This carefully produced Douay-Rheims Bible edition brings together the finest elements of three historic printings to create a faithful and beautifully restored Catholic Scripture. The Old and New Testaments are drawn from the revered 1899 John Murphy Company edition of Baltimore, bearing the Imprimatur of James Cardinal Gibbons and revised by the Servant of God, Bishop Richard Challoner, in diligent comparison with the Latin Vulgate.
The biblical text, along with the Historical and Chronological Index and Family Register pages, has been meticulously retypeset to reproduce the original 1899 Gibbons edition exactly as it appeared. Set in the classic Century Expanded font used in the original printing, the text has been recreated line by line with exceptional care. Eleven fully colored maps, redrawn by hand from the 1911 Wm. A. Leiter Co. edition, enhance geographic understanding of Sacred Scripture.
This edition also includes thirty-two remastered engravings from the 1941 Douay Bible House edition, illustrating key moments in biblical history with captions corrected to align precisely with the Scripture text. Three important papal encyclicals on the study and importance of Sacred Scripture are included: Providentissimus Deus by Pope Leo XIII, Spiritus Paraclitus by Pope Benedict XV, and Divino Afflante Spiritu by Pope Pius XII. Compact in size yet rich in content, this Bible is ideal for personal study, devotional reading, and appreciation of the Church’s scriptural heritage.
Douay-Rheims Bible Details:
- Douay-Rheims Bible based on the 1899 Gibbons edition
- Old and New Testaments revised by Bishop Richard Challoner
- Classic Century Expanded font faithfully reproduced
- Historical and Chronological Index included
- Digitally restored Family Register pages
- Eleven fully colored maps redrawn from the 1911 edition
- Thirty-two remastered biblical engravings from the 1941 edition
- Includes three papal encyclicals on Sacred Scripture
- Faithfully retypeset to match original historic editions
- Compact size for personal study and devotion
