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Douay Bible

noun
1.
An English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars.  Synonyms: Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Douay Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version.



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"Douay bible" Quotes from Famous Books



... archbishop of Canterbury, eminent among the fathers of the English church, and called the Bishops' Bible, a majority of fifteen translators having been selected from the bench. The Catholic version, known as the Douay Bible, appeared in 1610. Our current translation, which also appeared in 1610, during the reign of James I., occupied forty-seven learned men, assisted by other eminent scholars, for a ...
— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta

... too, church questions temporarily rose uppermost during debates in Parliament over the proposed government assistance to schools in which the Douay Bible, or Roman Catholic version of the Scriptures, was used. On account of these Parliamentary debates, and the attempted reform of Irish registration by which more Roman Catholic voters were to be admitted, ...
— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson

... was made by forty-seven translators, divided into six companies, and laboring on their work three years. The Douay Bible was first translated and published complete in 1609, almost simultaneously with the Bible of King James. It has the disadvantage of having been made from the Latin Vulgate, and not directly from the original Greek and Hebrew, but is a valuable ...
— The New Testament • Various



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