You're wrong, Charley. The Douay-Rheims Bible --- "the New
Testament was published, and became consequently known as the "Rheims Testament". It contained no episcopal imprimatur, but a recommendation was appended signed by four divines of the University of Reims. The Old Testament was delayed by want of means, until the whole Bible was eventually published in two quarto volumes, in 1609 and 1610,"
The KJV (published in 1611 and translated from the original Hebrew and Greek) is hardly the first English Bible. I always liked Wycliffe's 1384 Bible (the Catholics had his bones dug up and burned) for daring to translate the Bible into the people's tongue. It seems for consistency's sake they should have burned the Douay guys.
"This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." (General Prologue) This is Wycliffe speaking, not the Bible, but it has a familiar ring about it that I sort of like. |
