock's Bible...

[T]he respective publishers, were printers; but the editor and

annotator employed by the former was his own brother, who was a

priest, the Rev. George Haydock, to whom the edition owes its

celebrity."

--- The "Troy Version" used by Fr. Haydock ---

"The question remains now, what is the "Troy version"? Most

have not heard of it.

John Henry Newman in the July, 1859 "Rambler" published

anarticleentitled "The H istory of the Text of the Rheims andDouay Version of Holy Scripture" He states:

3. Dr. Troy's Bible

"...The revisor was the Rev. Bernard Macmahon, a Dublin priest,

who published his first edition in 1783, in 12mo, with the formal

approbation of his Archbishop, Dr. Carpenter. There is reason for

supposing that it professed to be a continuation of Dr. Challoner'slabours&

Eight years afterwards, in 1791, the same clergyman was selected

by Dr. Troy, his then Archbishop, to superintend an edition...

We doubt ...whether he is further from the Protestant version than

Dr. Challoner."

Thus, the Haydock Bible is NOT the Real Douay-Rheims Bible.

To finish with the information on the Challoner Version, please

recall Cardinal Wiseman's statement:

" ...I n nearl y every case Challoner 's changes took the form of

approximating to the Authori zed Version [K ing James]. . ."

What does this mean? Let us see.

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Removing Christ from the Bible

For example, let us consider the determination to dissolve Christ

from the Old Testament. This is plain in the King James Version

(Authorized Version), where the various names of our Lord andSaviour, Jesus Christ, are removed more than 100 times. 21 times

the name Christ is deleted, where it appears in the Vulgate and

Douay.

The names of Jesus removed from Luther's Bible and the King

James:

ofJesus, 1 time, Hab. 3:18

(also in Jude 5);ofThe Just One, 25 times;

ofSaviour, 15 times; ofDominator, 13 times;

ofThe Holy One, 5 times; ofThe Strong One, 6 times;

ofThe Son of Man, 5 times; ofMy Deliverer, 2 times;

ofour Lord, 7 times; ofthe Lamb, 1 time;

ofour Redeemer, 1 time; ofThe Meek One, 1 time;

ofThe Noble One, 1 time; and, ofThe Orient, 1 time.

But God says. . .

God says: "...neither add anything, nor diminish." De. 12:32.

"You shall not add to the word that I speak to you; neither shall

you take away from it." De. 4:2. "Add not anything to his words..."

Pr. 30:6. "If any man shall add to these things, God shall add upon

him the plagues written in this book." Ap. 22:18.

If the name of "God my JESUS" were in the Old Testament,

would you expect Luther to retain it? If so, you would be

disappointed!

In Luther's Habakuk, chapter 3, he expunged the name

CHRIST and the name JESUS from the same page! JESUS is gone

from his Hab. 3:18 which says:

" Ego autem in Domino gaudebo. Et exsultabo in Deo Iesu meo."

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"But I wil l joy in our Lord, and will rejoice in God my JESUS."

But Luther made it:

" Aber i ch will mich fr euen des Herr n, und froehl ich sein i n Gott

meinem Heil ." " I n God, my salvation."

Furthermore, this was not the only occasion that he did it.

The name CHRIST is found 21 times in the Old Testament.

Luther rendered it Judaistically "Messiah" once, "Christ" twice,

and he rendered it out 18 times. He then blotted out the name

CHRIST 24 times in the New Testament.

Then, forty- five (45) times, Martin Luther took the name

JESUS out of the New Testament!

It is extremely important, of course, to comply with the words of

Jesus that we change not a single word of His; however, the name

JESUS can be much more important in one verse than in another!

JESUS is taken out by Luther in his "Bible," in: Mt. 5:1; 8:26;

9:23; 16:15; 17:19; 20:17; 22:20; 26:18; Mk. 9:15; 16:1; 16:19; Lk.

