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To: netmilsmom
I don't like Wikipedia, but it is all I have at hand...

"The Douay-Rheims Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douai Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582. The Old Testament followed nearly thirty years later in two volumes; the first volume (Genesis to Job) in 1609, the second (Psalms to 2 Machabees plus the apocrypha of the Clementine Vulgate) in 1610. Marginal notes took up the bulk of the volumes and had a strong polemical and patristic character. They also offered insights on issues of translation, and on the Hebrew and Greek source texts of the Vulgate. The purpose of the version, both the text and notes, was to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation which was heavily influencing England. As such it was an impressive effort by English Catholics to support the Counter-Reformation."

109 posted on 06/18/2009 6:51:35 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: Mr Rogers

Yeah, and I’m sure those underlined parts were added by Catholics /s/

LOL!

Like I said, the Vulgate was a bit before the reformation.


113 posted on 06/18/2009 6:54:48 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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