Douay-Rheims Bible (Burgundy Premium UltraSoft): Standard Print Size Imitation Leather – May 19, 2000

super comfortable. its a tie between this one and the genuine leather version. this is the TAN books version and its EXTREMELY comfortable to hold and the sound the pages make are beautiful.

The wording has a much more accurate and rich meaning.Other bibles have different wording that can change the meaning somewhat. The Douay Rheims is the most accurate.I love this bible. A few pictures in the back. At the front is information about ST Benedict and his medal. A page for family register. Births. Marriages. A page that says presented to that you can fill out.The print is small. With my trifocals I have to hold the bible close to my face. The notes are even smaller. Guess I should order the large print.The reviews on the large print Douay Rheims is strange. A few people are reviewing for a completely different bible. The NKJV. Am thinking of ordering the larger print. I will read this one and see how it goes with small print. This bible is worth your time and money. The Douay Rheims has become my favorite. I don't want to stop reading it. Hard to put down. I never had a bible that made me feel that way. The didache is a close 2nd. But the Douay Rheims is my favorite of all. And I've read several bibles. Purchase this one. You won't regret it. And by the way Jesus words are in red.

If you are a language nerd like me, you will LOVE this text. It's simply sublime. Genesis 1:2 and 2:7 are worth the price of admission alone for the rational minded evolutionists ("rational minded" here is not said with snobbery or righteousness).The notations and linkings of verses is great. Again this goes back to the language point I made. As for the linking of verses, maybe it's been that long since I've looked at a bible, but I don't remember seeing that before..The definitional index of sacraments and key teachings (ahh purgatory, the one major thing I remember going crazy about at bible study years ago...) and their validity in text is simply an indispensible tool. The photos are beautiful, though the "maps" are criminally undetailed. The timeline is interesting and quite useful as well. The list of popes, prayers, and text listings of feast days, and gospels for holy days makes this an absolutely perfect companion to have as you drag yourself back to mass for the first time in years, or sit in adoration for an hour.I'd suggest the 2 tone "stand firm in the lord" bible case for this. The burgundy, while not my preferred color (literally I ordered the first DR I found that also delivered next or same day), gives the text a proper dignified, and decidedly holy casing. The text size is just right. One minor gripe is there's only one ribbon (I remember catholic bibles as having approximately 35 ribbons all of various colors for all sorts of things), but it is a nice color.And of course, the translation. You simply cannot go wrong reading a Vulgate translation, as I've noted.If nothing else, as I said before, the translation itself is worth the purchase. The text reads so completely differently and is much richer. Also lends itself to some different spellings due to the fact that Latin lacks some written notation for certain sounds (so Noah is Noe and Sarah is Sara and Ham is Cham. My inner linguist drools.)Oh, and "Revelations"? Nope, it's listed here as"The Apocalypse"

Best Bible on the planet! Perfect size for traveling and easy to follow along

I began reading the New Testament (in a year) with this Bible this past Advent and it is deepening my Faith. I want to say, the feel of the cover is warm, the prayers at the beginning and end deepen my relationship with God and the Translation depends my understanding of God's will.

So nice to read a book of the Scriptures written in the beautiful 'Old English' that I remember from when I was a girl. So nice to read a Bible that hasn't been 'dumbed down' to the level of the semiliterate that are 'graduating' from our high schools and colleges. As I tell people every time they come up with a 'new' translation of Sacred Scriptures, "When are they going to stop dumbing down the Bible instead of teaching the youth, what the Sacred Writ says. The old superlatives in archaic English are what brings out the meaning of the "Most Holy, and Sacred Words of God." I love, and have always loved the Thees, Thous, haviths, giviths, receiveith... of 'Biblical English' and have finally found a Bible that contains them. All Glory to the One who createith all things. Now I won't have to go to my old Latin Missal to find the beautifully written Scriptures.Physical features of the volume:1 Beautiful flex binding2 Words of Christ in red3 Complete Catholic cannon of Scripture4 Stitched binding5 Lies flat when open6 Comfortable font for reading7 Some maps and pictures in back