INTRODUCTION

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 15; p. 6
• Main Author: Owens, W R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Bunyan, John (1628-1688)

In response to this sequence of Protestant translations, in 1582 a group of exiled English Roman Catholics led by Gregory Martin published what became known as the Douai-Rheims New Testament (because it was begun at Douai, and completed at Rheims) and followed it by the Old Testament in two volumes,...