Douay-Rheims & Clementina Vulgata (English and Latin Edition) Bonded Leather – October 1, 2013

I wanted a Holy Bible which not only was excellent textually but also visually, most Bibles do not look like Holy Books any more but rather regular books. This one is an exception! I can Hold this Bible and say... this is a Holy Bible! You can't judge a book by it's cover however which is where I must get into the content the english translation is the best I would say in existance, I read the King James Version but every time I check the Douay Rheims version I always find it to be superior to the King James Version, a perfect example would be 1 Corinthians 7:9 it truly leaves no room for interpretation! The latin is beautiful and the font is normal sized, to be honest I thought it would be much smaller, what makes it great is this Holy Book is Larger than it looks! It is huge so even though the font may not be considered large the words are very well spaced which makes it extremely easy to read. Anyone interested in this product should know a few points however.1)This Holy Bible is HUGE, it contains all of the Books that Belong in the Bible including everything which was in the King James Version Apocrypha and was removed by unfaithful protestant publishers.2)It is not a Bible you will be carrying around, this is one of those Bibles that you place in your work room or study room or put on a pedestal.It's not really a bad thing, it's a good thing, because that is exactly what this Bible was designed for. It's more of a house Bible. The reason this Bible gets 5 stars is because there is no other Bible like it, you will not find a better Latin and English Interlinear with such nice spacing and a normal sized text. Also the cover is beautiful, other reviewers gave the Bible 4 stars because they complained about the fusing of the pages and the binding, this Bible is certainly not a Bible to carry around I can see the binding getting damages really easily but if it is handled as intended...(in a house or church sitting on a desk) it should be fine. As for the pages a few of them were fused together and I had to peel a few pages apart on the tips, it was not a big deal. Just expect a little tiny scratch on the edge of a page or two. It bothered me at first but then I remembered your not going to get anything better so I have to give it 5 stars because there is no point looking anywhere else.If you want a Holy Bible that is JUST a Holy Bible(with excellent and honest commentary) in English and Latin with all the books(Wisdom of Solomon, 2 Esdras(4 Esdras in Latin) etc) this is the Bible you are looking for! Anyone thinking of getting this Bible should also remember Latin was the language of the faithful not Greek or Hebrew. The Hebrews denied Christ and wanted to destroy his Miracles and the Greeks while some were faithful many were also doubtful to the new faith as they already had many pagan false religions. The Latin on the other hand was the language of the faithful which they used to pass down the truth of what the Apostles and Prophets taught.

Though I have only had this magnificent Book in my keeping for several weeks; I now consider to it to be one of my most valued and important possessions. It's the most exquisitely constructed and compiled Bible I have ever witnessed and I would recommend it to anyone, both Catholic and Protestant who desire to come to a greater understanding of the Word of God. Between its meticulously crafted covers is contained manifold delights, revelations, truths and is the doorway into the Kingdom of Heaven and the Mind of God. The aureate pages gently guide the reader's hand over the greatest book ever written, and the finest story ever told. People from different walks of life, religions, creeds and beliefs and even those with historical interests can glean joy from the inherent beauty of its pages - there is something for all: the lives and persecutions of the prophets and the saints, the laborious struggles of the Israelites, the sorrowful ecstasy of the Psalms of David, the golden truths of the Proverbs seep from the gilded pages into the eyes of the reader, the exhortation and absolute reign of Charity in the inspired words of St. Paul, and of course the Way, the Truth and the Life itself - the Word Incarnate Jesus Christ.This Book is a study par excellence of the actual translation of Biblical Scripture from the Clementina Vulgata, written by St. Jerome and completed in 405 AD. It enables those with even a rudimentary knowledge of Latin to determine that the translation by the college of Douai is one of the most exact and precise translations in circulation today; which is of critical significance in the consideration of divided opinions between different schools of thought in the translation of Scripture and the often furious debates that they incite. Anyone with a working historical knowledge of the development of the Vulgate, the genius of Saint Jerome, the academia of the colleges at Douai and Rheims and the preservation of canonical text in the face of the Reformation will lead to an appreciation that the Douay-Rheims Bible is potentially the most accurate translation of Holy Scripture.If you have even the slightest of interests in purchasing any Holy Scripture for multifarious purposes and enjoy ownership of beautiful objects and pieces of literature, whether you are a collector, religious, historiographic or philosophical, this Bible is a must have for anyone with a keen interest in expanding their knowledge of truth, in all its forms.