The Evangelical History | Douay-Rheims Bible

Mt.	Mr.	Lu.	Io.	Description
THE 1. PART, containing the Infancy of Christ and the time that he lived obscurely.
			1	The preface moving the Reader to receive CHRIST, being the Eternal WORD of God, the life and the light.
		1		The Angel telleth Zacharie of the conception of John Baptist, Christ's Precursor: and Elizabeth conceiveth him.
		1		The same Angel doing his message to the B. Virgin, CHRIST is incarnate in her womb.
		1		Our B. Lady visiteth Elizabeth: and John Baptist is born, and circumcised.
1				The Angel telleth Joseph that his wife is with child by the Holy Ghost.
1		3		The genealogy of Christ.
		2		The birth of Christ in Bethlehem, and his circumcision.
2				The Sages come from the East, and adore Christ.
		2		Christ is presented in the Temple: where Simeon and Anna prophesy of him.
2				Joseph with the child and his mother, fleeth into Aegypt: and returneth to Nazareth.
		2		Jesus being sought of his parents, is found in the Temple among the Doctors.
The 2. part, containing the time of the preparation toward his manifestation.
3	1	3		John the Baptist preacheth and baptizeth, preparing all to receive Christ: and among other, Christ is baptized of him.
4	1	4		Christ fasteth forty days, and is tempted in the wilderness.
			1	John giveth testimony of Christ to the legates of the Jews, to the people, and to his own disciples.
			2	Christ worketh his first miracle, turning water into wine at a marriage.
THE 1. PASCH.
			2	In the feast of Pasch he casteth out the buyers and sellers in the Temple, insinuating to the Jews his death and resurrection.
			3	He teacheth Nicodemus by night: and baptizeth in Jury by the ministry of his disciples. Whereupon a question is moved to John about their two baptisms.
14	6	3		John Baptist is put into prison for reprehending Herod's incestuous adultery.
The 3. part, from the time that he began (Mat. 4, 12. & 17.) to manifest himself, by preaching and miracles.
4			4	After John's imprisonment, Christ returning into Galilee by Samaria, talketh with the Samaritane woman.
			4	He healeth a lord's son of an ague.
4	1	4		He preacheth in Galilee, and waxeth very famous.
4	1	5		He calleth four disciples out of the boast, and they followed him.
	1	4		He healeth one possessed of a devil, in the Synagogue.
8	1	4		He cureth Simon Peter's mother in law, & many sick persons.
8		9		He refuseth three that offer to follow him.
8	4	8		He appeaseth the tempest on the sea.
8	5	8		He healeth two possessed of devils in the country of Gerasens, and permitteth the devils to enter into swine.
9	2	5		He healeth the sick of the palsy, being let down through the tiles. He calleth Matthew from the custom house, and disputeth with John's disciples and the Pharisees of fasting.
9	5	8		He raiseth the Archsynagogue's daughter, and cureth her that had a flux of blood.
9				He healeth two blind, and one possessed.
THE 2. PASCH
			5	He healeth him on the Sabboth day that lay at the Probatica, and had been diseased 38 years.
12	2	6		He confuteth the Pharisees being offended that his Disciples bruised the ears of corn on the Sabboth.
12	3	6		He refelleth the Pharisees being offended because he cured the withered hand on the Sabboth.
5. 6.	3	6		He chooseth the 12. Apostles: & maketh that divine Sermon
7				called Sermo Domini in monte, the Sermon of our Lord in the mount, containing the pattern of a Christian man's life.
8		5		He cureth a leper.
8	3	7		He healeth the Centurion's servant.
8		7		He raiseth the widow's son at Naim.
		7		John sendeth out of prison his Disciples unto Christ.
11		7		He forgiveth M. Magdalen's sins, preferring her much before the Pharisee that despised her.
12	3	11		He healeth him that had a deaf and dumb devil, and refuteth the blaspheming Pharisees.
12	3	11. 8.		He preferreth the observers of God's word before carnal mother and brethren.
13	4	8		The parable of the sower.
13	4			The parables of the cockle, of the seed growing when men sleep, of the mustard seed, and of the leaven.
13				The parables of the treasure hid in the field, of the precious stone, and of the net.
13	6	4		Teaching in Nazareth, he condemneth it of incredulity.
9. 10.	6	8. 9.		He sendeth the twelve Apostles to preach.
14	6	9		John is beheaded, & the fame of Jesus cometh to Herod's ears.
14	6	9	6	He feedeth 5000. men with five loaves.
14	6		6	He walketh upon the sea, and so maketh Peter also to do.
THE 3. PASCH
			6	He reasoneth of Manna, and of the true bread from Heaven.
15	7			He reprehendeth the Pharisees for cavilling at his Disciples because they did eat with unwashed hands.
15	7			He healeth the daughter of the woman of Canaan. He cureth a man that was deaf and dumb.
15	8			He feedeth 4000. with seven loaves.
16	8			He rejecteth the Pharisees that asked a sign, and biddeth his Disciples beware of their leaven.
	8			He healeth a blind man in Bethsaida.
The 4. part. from the time that he began (Mat. 16, 21.) to foretell to his Disciples, that he must go & suffer in Hierusalem.
16	8	9		The time that he will pass out of this world, now drawing nigh, he maketh Peter, for confessing him to be Christ, the Rock upon which he will build his Church, promising to give him the keys of Heaven, and withal foretelleth, that he must suffer in Hierusalem; and that all must be ready to suffer with him.
17	9	9		The Transfiguration.
17	9	9		He casteth out the Devil which his Disciples could not cast out, commending unto them fasting and prayer.
17	9	9		He payeth the didrachmes for him and Peter, after that Peter had found a stater in the fish's mouth.
18	9	9		His Disciples contending for Superiority, he teacheth humility.
