[fortheDeclaration]

[And that is exactly why the Douay-Rheims was printed, to compete with the Geneva.]

Close. It was printed to provide an accurate alternative to all the garbage translations floating around at the time....Geneva's just one of them.

So, the fact is that the D-R was printed largely in response to the Protestant Bibles and not to give the people the word of God.

Actually, the early Douay is closer to the Geneva, then the modern garbage put out today.

It at least has 1Cor.1:18 correct, unlike modern versions, denying the Roman Catholic doctrine that salvation is a process and not an event.

[Petronski]

So, the fact is that the D-R was printed largely in response to the Protestant Bibles and not to give the people the word of God.

Absurd. Exploiting the new printing technology to print a Bible is a strange way indeed "not to give the people the word of God."

The D-R was printed, in part, to give the people the Word of God in an accurate translation, lest the garbage translations like Tyndale, Geneva, etc., hold sway.