Douay-Rheims Bible

Terms of Use

Last updated: March 2026

The Text

The text of the Original Douay-Rheims Bible (1582, 1609–1610) is in the public domain. You are free to read, copy, quote, and share it without restriction. No permission is needed.

The Data

The structured JSON data prepared for this site — including verse segmentation, chapter summaries, and formatted annotations — is made freely available for personal, scholarly, and non-commercial use. If you build something with the data, a link back to this site is appreciated but not required.

The Website

The source code for this website is available on GitHub. You may use and adapt it under the terms of the repository's licence.

No Warranty

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the text, this site is provided as-is. Spelling has been lightly modernised from the original early modern English; the translation itself is unaltered. If you find an error, please report it.

Acceptable Use

This site exists to make Sacred Scripture freely accessible. Please do not use the data or API in ways that would degrade the service for others (e.g., aggressive automated scraping when static downloads are available).