18	9			He threateneth the scandalizers of little ones.
18				He teacheth us to forgive our brother sinning against us.
The 5. part, of his going into Jewry toward his Passion.
19	10	9	7	Leaving Galilee he goeth into Jury, and the Samaritanes will not receive him.
		17		In that journey he healeth the ten lepers.
			7	He teacheth in the Temple in the feast of Scenopegia, that is, of Tabernacles.
			8	He absolveth the woman taken in adultery, teacheth in the Temple, and goeth out of their hands that would have stoned him.
			9	He restoreth sight to him that was born blind.
			10	He reasoneth of the true Pastor and his sheep.
		10		He sendeth the 70. Disciples, and they return. The parable of the Samaritane and the wounded man. Martha entertaineth Jesus.
		11		He teacheth the manner and force of prayer, and reprehendeth the preposterous cleanness of the Pharisees.
		12		He teacheth not to fear them that kill the body only, to cast away the care of riches by the parable of him that thought his barns too little, & that the faithful servant will always expect the coming of his Lord & Master.
		13		He threateneth them, unless they do penance, shewing God's patience by the fruitless figtree that was suffered to stand one year more. He healeth the crooked woman, teacheth the way to Heaven to be narrow.
		14		He healeth him that had a dropsy, on the Sabboth: and teacheth them to renounce all things in comparison of him.
			10	In the feast of Dedication he goeth out of their hands that would have stoned him.
		15		The parables of the lost sheep, of the groat, and of the prodigal son.
		16		The parable of the unjust Bailiff.
19	10	16		Of the indissolubility of Matrimony.
		16		The rich glutton and Lazarus.
		17		Woe to scandalizers. The force of faith even to the moving of trees with a word.
		18		Of the Pharisee and the Publicane that went to pray.
19	10	16		He imposeth or layeth his hands upon little children, & exhorteth a young rich man to forsake all & become perfect.
20				The parable of the workmen hired into the vineyard.
		11		He raiseth Lazarus, & the Jews consult how to destroy him.
20	10	19		He foretelleth his death, and denieth the request of Zebedee's two sons, asking the two chief places about him.
		18		He healeth a blind man before his entering into Jericho.
		19		Zachaeus the Publicane entertaineth Christ. The parable of the ten pounds delivered to ten servants.
20	10			He healeth two blind men as he goeth out of Jericho.
26	14		12	At a supper in Bethania, Mary poured ointment upon him.
PALM Sunday.
21	11	19	12	Riding upon an ass he entereth gloriously into Hierusalem.
The 6. part, containing the Holy Week of his Passion in Hierusalem.
21			12	He healeth the lame and the blind, and Gentiles desire to see him.
21	11	19		He curseth the figtree, and casteth the buyers and sellers out of the Temple.
21	11	19		To his enemies the Jews, he avoucheth his power by John's
		20		Baptism which was of God, and foretelleth their reprobation, with the Gentiles' vocation in their place, by parables: as the parable of the two sons, the one promising to do, the other doing his father's commandment.
21	12	20		The parable of the vineyard let out to husbandmen that killed both the servants and the son sent to require fruit.
22				The parable of the King that made a marriage for his son, inviting guests to the feast, and they would not come.
22	12	20		He answereth their question of paying tribute to Caesar, and the Saducees' question of the Resurrection.
22	12			He answereth the Pharisees' question, of the greatest commandment.
22	12	20		He putteth them to silence with this question concerning CHRIST, how he could be David's son.
23	12	20		He biddeth them do as the Scribes teach, but not as they do.
	12	21		He extolleth and preferreth the poor widow's offering.
TUESDAY night.
24	13	21		He foretelleth to some of his Disciples, the destruction of the Temple, and of Hierusalem: and by that occasion, what things shall be before the consummation of the world, and Antichrist in the consummation, and then incontinent Domesday, warning us to prepare ourselves against his coming.
25				By the parable of the ten Virgins, & the parable of the talents, he sheweth, how it shall be at Domesday with the Faithful that prepare, and that prepare not themselves: & without parables, that they which do not good works, shall be damned.
TENEBRAE Wednesday.
26	14	22		Judas bargaineth with the Jews to betray him, and two of his Disciples prepare the Paschal lamb.
MAUNDY Thursday.
			13	At the supper he washeth his Apostles' feet.
26	14	22		He instituteth the Sacrifice of his body and blood in the B. Sacrament.
The 4. Pasch.
26	14	22	13	He foretelleth that one of the Twelve shall betray him (appeasing their contention for the superiority) and that they shall all deny him.
			14	15. 16. His sermon after supper.
			17	His prayer to his Father.
All THURSDAY night & GOOD
26	14	22	18	The story of his Passion and burial, from Thursday at night,
27	15	23	19	till the next day at eventide.
FRIDAY. EASTER DAY.
28	16	24	20	He riseth the third day.
	16		20	Appeareth first to Mary Magdalene.
28				Then to the other women.
		24		Then to Peter. ver. 34.
	16	24		Then to the two Disciples going into Emmaus.
		24	20	Then to the Disciples gathered together in a house at Hierusalem, when he entered the doors being shut, and gave them power to remit and retain sins.
LOW SUNDAY.
			20	Then, upon Low-Sunday, to the Disciples likewise gathered together, and Thomas among them.
			21	Then, at the sea of Tiberias, to Peter & the rest that were fishing. Where he committeth his sheep to Peter.
28	16			Then, to the Disciples upon a mount in Galilee: giving them commission to preach and baptize throughout the whole world.
ASCENSION DAY.
		24		Then in Bethania, where he promiseth to send the Holy Ghost (bidding them tarry in the mean time in Hierusalem)
	16	24		and so blessing them, Ascendeth into Heaven.