The Douay-Rheims Bible is an English translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible, a version universally used in the Church for over 1500 years, meticulously translated from the original Hebrew and Greek by St. Jerome (A.D. 340-420)
This new edition of the venerable Douay-Rheims Bible is a complete reprinting of the Challoner edition. Features include:
Imprimatur by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore
Gold-edged pages
Double ribbon bookmark
Completely re-typset for clarity, to faithfully reproduce the original 1899 edition
11 Color Re-drawn maps of Israel and the Temple from the 1911 edtion
32 woodcut prints of biblical scenes
Family register
Historical and Chronological index of the Old and New Testaments
Table of references for Catholic doctrine
Table of readings for the pre-Vatican II Mass for all Sundays, major feasts and saints' feasts