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Douay-Rheims-1609-Bible VERY OLD edition printed in 1635!! An absolute "must have" : this is an unchanged version (facsimile) of the Douay-Rheims Roman Catholic Bible of 1609, printed in 1635!! …More
Douay-Rheims-1609-Bible VERY OLD edition printed in 1635!!

An absolute "must have" : this is an unchanged version (facsimile) of the Douay-Rheims Roman Catholic Bible of 1609, printed in 1635!!
Important to know:
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 Catholics of England and Ireland are popularly styled the Douay Version, 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 new translation. 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.
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