Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible Review: "The Only Unabridged Edition"

[@MrJasonsean]

It's a great Bible. I got mine two weeks ago.

[@PhilipGermani]

Our family Bible from the 1950s is exactly the one you have shown! I remember looking at the beautiful artwork before I could read! I still have that Bible and treasure it! I plan to read it cover to cover for the first time after I finish with Fr. Mike's Bible in a Year. Vivat Jesus!

[@hardcorecatholic938]

Fun fact, I think the classic documentary film "Salesman" were selling this bible in the film

[@PhilipGermani]

@@hardcorecatholic938 Really? That is so interesting! I will have to find the film.

[@bigdreviewshowtos6361]

Whats the name/printer of the bible hes referencing would love to find it as well

[@philalcoceli6328]

​@@bigdreviewshowtos6361Loreto Publications.

[@cherylschalk9106]

I have both of these. The red one is my Moms. I started reading the NAB and RSV-CE. I started reading the Challoners and just got my D-R. I love the language and can’t wait to get started.

[@davidrutledge6215]

Such a good review, covering the salient points: brisk pace and enthusiasm appreciated by bible lovers everywhere, I'm sure!

[@ελευθερία-ε2ο]

I have an original print from 1884 with metal clasps. It has the same art cover as this one, but it's 3D bordered. It's beautiful.

[@duromusabc]

Nice comparison between DR Haydock and the Confraternity Bible !

[@M0ONCommander]

This Bible really is a work of art. I was very KJV oriented until I started comparing it to Doauy-Rheims. There's a similarly evocative language, but never feels like the pursuit of beauty obfuscates the clarity of Scripture. There's also the aspect of many translations with commentary being too focused on historical context, and forgetting the divine revelation aspect altogether. I most definitely sympathize with the need to go back to that tradition.

[@LorettaRose62]

Many thanks for your very helpful review. I am curious to know about your father's bible. It looks absolutely beautiful. You mentioned commentary too. Can you give details on printers, commentators, etc as maybe it can be found secondhand. Thank you once again.

[@davidrasch3082]

I read the Douay-Rheims Bible because I want to kniw what the church fathers say.

[@thegreatness7043]

Great book and a great video!

[@mariad4183]

LOVING this!

[@maggieconser]

Thank you so much for doing this. I have an RSV2CE and go to Latin Mass. I've decided to read the Douay Reims. So many different publishers! I'm overwhelmed. Can you tell me if the Haydock version also contains Bishop Challoner's notes?

[@stevencass8849]

It does contain them. Hope I’m not too late with this reply!

[@dariodesansebastian]

If you attend Latin mass, there's a Vulgate/Douay-Rheims edition, it's black and gold. Still expensive, but one of the ones I'm looking forward to getting

[@duke927]

Enjoyed your review. Thank you. I’m pretty much a DRC only Bible user now. The RSV-2CE is a direct offshoot of the KJV and still has the KJV invocation on the title page. So now the RCC endorses what is in reality a Protestant Bible. The Confraternity version which was abandoned and never completely translated for publication was the direct line of the Septuagint-Vulgate-DR-DRC-CCD which was abandoned for the NAB line which in its final inclusive iteration I believe the 2NABRE is the official Bible in the US for the Mass. I do find the KJV (and the NKJV) somewhat more poetic but I have found significant differences in the translation which leads me to believe the DRC is a more faithful rendering. There are other RCC Bible offshoots like the Jerusalem Bible etc. I find the older commentaries more reverent than the deconstructionist historical critical method used now. Again thank you.

[@janiemartinez5429]

Beautiful Bible. I liker the black and white but I think it would be awesome to have it in color. I think we Catholics should have our commentary (separate from Bible). I have only seen one commentary and its the "Commentary of the Sacred Scripture".

[@Shlomayo]

I used to be DRB-only, but then again, we have to acknowledge certain translation "difficulties" as with 1 Corinthians 15:51, which really is different from the Greek text. The RSV2CE is better in that regard (though, I simply wish it translated Genesis 3:15 with the traditional "ipsa").

[@socalpreston]

Does this version have 2 Esdras aka 4 Esdras?

[@ILoveChocolateCoffee]

Is there an original English the hayden study bible Douay-Rheims

[@Matthew1618-vh5en]

❤️

[@roywohlscheid7110]

I have the Challloner-Douay version. Is the Douay-Rheims better?

[@bobbyadappoor1099]

💗💟❣

[@robcassman]

Haydock is great. But the binding is not. Mine is coming apart.

[@hanng1242]

It's a shame that nobody still prints the previous edition. That one was softcover in two volumes. Based upon the thickness of the spine in the video, it is likely that the previous edition also used thicker paper. I cannot remember how much I paid for my copy around 20 years ago, but I suspect that it was less than the $150-$180 even adjusting for inflation; a lower price would help get this Bible into the hands of more people. Moreover, if the purpose of this Bible is study, the division of the book into an Old Testament volume and a New Testament volume seems to me to be more convenient for typology or checking the context of quotes from Scripture in the New Testament since one can have both volumes open side-by-side rather than having to flip back and forth.

[@PeterMcKeever-g3j]

How much to buy?

[@christophersalinas2722]

like $140+