Douay–Rheims Bible
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The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douay–Rheims Bible Context triple: [King James Version, predecessor, Douay–Rheims Bible]
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A.
Jerusalem Bible
The Jerusalem Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible noted for its literary style and extensive scholarly footnotes.
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B.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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C.
King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
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D.
Bishops' Bible
The Bishops' Bible was an English translation of the Bible produced under the authority of the Church of England in the 16th century and served as the principal Anglican Bible before being superseded by the King James Version.
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E.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douay–Rheims Bible Target entity description: The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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A.
Jerusalem Bible
The Jerusalem Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible noted for its literary style and extensive scholarly footnotes.
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B.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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C.
King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
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D.
Bishops' Bible
The Bishops' Bible was an English translation of the Bible produced under the authority of the Church of England in the 16th century and served as the principal Anglican Bible before being superseded by the King James Version.
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E.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Catholic Bible ⓘ English Bible translation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Richard Bristow
ⓘ
Thomas Worthington ⓘ William Allen ⓘ |
| basedOnEditionOfVulgate |
Vulgate
ⓘ
surface form:
Sixtine Vulgate (for New Testament, with later influence of Clementine Vulgate)
|
| compiledIn |
Douai
ⓘ
Reims ⓘ |
| completeBiblePublicationPeriod | 1582–1610 ⓘ |
| contains |
Deuterocanonical books
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| editor | Gregory Martin ⓘ |
| era |
early 17th century
ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ |
| genre | religious text ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | approved Catholic translation of Scripture ⓘ |
| includesBook |
1 Maccabees
ⓘ
2 Maccabees ⓘ Book of Daniel ⓘ
surface form:
Additions to Daniel
Additions to Esther ⓘ Baruch ⓘ Book of Judith ⓘ Tobit ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Tobit
Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form:
Sirach
Book of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form:
Wisdom of Solomon
|
| influenced | King James Version ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterRevisedAs |
Douay–Rheims Bible
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Douay–Rheims–Challoner revision
|
| newTestamentPublicationYear | 1582 ⓘ |
| newTestamentPublishedIn | Reims ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Latinized English style
ⓘ
extensive marginal notes ⓘ strongly polemical annotations ⓘ |
| oldTestamentPublicationYear |
1609
ⓘ
1610 ⓘ |
| oldTestamentPublishedIn | Douai ⓘ |
| producedBy |
English Catholics in exile
ⓘ
English College, Douai ⓘ |
| purpose |
to counter Protestant English Bible translations
ⓘ
to provide English Catholics with an authorized Bible ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Vulgate
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Vulgate
|
| targetAudience | English-speaking Roman Catholics ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Catholic ⓘ |
| translationType | formal equivalence ⓘ |
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Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims–Challoner revision
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims Bible translation
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims New Testament
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims Old Testament
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims Bible translation project
this entity surface form:
revisions of the Douay–Rheims New Testament
this entity surface form:
Douai–Rheims Bible project
this entity surface form:
Douay–Rheims Bible project
this entity surface form:
Douai Bible