4:38; 6:11; 14:1; 18:31; 20:3; 22:2; 24:36; Jn. 2:8; 4:1; Acts 5:41;

9:17; 9:20; 10:48; 16:7; 18:4; 18:25; 24:24; Rom. 8:34; 15:16; 16:9;

I Cor. 4:17; II Cor. 2:14; Eph. 3:6; Phil. 3:9; Col. 1:7; 2:2; 4:12; II

Thes. 2:8; Phile. 8; Heb. 4:14- 16; 9:24; Jude 5,24,25; Hab. 3:18.

CHRIST is taken out by Luther in his "Bible," in: I K. 2:10;

2:35; 12:3; 12:5; 16:6; II K. 22:51; II Par. 6:42; Ps. 2:2; 17:51;

19:7; 83:10; 88:39; 88:52; 131:10; 131:17; Is. 45:1; Lam. 4:20; Hab.

3:13; Acts 4:33; 10:48; 28:31; Rom. 3:26;4: 24; 8:35; 10:17; I Cor.

2:1; 4:16; 5:5; II Cor. 5:15; 11:4; Gal. 4:31; Eph. 5:21; 5:29; Col.

3:15; 3:17; I Thes. 4:17; Heb. 10:19; 13:20; I Pet. 3:15; Jude 24, 25;

Apocalypse 11:15-19.

JESUS is added by Luther in his "Bible," in: Mt. 8:5; 13:36;

13:51; 14:14; 14:25; 15:16; 15:30; 16:6; 17:11; 24:2; Mk. 5:19;7:27; 10:50; 11:14; 11:15; Lk. 7:22; 8:35; 10:21; 10:39; 10:41; 13:2;

Jn. 4:46; 13:3; 19:23; 20:21; 21:17; Acts 3:26; 9:28; Eph. 3:9; I Jn.

5:20.

CHRIST is added by Luther in his "Bible," in: Mt. 23:8; Mk.

13:6; Lk. 4:41; Jn. 4:42; Acts 16:31; Gal. 3:17; 4:7; Eph. 3:9; Jn.

5:20.

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The answer is not one you will want to hear. Nevertheless here it

is:

Christ was also systematically removed from these so-called

Douay- Rheims Bibles (and the other even worse modern so-called

'Catholic' Bibles).

You see, it isn't only the Luther and the King James Bible

Versions that have deleted the HOLY NAME OF JESUS and the

word CHRIST from Sacred Scripture.

What Catholics especially need to know is that their counterfeit

'Douay-Rheims' Bibles (and other even much worse versions) have

copied the Luther and King James versions by omitting the

word CHRIST many times.

But why should that be surprising to Catholics who should

understand that these so-called 'Catholic' Bible versions are more

similar to the Protestant versions than to the REAL Douay-Rheims

Bible -- which is, in fact, a true and exact translation of THE

official Catholic old Latin Vulgate of Saint Jerome.

The same Latin Vulgate decreed by the Sacred Council of Trent

to be THE Official Bible of the Catholic Church?

Catholics have been deceived into believing that their English

Bibles were based on this REAL Douay-Rheims.

Instead, what they really have is the Challoner and Haydock

(and others) based on Protestant versions of the Bibleinside a cover

which falsely says "Douay Rheims".

Only the REAL Douay-Rheims Bible is faithfulto the officialLatin Vulgate!

Here are a few of the many examples that clearly illustrate thisfact:

Verse Latin Vulgate 1582 Rheims Challoner &

Haydock

I

Kings

12:3

Loqumini de me

coram Dmino, et

coram christo ejus,

Speak of me

before our

Lord, and

before his

Speak of me

before the Lord,

and before his

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Christ,

I

Kings

12: 5

Dixtque ad eos :

Testis est Dminus

advrsum vos, ettestis christus ejus in

die hac, ...

And he said to

them: Witness

is our Lordagainst you,

and witness

is his Christ in

this day, ...

