The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (1941 Modern English Catholic Translation) Because the Catholic Church was created during the Roman Empire, their basic Bible was written in Latin. This version of the Bible is known as the Latin Vulgate. The Catholic church has needed to update and maintain an English language Bible for centuries. Not only for use by native English speaking people, but because English has become the language of politics and commerce throughout the world since the time the British Empire came into power. In 1560, the Catholic Church was banned in England. This inspired the English Catholic Bible known as the "Rheims and Douay Version." Rheims because the New Testament was printed there in 1582, and Douay because the Old Testament was printed there in 1609-10. This served until near the time of the American rebellion. Bishop Challoner of London undertook the challenge of modernizing the Bible and produced an modern Bible in 1750. Challoner didn't think his work required a new name for his translation, but world usage has dictated otherwise. "Translated from the Latin Vulgate. A revision of the Challoner-Rheims version, edited by Catholic scholars under the patronage of the Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Translated from the Vulgate." Book contains Foreword, Preface, excerpts from encyclical letters, 27 books of the New Testament, Glossary, Maps, the espistles gospels for the Sundays Holydays throughout the year, a list of 35 committee members involved with translation, and pages to record owner's family records. viii + 770pp Hardcover design has flexible leatherette black boards, gold lettering design on spine, and in a plastic cover protector. Prior owner's signature on reverse of front end paper adds no value. The front gutter is torn, but that doesn't affect binding. Interior is tight, clean, and otherwise unmarked. Always privately owned, but never used. Copyright 1941. Approved and published 1941. This copy from Third Edition, 1953 printing. Printed in U.S.A. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Thanks for looking!