The Douay_Rheims Version is the foundation on which nearly all English Catholic versions are still based. It was translated by Gregory Martin, an Oxford-trained scholar, working in the circle of English Catholic exiles on the Continent, under the sponsorship of William (later Cardinal) Allen. The NT appeared at Rheims in 1582; the OT at Douay in 1609. The translation, although competent, exhibited a taste for Latinisms that was not uncommon in English writing of the time but has seemed excessive in the eyes of later generations. The NT influenced the Authorized Version. The New and Old Testaments are separate daisy books each with navigation down to the chapter level. I have also included an etext version in html format. Please find the download links below this message. This is a multipart archive. You need all the parts in the same folder on your hd. The New and Old Testament are separate archives each. Extracting the first part of each archive will also extract the remaining parts of each. Enjoy and be Blessed Doris download links: Douay_Rheims etext: http://www.sendspace.com/file/zv8mif Douay_Rheims New Testament (daisy); part 1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/iphxtn part 2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/o3e6xc part 3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5bdjbt Douay_Rheims Old Testament part 1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/9j41ya part 2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/15mij6 part 3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a78jsd part 4 http://www.sendspace.com/file/5jupgp part 5 http://www.sendspace.com/file/dfv4l5 part 6 http://www.sendspace.com/file/0g5aoc part 7 http://www.sendspace.com/file/ab0s70 part 8 http://www.sendspace.com/file/vccndg part 9 http://www.sendspace.com/file/1vlvtv part 10 http://www.sendspace.com/file/4j5q5l
