Douay–Rheims Bible

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JanR said:
Its archaic English still makes it hard to read.
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I really dislike the Douay-Rheims but not because of the archaic English. The King James is archaic, but the Douay does not hold a candle to it. I consider it Latin masquerading as English, and I find it an irritating read.
 
From a dime-store bibliphile:

The Douay-Rheims is excellent - especially if you love reading Shakespeare. OK, maybe not fair, but it’s closer to Shakespeare than to 21st century English.

How about the KNOX translation? The magnum opus of Monsignor Ronald A. Knox. Beautiful, especially in the Psalms. A little “Anglish”, but eminently readable.

Any of the 1941-1969 Confraternity Bibles has perhaps the best New Testament translation done in modern English, combined with the Douay Old Testament - best of both worlds.

The Oxford Cambridge Revised English Bible w/Deuterocanon is a sleeper. An excellent daily reader for both sides of the pond.

The Confraternity and Revised English Bibles are quite affordable, often found in VG to Exc for about $10 or so online.
 
Here is one just like mine…$400.00!!! I saw another just like it a bit ago at $800.00 😲


I guess there is a collectors market?

I have been enjoying the translation, sort of like reading Milton except it is the Bible…I am going to get a newer book, I am not going to keep opening this one…it is in pretty good condition and the more I look at it the more frail it becomes.
 
I didn’t know you had your own Biblical website. Congratulations!

Are you familiar with this one, the Center for New Testament Restoration? It seems to be pretty much a one-man venture, operated by Alan Bunning, a professor of computer science at Purdue in Lafayette, Indiana. I like the look of his font, based on the handwriting seen in the earliest surviving koine Greek manuscripts.

https://greekcntr.org/collation/index.htm
 
Thanks! And WOW, with regard to that link. I have never seen that site before. That is awesome. I just bookmarked it.
 
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Virtually any Catholic bible from the 40s or 50s will be replete with fine examples of classic artwork. My absolute favorite icon of Christ is from the 1953 Belmont Abbey “Catholic Action Bible” Those are also very inexpensive on eBay.

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No thanks!
 
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I don’t think so either, but for a sawbuck it’s worth the chance…I really just want the translation from that era.

Plus I do have a book problem 😇
 
rangerdillon said:
Has anyone seen the side by side Latin -English DR bible from Baronius Press?
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I have this. It was WAY bigger than I thought it would be (think altar missal size), so it’s become my “house Bible”.

It’s a different translation than the other pocket sized Douay-rheims Bible I have from Baronius Press.
 
I have been looking at it online for a while. I just can’t justify the expense right now. It also looks like it doesn’t have maps and I am a map geek.
 
rangerdillon said:
I have been looking at it online for a while. I just can’t justify the expense right now. It also looks like it doesn’t have maps and I am a map geek.
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No maps but it is GORGEOUS. Like MorteBay said, its HUGE. So I’m also using it as house BIble, so I just ordered the regular size 6 x 8.
 
I have read many books of the Bible with the Douay-Rhiems Translation. I love it. The Douay-Rheims tends to be a literal translation. The English might be somewhat difficult to understand at times, but I still love it. Vatican II allows Catholics to read the Douay-Rhiems. Vatican ii discuesses the importance of Scripture and I believe issued guidlines on Biblical translation. They didn’t supress Catholic Bibles that had been previously approved, the Douay-Rheims remains a Bible that Catholics can use. There is nothing wrong if a Catholic dislikes the Douay-Rhiems, but there isn’t anything wrong with it being a Catholic’s favorite either. Catholic answers has some information, here is some of what they have:



God bless.
 
Personally, I’d love to have a Douay-Rheims Haydock Bible. From what I’ve read in catalogs, this is chock full of quotations from the Fathers of the Church giving their commentary on parts of Scripture (St. John Chrysostom is noted for his homilies on the Epistles of St. Paul).
 
TheMortenBay said:
I have this. It was WAY bigger than I thought it would be (think altar missal size), so it’s become my “house Bible”.

It’s a different translation than the other pocket sized Douay-rheims Bible I have from Baronius Press.
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Aquinas11 said:
No maps but it is GORGEOUS. Like MorteBay said, its HUGE. So I’m also using it as house BIble, so I just ordered the regular size 6 x 8.
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Oof… I’ve actually been looking at that Bible for a while, and what you’ve both just said here has pushed me a bit from it. I admittedly don’t read the Bible a lot to begin with, but for this to not only be the price that it is, but huge as well makes it not quite what I’d be looking for if I were to purchase another bible. I have the RSV-2CE, which works for my current purposes, but if I were to buy another one at this point, I’d probably get a Haydock Bible over the dual Latin Vulgate/DR. This is, of course, not to knock the Baronius Bible at all. On iPieta, I love having the Vulgate and DR next to each other when I’m reading something.
 
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I’ve been looking at that exact one too! It looks gorgeous and is a Haydock Bible to boot!
 
This is the one my friends got me in college (I posted the story earlier on this thread): (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

I had to cut my name off at the bottom so as not to violate CAF rules.
 
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I seem to be in the right places at the right times. A few years back, I bought a 1914 Douay-Rheims on eBay. $9.99. VG to excellent condition for its age. It is the grandpa of my bible collection, but I still read it from time to time.

About 3 years ago, at a Goodwill store, I stumbled onto a bible lying flat on the shelf. I picked it up. It was a leather-bound, gilt-edged re-print of the 1914 D-R already on my shelf.

It was done in the late 40s or early 50s, which is a “new” version 😆 Some Lexol and love and it is like new. .99¢

However, for a New Testament based on the Clementine Vulgate, I cannot recommend the 1941 Confraternity New Testament highly enough. Absolutely wonderful, with great footnotes and introductions that are unquestionably Catholic.

It can only be found in a stand-alone NT, or all 1941-1969 Confraternity bibles, as well as a current pocket-sized re-print from Scepter Publishers.
 
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