The Bible

Various

Translated by the Douay-Rheims translators and Richard Challoner

1,335 chapters · about 70 h

The Catholic Bible in English: the Douay-Rheims translation from the Latin Vulgate (1582–1610), as revised by Bishop Richard Challoner (1749–1752), with all 73 books in the Vulgate's order.

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The opening

Genesis Chapter 1

1:1. In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

1:2. And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

1:3. And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

1:4. And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

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About this edition

The words
the Douay-Rheims translators and Richard Challoner's English translation, copied word for word.
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Project Gutenberg 1581

Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 3 places
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • Other material that isn't the author's, in 2 places
  • "Hard Wordes Explicated": the 1582 printing's glossary (28 blocks)