Douay-Rheims Challoner
Prefaces, encyclical on Holy Scripture, prayers, history, glossary, chronological tables, and liturgical readings from Bishop Challoner’s revision of the Douay-Rheims Bible.
Front Matter
Front Matter
- Title Page Title page of the Challoner Douay-Rheims Bible.
- Preface Information about the Challoner Douay-Rheims version of the Sacred Bible.
- History History of the Douay-Rheims Challoner version, from the 1568 English College at Douay to the 1749 revision.
- Encyclical Letter: Providentissimus Deus Pope Leo XIII’s 1893 encyclical on the study of Holy Scripture, its authority, inspiration, and proper interpretation.
- Prayers for Reading the Holy Scriptures Prayer Before and Prayer After reading Scripture, the latter by St. Bede the Venerable.
- Preface to the New Testament The original 1582 Rheims preface defending the translation from the Latin Vulgate with ten reasons.
Back Matter
Back Matter
- Hard Words Explicated Glossary of ecclesiastical and theological terms used in the Challoner revision.
- A Table of References by Subject Catholic doctrines and topics with Scripture references from both Testaments.
- Chronological Table of the New Testament Historical and chronological table of key events from the birth of Christ to the death of St. John.
- Chronological Table of the Old Testament Historical and chronological table of Sacred History from the Creation to the coming of Christ.
- A Table of the Epistles and Gospels Epistles and Gospels for all Sundays, Holydays, and feasts of the Roman calendar.