And he said to

them: The Lord

is witnessagainst you,

and his

anointed is

witness this day,

...

Psalm

131:10

Propter David

servum tuum non

avrtas

fciem christi tui.

For David thy

servants sake

turn not away

the face ofthyChrist.

For thy servant

David's sake,

turn not away

the face ofthyanointed.

Psalm

131:17

Illuc prodcam

cornu David; parvi

lucrnam christo

meo.

Thither will I

bring fourth a

horn to David,

I have

prepared a

lamp to my

Christ.

There will I

bring forth a

horn to David: I

have prepared a

lamp formy

anointed.

Isaias

64:10

Cvitas Sancti

tui facta est desrta,

Sion desrta facta

est, Jersalem

desolta est.

The city ofthy

holy one is

made desert,

Sion is made

desert,

Jerusalem is

become

desolate.

The city ofthy

sanctuary is

become a desert,

Sion is made a

desert, Jerusalem

is desolate.

In fact, of the twenty-one times that the name Christ appears in

the REAL Douay Old Testament, the name ofChristhas beentaken

outof the so-call ed Douay (Chal loner & Haydock) Old

Testamentthi r teen times. Cf. I Kings 2:35; 12:3, 5; 16:6; II Kings

22:51; II Para. 6:42; Ps. 17:51; 19:7; 88: 39, 52; 131:10,17; Is. 45:1.

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For another comparison of how the Word of God has been

changed see this study of the "Seed" promised to Abrahamclick

here!

The REAL Rheims New Testament

One may ask why the REAL Douay-Rheims has not been

available to the public from the 1600's until the present day.

Obviously there are many reasons, such as the Penal Laws, the

substitution of the Challoner version which falsely claimed the

name " Douay Rheims", etc.

An image of the old English script text in the

REAL Rheims New Testament

However,

the major

reason

(other than

the obvious

efforts of

the enemies

of Christ to

suppress it)

is because ithas never

been

retyped

from the Old English script into modern Engli sh textto make it

accessible to modern readers. Thus, it is extremely hard and

tedious to read and understand.

In an effort spanning over eleven years, and as a corporal and

spiritual work of mercy, Dr. William von Peters has prepared theDouay Rheims for modern readers. First hand retyping the REAL

Rheims New Testament in its entirety, with all the notes and

annotations, into modern English textfor easy reading. Then

continuing on with the REAL Douay Old Testament, also with

notes and annotations.

It is to be emphasized that nothing in the text has been changed

or modified. It has only been transliterated into modern English

text, with archaic spellings updated to modern spellings. Where

possible the archaic spelling has been left intact to preserve the

"flavor" of this historic text.
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You Need The REAL Douay Rheims Bible

The Rt. Rev. Henry Graham (Where We Got the Bible) states

regarding the bringing of the true unadulterated Scripture of the

Rheims New Testament from the Apostles to St. Jerome, to you,today:

"...At a single leap we thus arrive at that great work, completed

by the greatest scholar of his day, who had access to manuscripts

and authorities that have now perished , and who, living so near

the days of the Apostles, and, as it were, close to the very fountain-

head , was able to produce a copy of the inspired writings which,

for correctness, can never be equaled."

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The REAL Douay Old Testament

The NewTestament is a

fulfillment of the

Old. Jesus said he

came to fulfill the

Law and the

Prophets.

The first volume of the Douay Old Testament was printed in

1609 and comprises the Books of Genesis through Job. The second

volume containing the rest of the Old Testament, including The

Prayer of Manasses and III and IV Esdras, was printed the

following year in 1610. Both pre-date the King James version of the

Bible.

The Douay comes to us from the Septuagint Old Testament

which was theofficial Bible of the Pre-Christian Era Jews, as well

as of the New Testament Christians.
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The Septuagint was early on translated into the Old Latin

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language; as Greek had been prior to the coming of the Roman

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